América

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...

Desde la perspectiva de los estudios culturales, se ofrece una visión multifacética de las imbricaciones entre naturaleza, ciencia, técnica y cultura en el mundo hispánico que abarca desde la colonia hasta la actualidad.

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...

El manuscrito original de la Relación de Michoacán se conserva en la Biblioteca de El Escorial, se cree que el autor era un fraile franciscano conocedor de las tradiciones indígenas. Según se aprecia en el manuscrito, el autor se considera un intérprete de las numerosas referencias aquí contenidas y todo indica que domina la lengua purépecha. En nuestros tiempos los investigadores atribuyen la autoría del texto a fray Jerónimo de Alcalá, aunque aún existen ciertas dudas al respecto;se cree que Jerónimo nació en Vizcaya, alrededor de 1508 y que murió hacia 1545. Se sabe con...