Viajes y viajeros. La aventura de viajar

Del estallido de las hostilidades con Japón en Manchuria a la Guerra de Invierno con Finlandia, de los albores de la Segunda Guerra Mundial en el este de Europa a la devastación de la invasión alemana, del inexorable avance hasta las mismísimas ruinas de Berlín a la sangrienta contrainsurgencia en las fronteras de Ucrania, Bielorrusia y los países bálticos, la experiencia bélica de la Unión Soviética de Stalin fue mucho más larga, extensa y compleja de lo que tradicionalmente se ha considerado. A partir de las dramáticas experiencias tanto de ciudadanos corrientes como de aquellos ...

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The Improbable Conquest offers translations of a series of little-known letters from the chaotic Spanish conquest of the Río de la Plata region, uncovering a rich and understudied historical resource. These letters were written by a wide variety of individuals, including clergy, military officers, and the region’s first governor, Pedro de Mendoza. There is also an exceptional contribution from Isabel de Guevara, one of the few women involved in the conquest to have recorded her experiences. Writing about the conditions of settlements and expeditions, these individuals vividly expose the...

España es mucho más que un nombre, es el fruto de un rico proceso de integración y de un ímpetu cultural desarrollado a lo largo de los siglos. Este libro recuerda nuestra historia en común, lo que los españoles hemos sido y creado a lo largo de los siglos.