Compendio chronol?gico de los privilegios regulares de Indias

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El 24 d?abril de 1547 es va lliurar la batalla de Mühlberg, en la qual Carles V va donar un colp d?autoritat en derrotar els prínceps alemanys que s?havien unit en la Lliga d?Esmalcalda per oposar-se al govern imperial a Alemanya. No obstant això, aquesta victòria no va donar pas a un període de tranquil·litat, sinó que el landgravi de Hesse i Joan Frederic de Saxònia foren segrestats. Carles V va decidir que Joan Frederic de Saxònia fos custodiat pel soldat i poeta Hernando de Acuña i viatgés amb ell durant el segrest, però el landgravi de Hesse va quedar en mans de diversos...

Charles Minguet, el biógrafo por excelencia de Humboldt, escribió: "La obra de Humboldt es un nuevo descubrimiento, verdadero, de un continente y una humanidad confinados durante tres siglos en el recinto estrictamente cerrado del pacto colonial". Esta cita retoma la idea de que el barón fue el continuador de Cristóbal Colón en el descubrimiento europeo de América. Esta obra señala algunas dimensiones de la continuidad.