La Guinea despojada

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...

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Describe la llegada del gas a Málaga y, como consecuencia, el alumbrado de la ciudad mediante esta fuente de energía.

Las vías de comunicación que se establecieron desde la antigüedad entre los continentes de Europa y Asia, conocidas como las "Rutas de la Seda", facilitaron la difusión de esta actividad manufacturera en la península Ibérica a partir de su conquista por el Islam en el siglo VIII. Sin embargo, fueron los comerciantes italianos que revitalizaron aquellas rutas a finales del siglo XIII los que más contribuyeron a su estímulo y renovación. Como España y Portugal protagonizaron posteriormente los descubrimientos geográficos y establecieron la comunicación directa por vía marítima con ...