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Book Magallanes y Elcano  Traves  a al fin del mundo

Download or read book Magallanes y Elcano Traves a al fin del mundo written by Gabriel Sánchez Sorondo and published by Nowtilus. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Cuando un libro trata sobre un tema histórico, sin novelar, y te da la sensación que estás leyendo una aventura impresionante, poco más hay que añadir. Este libro habla sobre la primera vuelta al Mundo, la de Magallanes y Elcano, aunque es la vuelta al Mundo de Magallanes."(Web Hislibris) La increíble aventura de unos hombres capaces de sobreponerse a cualquier tipo de muerte para circunnavegar la Tierra y ganar la batalla por las especias.La aventura de Vasco de Gama que le llevó a las Indias a través del cabo de Buena Esperanza abrió una guerra por el control de las especias y por el control estratégico mundial que concluiría con la gesta de Magallanes y Elcano: la expedición que dio, a ciegas, la primera vuelta al mundo. Magallanes y Elcano: travesía al fin del mundo nos traslada toda la aventura, la pasión, la crueldad y el heroísmo de esta gesta, y nos da a conocer datos poco tratados en este tipo de obras como qué papel real tenían los reyes en estas expediciones, cuál eran las competencias de los capitanes en estas aventuras, cómo se formaban la flota que se embarcaba o cómo solventaban los problemas de alimentación y de bebida en unos viajes en los que, en la mayoría de los casos, las cartografías eran inexactas o directamente inexistentes. En 1519 parten desde Sevilla cinco naves y 256 hombres bajo el mando de Magallanes, un navegante nacido en Portugal que rechazó su nacionalidad y fué nombrado capitán por el emperador Carlos I, 14.500 leguas y tres años después regresará a suelo español una sola nave, con 17 hombres y capitaneada por Juan Sebastián Elcano. Gabriel Sánchez nos traslada con toda su viveza esta epopeya en la que los hombres de Magallanes tuvieron que superar motines, naufragios en islas abandonadas, deserciones, batallas contra los indígenas, enfermedades y hambrunas.

Book Round About the Earth

    Book Details:
  • Author : Joyce E. Chaplin
  • Publisher : Simon and Schuster
  • Release : 2013-11-19
  • ISBN : 1416596208
  • Pages : 560 pages

Download or read book Round About the Earth written by Joyce E. Chaplin and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-11-19 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in hardcover in 2012.

Book The Philippine Review

Download or read book The Philippine Review written by Gregorio Nieva and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 1366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Intelligence Management in the Americas

Download or read book Intelligence Management in the Americas written by Russell G. Russell G. Swenson and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-06-17 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This anthology, Intelligence Management in the Americas, brings together the perspectives of 22 authors from across the Americas. They outline and assess the status and promise of intelligence oversight legislation and actions, and develop various arguments for preserving the best aspects of intelligence autonomy.

Book Journal of the Society of Basque Studies in America

Download or read book Journal of the Society of Basque Studies in America written by and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 658 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Catalog of the Latin American Collection

Download or read book Catalog of the Latin American Collection written by University of Texas at Austin. Library. Latin American Collection and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 772 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Note taking for Consecutive Interpreting

Download or read book Note taking for Consecutive Interpreting written by Andrew Gillies and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2017-05-18 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Note-taking for Consecutive Interpreting: A Short Course is the essential step-by-step guide to the skill of note-taking. The system, made up of a range of tried and tested techniques, is simple to learn, consistent and efficient. Each chapter presents a technique, with examples, tasks and exercises. This second edition has been extensively revised throughout, including: an updated chapter on speech analysis new chapters on comparisons and links revised example speeches and notes a summary of other authors' note-taking guidelines for comparison and reference (Part III). The author uses English throughout – explaining how and where to locate material for other languages – thus providing a sound base for all those working in the areas of conference interpreting and consecutive interpreting in any language combination. This user-friendly guide is a particularly valuable resource for student interpreters, professionals looking to refresh their skills, and interpreter trainers looking for innovative ways of approaching note-taking.

