Los viajes de sol y luna

La genialidad estratégica del general Simón Bolívar en los ámbitos político y militar, lo ubican como un líder, estratega y guerrero, dotado con extraordinarias virtudes, talentos y habilidades dignos de imitar. Transitar por la vida guerrera de Simón Bolívar, es entender el dramático cambio de la monarquía absolutista por la república democrática y liberal en apenas dos décadas de batallas militarers y luchas políticas, en un ambiente complejo. Esa es la obra cumbre del autodenominado hombre de las dificultades, considerado el ser humano mas grande que haya nacido en el...

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La defensa marítima de los dominios españoles fue insuficiente durante el s. XVII, y con el cambio de siglo comenzó a preocupar seriamente a la Corona. Los nuevos tiempos exigían rehacer la marina y formar oficiales guerreros, que fueran también cosmógrafos y científicos. Pronto sobresalieron los vascos, que dirigieron expediciones cartográficas y de observación científica, defendieron el Mediterráneo contra los turcos y el Pacífico contra los corsarios, y mantuvieron a Inglaterra en jaque hasta la batalla de Trafalgar.