Las tres últimas musas castellanas

Obra de síntesis, ANTÁRTIDA: AYER, HOY Y MAÑANA aproxima al lector interesado a la realidad geográfica e histórica de la Antártida ese continente aún no del todo descubierto desde una doble vertiente, temporal y espacial, ya que, si por una parte recoge las crónicas y estudios acerca del Sur ignoto desde sus más lejanos orígenes, por otra sitúa el conjunto antártico dentro de sus límites políticos, incluyendo en su marco histórico a todas las naciones (España entre ellas) que han intervenido en su exploración. Militar impulsor de la participación del Ejército en las...

American military aviation reached a low point after World War I, lagging behind its European counterparts and facing a peacetime battle for survival. To raise the public profile of aviation, military leaders encouraged their pilots to enter air shows and vie for speed, endurance, and altitude records. As a result, U.S. Army airmen daringly accomplished the first flight around the world in 1924, three years before Charles Lindbergh's famous solo flight. In Around the World in 175 Days, Carroll V. Glines recounts this adventure from the golden age of aviation. After two years of planning, four ...

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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...