El mundo atlántico español durante el siglo XVIII

Este libro ha pretendido ser una historia del pensamiento de las regiones que, en los últimos 300 años, se asumen como intelectualmente periféricas. Ha pretendido serlo, pero no lo es. Ha debido contentarse, a través sucesivas “re-estructuraciones”, con ser la presentación y defensa de la hipótesis siguiente: la manera más comprensiva de entender el pensamiento emergido en las regiones periféricas durante los últimos siglos -regiones en general sometidas a procesos de invasión o colonización- consiste en la disyuntiva ser-como-el-centro versus ser-nosotros-mismos. Este problema ...

Este libro, que presenta los relatos que nos han legado los protagonistas de las expediciones junto con imágenes originales, arroja luz sobre la identidad de aquellos hombres y mujeres, su modo de proceder y, ante todo, las maravillas que encontraron a su paso. Constituyen un grupo heterogéneo de científicos, navegantes ambiciosos, viajeros solitarios o grandes aventureros que, a pesar de sus diferencias en lo que respecta a sus orígenes o formación, tienen un rasgo en común: nos han legado un vívido retrato de lo desconocido. En estas páginas aparecen personajes como Alexander von...

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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...