Virgilio y su tiempo

Breve y famoso ensayo en el que se recorre la historia de la invencion y de la difusion de las maquinas del tiempo, es decir, los relojes, primeros aparatos de precision que, en sintonia con la exigencia del Occidente medieval y moderno, escanden los tiempos de la vida social. El autor describe desde los talleres medievales, hasta el laboratorio de relojes creado a finales del siglo XVII en el palacio imperial de Pekin.

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La historia de Taiwán es asombrosa. Políticamente, Taiwán tenía una cultura de señores de la guerra. Los portugueses, al pasar por la isla a mediados de la década de 1540, llamaron a la isla "Ilha Formosa", que significa "Isla Hermosa".

Túneles, mapas y extraños exploradores: Descubra la auténtica historia de los grandes tesoros piratas, las fortunas de Atila, Atahualpa, Moctezuma o Gengis Khan. Un completo recorrido por la historia de los mayores enigmas históricos tras las pistas de tesoros perdidos, desde El Dorado precolombino y el oro templario hasta los tesoros secretos del Tercer Reich. Grandes tesoros ocultos narra de manera ágil y amena, la historia de algunos de los tesoros más buscados de todos los tiempos. En esta ocasión, Javier Martínez-Pinna se vuelve a poner el traje de explorador para tratar de...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute...