Grandes Personajes de Mexico

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Las galeras fueron los barcos icónicos en las guerras del Mediterráneo durante más de dos milenios y nos evocan la imagen de decenas de remos golpeando las aguas del Mare Nostrum para impulsar la nave hasta lograr la velocidad de embestida... y allí, bajo la línea de flotación, se encontraba su arma letal: un espolón capaz de desfondar a cualquier barco enemigo. Tras un golpe propinado con toda celeridad, la madera de la galera atacada, de forma lenta pero segura, terminaba por irse a pique. Pero esta prolongación de la proa fue solo una de las muchas armas con las que podía contar...

Ante lo que parece el final del hispanismo o de una importante etapa del mismo, este libro no pretende hacer balance de la actividad de los hispanistas, ni valorar o criticar sus aportaciones –aunque es claro su papel en la elaboración de nuestra imagen,