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El quinto sol es el que iluminó a los aztecas, el que los acompañó en su peregrinar desde la mítica Aztlán hasta el islote que se convertiría en Tenochtitlan, el que inspiró su mitología y por ello muchos de sus relatos fundacionales, el que atestiguó cómo un astuto enemigo logró someterlos. Los mexicas se consideraban a sí mismos humildes y valientes, afectos a los placeres de la vida —incluidos el baile y la poesía— y a contar historias, respetuosos de las tradiciones y hábiles negociantes. Aquí, Camilla Townsend presenta de modo novedoso la trayectoria del pueblo que...

En una amplia Introducción el profesor Gutiérrez Escudero expone con detalle la curiosa amalgama de mitos, fantasías y realidades que durante siglos condicionaron las creencias de la humanidad, hasta el momento en el que un enigmático personaje, Cristóbal Colón, se propone la realización de una travesía fundamental: la navegación a Oriente por Poniente. Una selección de textos que narran los preparativos, las angustias de viaje y visicitudes del Descubrimiento cierra este libro, completando así el primer ciclo de una más larga historia.

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