La América de los Habsburgo (1517-1700)

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Con la llegada al Nuevo Mundo, los cronistas espa oles tuvieron la funci n de relatar a Europa c mo era el territorio reci n descubierto. Algunos se dedicaron a describir poblaciones ind genas y su cultura. Otros, como Gonzalo Fern ndez de Oviedo, registraron las especies de animales y plantas aut ctonas, de cuya vida y obra se comenta en este libro.

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...

A lo largo de la historia, la mujer madrileña no se ha parecido a otro tipo de mujer. Ya fuera manola, chispera, maja o chulapona; ya se empleara como modistilla, aguadora, lavandera, castañera o cigarrera, respondía al perfil de la hembra de mirada altiva, ojos penetrantes, lágrima fácil, honesta, batalladora, conquistadora en el amor y visceral en la defensa de su propia dignidad. Con arrestos para responder a quien la humilla, es desprendida y dadivosa, tiene achares y anda pronta al desprecio cuando se la engaña. Sangre de mujer madrileña para derramarla en gestas históricas, en...