La mirada del explorador

An action-packed chronicle follows the steps of explorers such as John Franklin, Elisha Kent Kane, Fridtjof Nansen, and Robert Edwin Peary, reconstructing one of the last great epics of humanity.

"El Sudoeste Hispano" es un trabajo descriptivo que narra los acontecimientos hist�rico-pol�ticos acaecidos en las provincias de Nuevo M�jico, Tejas y Arizona desde la primera entrada en el territorio de Nu�o de Guzm�n en 1529 hasta el Tratado de Guadalupe Hidalgo en 1848. La anexi�n del Sudoeste por los Estados Unidos a mediados del Siglo XIX no fue �bice para que la influencia hispana todav�a perdure en buena parte de los territorios, especialmente en el habla, arte, gastronom�a e idiosincrasia de sus gentes.El libro incluye el an�lisis de la labor de los misioneros...

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Los límites de la mujer en la sociedad francesa del medioevo es uno de los temas que se desarrolla en esta serie de ensayos elaborados por el historiador francés Duby, quien otorga al estudio de las ideologías un papel relevante para un mayor conocimiento de la ciencia social; en esta época en que las ideas catastróficas por el fin del primer milenio y las ideas renovadoras del siguiente permeaban el ambiente.

A bestselling historian recounts the epic clash that ended the Renaissance and pushed Islam to the gates of Vienna In Warriors of God and Dogs of God, James Reston, Jr., brought two epochal events in the struggle between Islam and Christendom to readers eager to understand the roots of the present-day conflict. With his unwavering eye for detail, Reston now weaves a captivating narrative that examines a pivotal period in that centuries- long war, which found Europe at its most vulnerable and Islam on the attack. This saga of colliding worlds is propelled by two astonishing young...