España, ombligo del mundo

Para acudir a la liberación de Chile, a mediados de 1815 José Miguel Carrera concibió la idea de viajar a Estados Unidos con el ánimo de conseguir apoyo para la causa emancipadora. Estando en ese país Carrera se entrevistó con el Presidente James Madison, y con numerosas otras personas, encumbradas o modestas, con quienes se encontró durante su estadía. Pese a su desconocimiento del idioma, de su absoluta carencia de fondos y de la política neutralista que había asumido la nación del norte, Carrera logró montar allí una expedición con varias naves en las que transportó una...

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Pasemos 24 horas con los antiguos egipcios. El antiguo Egipto no era solo pirámides, esfinges y sarcófagos de oro. La vida de un egipcio medio era dura, y el trabajo arduo bajo la mirada ardiente del dios sol Ra. En el transcurso de un día en la antigua ciudad de Tebas (al día de hoy Luxor), capital religiosa de Egipto, nos encontraremos con 24 egipcios de todas las clases sociales –desde el faraón al panadero, desde el soldado a la comadrona- y llegaremos a saber cómo era el verdadero Egipto pasando una hora con cada uno de ellos. Nos encontraremos con un personaje diferente en cada...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute...