Las compañías Chocó Pacífico y Tropical Oil a comienzos del siglo XX. Retratos en blanco y negro

«La Historia general y natural las Indias (1535-1549)»de Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo y Valdés es una obra de gran interés para la geografía e historia natural del Nuevo Mundo, compuesta de narraciones legendarias, episodios y anécdotas, es decir diferentes estilos de contar las experiencias vividas, impregnadas de providencialismo y de otros juicios de valor procedentes de una formación retórica tradicional y de la pastoral judeocristiana. Su estilo literario es propio de la historia panegírica configurando un discurso salpicado de héroes arquetípicos de un orden teleológico...

Resultado del simposio Quinientos a os de Historia en Am rica Latina, Leopoldo Zea presenta una compilaci n de las ponencias expuestas. Los ensayos de Gregorio Weinberger, Carlos Paladines y Germ n Arciniegas, entre otros, dan pie a la reflexi n sobre las perspectivas que Am rica Latina tiene en el siglo XXI.

The abolition of judicial torture—alongside the eradication of both slavery and capital punishment—was one of the most consequential issues debated in eighteenth-century continental Europe. A revealing component of this controversial debate was presented in the unpublished "Discurso sobre la injusticia del apremio judicial," written by the attorney Pedro Garcia del Canuelo. Seeking support for its publication, he forwarded the manuscript to Prime Minister Manuel Godoy in 1795. The savvy Spanish politician, however, not only rejected the text but also warned its author against further...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute...