El Hambre del Dragón

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...

Reuni n de cuatro conferencias dictadas por el autor, en distintas universidades entre 1954 y 1955. Presenta en l neas muy generales, con el rigor del historiador y la pasi n del amante de nuestras civilizaciones precolombinas, una visi n integradora del pueblo maya desde sus or genes, que rescata la esencia de una tradici n cultural viva en el M xico de hoy.

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Se trata de un estudio riguroso y serio de todos los aspectos de la vida en la Villa de Martos en el siglo XVI. Para ello utiliza fuentes inéditas de distintos archivos provinciales y nacionales, haciendo que los vecinos de Martos se expresen en el lenguaje propio de la época y consiguiendo recuperar una parte importante de la Historia de Martos, la del siglo XVI.