Diario de Las Discusiones Y Actas de Las Cortes: Legislatura de 1820-21, |...

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If objectivity was the great discovery of the nineteenth century, uncertainty was the great discovery of the twentieth century.

Durante los siglos XVI y XVII, gran parte de la Real Audiencia de Quito es un territorio de frontera. En la mitad septentrional, la autoridad de los funcionarios coloniales se limita a los valles serranos y solo en algunas ocasiones se extiende hacia el territorio situado en los contrafuertes andinos. Aunque la población de Quito no se encuentra directamente amenazada por los indígenas hostiles, a uno y otro lado de la ciudad, tanto al este como al oeste, es posible encontrar, apenas a un par de jornadas, grupos indígenas hostiles, denominados "indios de guerra" en los documentos...

Silent convoys that sailed under the cover of the night, risky landing operations, naval battles in the open sea, José Luis Caballero covers these facts and much more in his narrative analysis. The naval battles, recreated with great mastery and precision, shows us the cruelty and epic ways of fighting during World War II. Convoyes silenciosos que navegaban al amparo de la noche, arriesgadas operaciones de desembarco, combates navales a mar abierto, acorazados capaces de destruir el enemigo con sus cañones de largo alcance, torpedos humanos, portaviones atentos a la aparición de kamikazes. ...