El Escorial: historia, arte, ciencia y matemáticas

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...

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...

The first references of man as a navigator of the seas are found in Genesis. Through this book (That was not in my History of Navigation book) you will know how the first navigations were. You will be able to know the myths of the sea, seaworthy superstitions or the history of mythical ships.

A lo largo del siglo XX nuestro pueblo vio crecer autodidactas. De aquellos que, habiendo nacido junto con el siglo, se abrieron paso en medio del analfabetismo reinante, de la pobreza, de las discriminaciones al ‘indio’, al ‘roteque’, al ‘medio pelo’, a la mujer, es decir, en medio de los “frutos” de los que, vestidos con traje de patrón de fundo, de dueño de poderosas empresas o de caballero de la política, se hacían del trabajo ajeno, con su clasismo, arribismo e hipocresía. Este libro entrega lo que me quedó de muchas horas de conversaciones que hice con Luis Alberto ...