La conquista del Polo Norte

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...

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...

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...

La edición del Archivo Gomá. Documentos de la Guerra Civil, recoge la correspondencia y documentación conservados en el archivo del cardenal Isidro Gomá y Tomás (La Riba 1869-Toledo 1940). Este volumen reúne la documentación que refleja los primeros momentos de la guerra, en este periodo el cardenal Gomá envía informes a la Santa Sede manifestando su opinión sobre la guerra, presiona para que los vascos abandonen las armas, interviene en el choque con las autoridades militares que lleva a la expulsión de España del obispo de Vitoria, Mateo Múgica, ejerce una labor...

With its 27 contributions, this volume presents most of the papers delivered at the "XVe Colloque du Comite International de Paleographie". The conference's focus was regional and supra-regional influences on the development of Latin script from late antiquity and the early medieval period to the beginning of modern times. The geographic area considered in the articles spans the Iberian Peninsula and Central Europe to Iceland. In their contributions, the authors have attempted to show the impact that not only local conditions but also European cultural and intellectual centres had on the...