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“Los tres mosqueteros existieron realmente y fue también real su duelo contra los guardias del cardenal Richelieu, en el que participó D’Artagnan, recién llegado a París. Los mosqueteros, además, tuvieron mucho que ver con el misterioso prisionero conocido como “el hombre de la máscara de hierro”, cuya identidad y cuyo trágico destino fueron más extraordinarios que todo lo que el gran Dumas llegó a imaginar”.

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...

This book is perhaps the most profound, sincere, and all encompassing look into the character of the Cuban people: their triumphs and falls, their past, present and future. An important and lucid book for understanding the history and reality of the Cuban nation.