La cara oculta de China

Nuestro propósito aquí es presentar una biografía de Gaspar Castaño basada enteramente en lo que los documentos del siglo XVI dicen acerca de él, de sus acciones, y de lo que los virreyes hicieron o dijeron para impedir su labor colonizadora. Conceptualmente el libro se divide en dos partes. La primera es una biografía de Castaño; la segunda contiene nuestras transcripciones de la mayoría de esos documentos, incluyendo una nueva transcripción de la Memoria de la jornada que él y su gente hicieron al Nuevo México. Esta transcripción está basada en las dos versiones manuscritas que ...

Conoce los hitos transcendentales que marcaron las distintas etapas del Canal de Panamá, una de las obras de ingeniería civil más importantes de los últimos tiempos, representativa de una nueva era de globalización y comercio. Esta publicación forma parte de un esfuerzo editorial del Grupo Popular, con el que celebra el trigésimo quinto aniversario de Popular Bank Ltd., filial bancaria de licencia internacional con sede en Panamá. Con este libro digital, el lector conoce de forma interactiva el valor histórico y el carácter innovador de esta extraordinaria obra, que abrió un mundo...

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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...