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by Félix Varela y Morales
Language: Spanish
Release Date: January 1, 2014
Language: Spanish
Release Date: January 1, 2014
Félix Varela y Morales (teólogo, sacerdote, investigador cubano). Hijo de un militar español. A los seis años vivió con su familia en La Florida. Allí cursó la primera enseñanza. En 1801 regresó a La Habana y entró en el Seminario de San Carlos y San Ambrosio. En 1806 obtuvo el título de...
by Pedro Cieza de León
Language: Spanish
Release Date: January 1, 2014
Language: Spanish
Release Date: January 1, 2014
Pedro Cieza de León (Llerena, 1520-Sevilla, 1554). España.Fue conquistador y cronista e historiador del Perú. Escribió una Crónica del Perú en tres partes, de las que solo la primera se publicó en vida de su autor, quedando inéditas las otras dos hasta los siglos XIX y XX.En Cartagena de Indias...
by Infante don Juan Manuel
Language: Spanish
Release Date: January 1, 2014
Language: Spanish
Release Date: January 1, 2014
This book is based on oriental and Christian tales. Among the stories emphasized are El sueño mágico de don Illán, which inspired a comedy by Pedro Ruiz de Alarcón; Los tejedores que hicieron un paño invisible al rey, used by Miguel de Cervantes in El retablo de las maravillas; and El mancebo casado con una mujer brava which inspired Taming of the Shrew by W. Shakespeare.
by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Sergio Aguilar Giménez
Language: Spanish
Release Date: January 1, 2014
Language: Spanish
Release Date: January 1, 2014
One of the chapters of Cervantes' masterpiece, Don Quixote.
by Cristóbal Colón
Language: Spanish
Release Date: January 1, 2014
Language: Spanish
Release Date: January 1, 2014
No adventure in history carries more significance than that of the Santa María crossing the Atlantic in 1492. Diario de a bordo tells the story of Colón's expedition, from securing financing from the Spanish Monarchy to the crossing of an ocean. In it, Colón's character is revealed as both a passionate explorer, a wealth obsessed conqueror, and a visionary navigator.
by Ulrich Schmídel de Straubing
Language: Spanish
Release Date: January 1, 2014
Language: Spanish
Release Date: January 1, 2014
Ulrico Schmidl o Schmidel o Schmidt (1510 en Estraubingen-1581 Ratisbona) fue un soldado lansquenete, viajero y cronista alemán.Parte hacia el río de la Plata integrando la expedición del adelantado Pedro de Mendoza. Junto a él vive los horrores de la primera fundación de Buenos Aires. Durante...
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Language: Spanish
Release Date: January 1, 2014
Language: Spanish
Release Date: January 1, 2014
Las Tradiciones peruanas is a fascinating chronicle of the history of Peru, offering a detailed look at the cutlure and landscape. Palma's surprisingly modern and sharp prose gives his work great asthetic value.
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Language: Spanish
Release Date: January 1, 2014
Language: Spanish
Release Date: January 1, 2014
Las Tradiciones peruanas is a fascinating chronicle of the history of Peru, offering a detailed look at the cutlure and landscape. Palma's surprisingly modern and sharp prose gives his work great asthetic value.
by Ricardo Palma
Language: Spanish
Release Date: January 1, 2014
Language: Spanish
Release Date: January 1, 2014
Las Tradiciones peruanas is a fascinating chronicle of the history of Peru, offering a detailed look at the cutlure and landscape. Palma's surprisingly modern and sharp prose gives his work great asthetic value.
by Domingo Faustino Sarmiento
Language: Spanish
Release Date: January 1, 2014
Language: Spanish
Release Date: January 1, 2014
«El Chacho ha sido el único caudillo verdaderamente prestigioso que haya tenido la República Argentina.»
by Esteban Echeverría
Language: Spanish
Release Date: January 1, 2014
Language: Spanish
Release Date: January 1, 2014
This book, published in Argentina, is one of the first manifestos of socialism in America. It is a peculiar socialism, markedly different than the traditional political forces of Argentina in the 19th century on account of its literary tone. To Echevarría, literature gave a new profile to a continent on the rise.
by José Hernández
Language: Spanish
Release Date: January 1, 2014
Language: Spanish
Release Date: January 1, 2014
The author publicly displays his notes on exploring the Andes in order to build a railway to Chile and Argentina.
