Bosquejo sobre el estado político y moral del Perú

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PALO MONTE MAYOMBE LA NFINDA Y LA CONCEPCIÓN DEL SER Y DEL CONOCIMIENTO. En el Palo Monte Mayombe los nganguleros establecen grupos clasificatorios en los que agru­pan a todos los seres que existen en la “Nfinda” o naturaleza estos son: Los seres “ambaro” son aquellos que son inteligentes al poseer la fuerza “ntu” o inteligencia; y son: “Nsambia” (Dios) los “mpungu” o santos congos, los “nfuiri ntoto” o espíritus difuntos y los “bantú” o seres humanos. Los seres “matui” son aquellos que pertenecen al mundo animal, vegetal y mineral; todos ellos carentes de...

Tal es el grado de desconocimiento de nuestra historia naval que el simple título de este trabajo parecerá a muchos una contradicción, porque el sustantivo ‘corsario’ no puede ir acompañado del gentilicio ‘español’. A consolidar esta percepción, ha contribuido la imagen acuñada por la literatura y el cine. Al contrario, como esperamos demostrar en estas páginas, en España hubo numerosos corsarios y de gran éxito. Conviene aclarar que un corsario era algo muy diferente de un pirata. El corsario se trataba de un particular que, por las razones que fuesen, había obtenido una...