1808, la eclosión juntera en el mundo hispano

El Gran Norte es la región más inhóspita de lo que hoy conocemos como el Oeste americano, una región donde las abruptas cadenas montañosas se alternan con altiplanos desérticos de magnitud inconmensurable, la frontera norte del vasto imperio español en América, una auténtica Terra Incognita. El territorio que Bernardo de Miera y Pacheco y sus compañeros de expedición fatigaron durante meses para explorar y cartografiar, en un recorrido tan agotador que les obligó a comerse sus propios caballos para sobrevivir. Pero esta es solo una de las hazañas de una existencia llena de...

Con ocasión del cincuentenario de la muerte de Hugo Obermaier (Ratisbona, 1877 - Friburgo, 1946) la Universidad de Cantabria, La Fundación Marcelino Botín y el Institute for Prehistoric Investigations han decidido editar un volumen homenaje que evidencie la trayectoria y la vigencia de su aportación científica. Aportación que, en su mayor parte, se sintetiza en su obra El hombre fósil. Original- mente publicada en España por la Comisión de investigaciones Paleontológicas y Prehistóricas, donde conoció sendas ediciones en 1916 y 1925, y posteriormente traducida a varios idiomas,...

The area of Amalthea, better known as Central College, was platted by Timothy Lee in 1816. Situated three miles southeast of Westerville, Central College was built along Big Walnut Creek. A college known as the Blendon Institute was formed in 1832. In 1842, the institute was given to the Presbyterian church to form the Central College of Ohio. However, due to financial struggles, the school--later known as Central College Academy--closed in 1894. The Ohio School for the Deaf Alumni Association purchased the defunct school property and created the Ohio Home for the Aged and Infirm Deaf; it was ...

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