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La Historia del Almirante reúne una sucinta biografía de Cristóbal Colón y una extensa relación de sus cuatro viajes a América. Escrito por su hijo Hernando Colón, el texto destaca por la impronta de velado misterio y fascinante aventura, lejos de configurarse como una acumulación de datos históricos. Aunque la obra ha sido objeto de polémica por la dudosa autoría del apartado biográfico y el enaltecimiento de la figura del Almirante, no cabe duda de que este libro es «un texto fundamental para la historiografía del descubrimiento», como lo demuestra el prólogo de Pedro Insua...

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Este ensayo nos traslada al África Subsahariana, en un principio con un hecho de la etapa colonial americana prácticamente desconocido donde Buenos Aires, por entonces capital del Virreinato del Río de la Plata, debía administrar e incorporar bajo su jurisdicción esos territorios del continente africano. La expedición hispánica que partió en 1778 desde el puerto de Montevideo hacia el Golfo de Guinea, por diversas causas que se mencionan en el libro fracasará para posteriormente retomarla en otras condiciones y con mayor éxito a mediados del siglo XIX, donde finalmente los...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute...