La Farsa de Jesus: (Spanish Language Edition)

Fundación de la ciudad de Buenos Aires por Juan de Garay, relata la historia de dicha ciudad y la de Garay (1528-1583), su fundador. Se trata de la segunda fundación de la ciudad (destruida en 1541), bajo el Virreinato del Perú.

Entre los viajeros europeos que, en el siglo XIX, dejaron más variado y extenso testimonio sobre el Perú, figura Charles Wiener. Visitó el país entre 1875 y 1877, enviado por el Gobierno de Francia para efectuar estudios arqueológicos y etnográficos, misión que llevó a cabo desplegando una vitalidad y tenacidad a toda prueba, y poniendo en evidencia un gran afán investigador, aunque a veces también fantasía. Después de conocer Lima se dirigió hacia Paramonga, Virú y otros sitios, y efectuó observaciones en Chanchán. Siguió a Cajamarca, y examinó las ruinas de Viracochapampa...

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The true operatic tragedy of Maximilian and Carlota, the European aristocrats who stumbled into power in Mexico—and faced bloody consequences. In the 1860s, Napoleon III, intent on curbing the rise of American imperialism, persuaded a young Austrian archduke and a Belgian princess to leave Europe and become the emperor and empress of Mexico. They and their entourage arrived in a Mexico ruled by terror, where revolutionary fervor was barely suppressed by French troops. When the United States, now clear of its own Civil War, aided the rebels in pushing back Maximilian’s imperial soldiers,...