España, ombligo del mundo

[Italiano]: Il libro è il primo risultato di un progetto di ricerca interdisciplinare e internazionale sui disastri di origine naturale verificatisi nei territori governati dalle monarchie borboniche tra il XVIII secolo e l’inizio del XIX. I dodici saggi che lo compongono esplorano le strategie e le pratiche attraverso cui istituzioni e società cercarono di gestire, mitigare e prevenire gli effetti catastrofici di eruzioni, terremoti, inondazioni, carestie ed epidemie, in territori geograficamente lontani e diversi tra loro – dal Mediterraneo occidentale all’America centrale e...

El 8 de marzo de 1421 salió de China la flota más grande que habían visto los tiempos: 107 juncos, algunos de casi 150 metros de eslora, iban a devolver a sus países de origen a los dignatarios que habían ido a rendir homenaje al emperador Zhu Di; posteriormente,debían recaudar tributos de los bárbaros a lo largo y ancho de los mares. Los distintos almirantes de la flota visitaron las costas americanas setenta años antes que Colón, descubrieron Australia trescientos cincuenta años antes que Cook y circunnavegaron el globo cien años antes que Magallanes. Sin embargo, a su regreso en ...

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High in the Inyo Mountains, between Owens Valley and Death Valley National Park, lies the ghost town of Cerro Gordo. Discovered in 1865, this silver town boomed to a population of 3,000 people in the hands of savvy entrepreneurs during the 1870s. As the silver played out and the town faded, a few hung on to the dream. By the early 1900s, Louis D. Gordon wandered up the Yellow Grade Road where freight wagons once traversed with silver and supplies and took a closer look at the zinc ore that had been tossed aside by early miners. The Fat Hill lived again, primarily as a small company town. By...