El franquismo

A brief biography of the sixteenth-century Spanish conquistador, focusing on his role in the invasion and destruction of the Aztec civilization in Mexico.

Durante el siglo XVII, desde Madrid, el rey y sus ministros del Consejo de Indias gobernaban territorios esparcidos entre Filipinas, Santo Domingo, México, Perú, Chile, Nueva Galicia, etc. En suma el Nuevo Mundo o las Indias Occidentales. Para superar distancias inéditas, la autoridad real recurrió masivamente a los papeles: cartas, cédulas, memoriales, informaciones, etc. fueron el principal medio de comunicación entre las dos orillas del Atlántico y más allá del Pacífico. Al estudiar un personaje secundario y desconocido, Juan Díez de la Calle, oficial de la Secretaría de Nueva...

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The riveting story of Ferdinand Magellan’s historic 60,000-mile ocean voyage—now updated with a new introduction commemorating the 500th anniversary of his journey. “Prodigious research, sure-footed prose and vivid descriptions make for a thoroughly satisfying account... it is all here in the wondrous detail, a first-rate historical page turner.”— New York Times Book Review Ferdinand Magellan's daring circumnavigation of the globe in the sixteenth century was a three-year odyssey filled with sex, violence, and amazing adventure. Now in Over the Edge of the World, prize-winning...