Contrabando, poder y color en los albores de la República: Nueva Granada, 1822-1824

La historia puede ser muy, pero muy aburrida. Con decenas de reyes, cientos de documentos, miles de batallas y cero gracia. Hasta ahora. Porque ¿sabías que las primeras huellas descubiertas de un homínido caminando sobre sus dos pies fue durante una guerra de bosta de elefante entre dos paleontólogos? ¿Y alguna vez te contaron que el bautizo del Big Bang fue en tono despectivo? Bueno, esta es la misma historia de otros libros, pero aliñada con datos que nunca escuchaste en tu sala de clases. Como que el emperador persa Cambises II venció a los egipcios en la batalla de Pelusium (525...

Excerpt from Avisos de Jerónimo de Barrionuevo (1654-1658) Y Apéndice Anónimo (1660-1664), Vol. 4: Precede una Noticia de la Vida y Escritos del Autor Suman todos hombres. Es cosa cierta lo que aquí digo, sin faltar un ápice de la que le vino al Rey. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections...

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Text written in the seventeenth century, translated and edited by Philip Ainsworth Means, with an Introduction by the late Sir Clements R. Markham. The translation is from the Spanish edition of Marcos Jiménez de la Espada, published Madrid, 1882. Also includes 'Eight chronological tables ... compiled by P. A. Means'; 'List of words in the names of kings and Incas ...' and 'Quichua words in Montesinos'. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1920.