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Bernal Díaz del Castillo (1492-1584) was a foot soldier in the army of Mexico's conqueror Hernán Cortés. The first edition of his True History of the Conquest of New Spain (as it was entitled in a later English translation) was published in Madrid in 1632 from a manuscript copy sent to Spain shortly after the author's death. Written in a highly accessible style, and describing the experiences of the troops themselves rather than seeing events from an officer's perspective, the work became even more successful than the official accounts and went through many editions and translations. The...

La historia argentina está repleta de personajes y situaciones increíbles, y quién mejor que Daniel Balmaceda para descubrir y contarnos con su prosa rigurosa y cálida estas historias insólitas.

En una síntesis clara y viva, los manuales de la colección INICIACIÓN A LA HISTORIA describen y explican las grandes líneas de la evolución del mundo, desde la Grecia arcaica hasta nuestros días. Precedidos por una bibliografía general y temática que suministra los instrumentos de trabajo indispensables, estos manuales deben poder satisfacer tanto la curiosidad del público culto como las necesidades metodológicas de los estudiantes. Se completan con un fascículo de mapas de cómodo manejo, que ilustran perfectamente los grandes momentos históricos y económicos. El periodo...

Title: Covadonga. Tradiciones, historias y leyendas. [With plates.] Publisher: British Library, Historical Print Editions The British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and much more. Its collections include around 14 million books, along with substantial additional collections of manuscripts and historical items dating back as far as 300 BC. The HISTORY OF EUROPE collection...