El emperador y los ríos. Religión, ingeniería y política en el Imperio Romano

Of contents: Vol. 1. General introductions ; The festivals for Henri III in Cracow, Venice, Orléans and Rouen ; Festivals in Genoa in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries ; Festivals in Poland-Lithuania from the sixteenth to the eighteenth century ; Festivals in the Netherlands -- Vol. 2. Festivals of the Protestant Union ; Festivals commemorating the defeat of Protestantism in La Rochelle ; Festivals in Scandinavia ; The New World : seventeenth-century festivals in the viceroyalties of Mexico and Peru.

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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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...