La Revolución mexicana, 1908-1932

Bernal Díaz del Castillo (1492-1584) was a foot soldier in the army of Mexico's conqueror Hernán Cortés. The first edition of his True History of the Conquest of New Spain (as it was entitled in a later English translation) was published in Madrid in 1632 from a manuscript copy sent to Spain shortly after the author's death. Written in a highly accessible style, and describing the experiences of the troops themselves rather than seeing events from an officer's perspective, the work became even more successful than the official accounts and went through many editions and translations. The...

Las distintas aportaciones que forman este libro fueron presentadas en el Simposium Proyecto Humboldt 2002-2004. Las primeras intervenciones que recoge son una detallada exposición del proyecto y sus principales logros. Las ocho restantes son una muestra significativa de interesantes contribuciones al estudio de los viajeros científicos que pasaron por, o estuvieron en Canarias estudiando alguna rama específica de la ciencia y de las relaciones que el proyecto Humboldt tejió con diferentes instituciones europeas tomando como referente específico a las Islas Canarias.

La primera parte del tercer volumen de estos documentos editados con el rigor y la precision intelectuales del autor, presenta documentos donde quedaron consignados los asuntos que tratara Hernan Cortes en el viaje que hizo a Espana entre 1529 y 1530, documentos que vendrian a modificar de manera sustancial la inclinacion del gobierno mismo y la administracion de la justicia en la Nueva Espana.

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