Book Basques in the Philippines

    Book Details:
  • Author : Marciano R. De Borja
  • Publisher : University of Nevada Press
  • Release : 2012-06-12
  • ISBN : 0874178916
  • Pages : 408 pages

Download or read book Basques in the Philippines written by Marciano R. De Borja and published by University of Nevada Press. This book was released on 2012-06-12 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Basques played a remarkably influential role in the creation and maintenance of Spain’s colonial establishment in the Philippines. Their skills as shipbuilders and businessmen, their evangelical zeal, and their ethnic cohesion and work-oriented culture made them successful as explorers, colonial administrators, missionaries, merchants, and settlers. They continued to play prominent roles in the governance and economy of the archipelago until the end of Spanish sovereignty, and their descendants still contribute in significant ways to the culture and economy of the contemporary Philippines. This book offers important new information about a little-known aspect of Philippine history and the influence of Basque immigration in the Spanish Empire, and it fills an important void in the literature of the Basque diaspora.

Book Revista de Historia de Am  rica

Download or read book Revista de Historia de Am rica written by Silvio Zavala and published by . This book was released on 1946 with total page 700 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes sections "Reseñas de libros," "Revistas" and "Bibliografía de historia de América."

Book History of the Philippine Islands

Download or read book History of the Philippine Islands written by Antonio de Morga and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2019-11-19 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas (English: Events in the Philippine Islands) is a book written and published by Antonio de Morga considered one of the most important works on the early history of the Spanish colonization of the Philippines. It was published in 1609 after he was reassigned to Mexico in two volumes by Casa de Geronimo Balli, in Mexico City.

Book Representing Italy Through Food

Download or read book Representing Italy Through Food written by Peter Naccarato and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2017-03-09 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Italy has long been romanticized as an idyllic place. Italian food and foodways play an important part in this romanticization – from bountiful bowls of fresh pasta to bottles of Tuscan wine. While such images oversimplify the complex reality of modern Italy, they are central to how Italy is imagined by Italians and non-Italians alike. Representing Italy through Food is the first book to examine how these perceptions are constructed, sustained, promoted, and challenged. Recognizing the power of representations to construct reality, the book explores how Italian food and foodways are represented across the media – from literature to film and television, from cookbooks to social media, and from marketing campaigns to advertisements. Bringing together established scholars such as Massimo Montanari and Ken Albala with emerging scholars in the field, the thirteen chapters offer new perspectives on Italian food and culture. Featuring both local and global perspectives – which examine Italian food in the United States, Australia and Israel – the book reveals the power of representations across historical, geographic, socio-economic, and cultural boundaries and asks if there is anything that makes Italy unique. An important contribution to our understanding of the enduring power of Italy, Italian culture and Italian food – both in Italy and beyond. Essential reading for students and scholars in food studies, Italian studies, media studies, and cultural studies.

Book Spanish Contact Vernaculars in the Philippine Islands

Download or read book Spanish Contact Vernaculars in the Philippine Islands written by Keith Whinnom and published by . This book was released on 1956 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book By the Bog of Cats

    Book Details:
  • Author : Marina Carr
  • Publisher : Faber & Faber
  • Release : 2014-09-04
  • ISBN : 057131872X
  • Pages : 94 pages

Download or read book By the Bog of Cats written by Marina Carr and published by Faber & Faber. This book was released on 2014-09-04 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Set in the mysterious landscape of the bogs of rural Ireland, Carr's lyrical and timeless play tells the story of Hester Swane, an Irish traveller with a deep and unearthly connection to her land. Tormented by the memory of a mother who deserted her, Hester is once again betrayed, this time by the father of her child, the man she loves. On the brink of despair, she embarks on a terrible journey of vengeance as the secrets of her tangled history are revealed. 'A piece of poetic realism steeped in the past... Carr has an extraordinary ability to move between the mythic and the real.' Guardian 'A great play... a great work of poetry... the word should soon carry across both sides of the Atlantic.' Independent By the Bog of Cats premiered at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin, in 1998. It was revived at Wyndham's Theatre, London, in November 2004.

Book The Cactaceae

    Book Details:
  • Author : Nathaniel Lord Britton
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1919
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 334 pages

Download or read book The Cactaceae written by Nathaniel Lord Britton and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Food in Chinese Culture

Download or read book Food in Chinese Culture written by Kwang-chih Chang and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 429 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Studies food traditions in each major period of Chinese history, noting the impact of methods of preparing, serving, preserving, and eating foods on Chinese culture

Book Geographical Studies

Download or read book Geographical Studies written by Carl Ritter and published by . This book was released on 1863 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Divers Voyages Touching the Discovery of America and the Islands Adjacent

Download or read book Divers Voyages Touching the Discovery of America and the Islands Adjacent written by Richard Hakluyt and published by . This book was released on 1850 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: