Guatemala After the Peace Accords

The riveting story of Ferdinand Magellan’s historic 60,000-mile ocean voyage—now updated with a new introduction commemorating the 500th anniversary of his journey. “Prodigious research, sure-footed prose and vivid descriptions make for a thoroughly satisfying account... it is all here in the wondrous detail, a first-rate historical page turner.”— New York Times Book Review Ferdinand Magellan's daring circumnavigation of the globe in the sixteenth century was a three-year odyssey filled with sex, violence, and amazing adventure. Now in Over the Edge of the World, prize-winning...

Villa María Capital de la Nación (consta en actas) nos presenta la historia y los pormenores de aquella decisión histórica de convertir a Villa María Capital de la Nación. Historia que finalmente no fue. Ampliamente documentado con facsímiles de actas del Congreso de la Nación (inhallables en la actualidad) esta obra nos muestra el proceso por el cual la ciudad de Villa María, Córdoba fue designada capital de la República Argentina a fines del siglo XIX, el debate parlamentario, el veto del presidente Sarmiento y, luego, la designación final de Buenos Aires como Capital de...

Al conmemorar el LXV Aniversario de El Colegio de México y dar cuenta de los sesenta años transcurridos desde la aparición de este libro de Monelisa Lina Pérez-Marchand, se consideró oportuno ponerlo al alcance del público. Esta es una obra que no puede perderse de vista en la historiografía de nuestros días, que ha puesto de manifiesto el interés y las posibilidades de la historia de la cultura.

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