La batalla de los sentidos

Esta obra recoge testimonios tempranos sobre la conquista de los Llanos Orientales de Colombia y constituye el tomo V de las Relaciones y Visitas a los Andes. Enriquecen el texto, entre otros documentos, cartas de Antonio de Berrío quien a finales del siglo XVI, aún buscaba El Dorado mítico más allá del Orinoco, y en ellas describe grandes caravanas de soldados y siervos que arrastraban o cargaban desde los Andes vituallas y ganados por entre ríos y sabanas pobladas de indios. Textos sobre los repartos de San Juan de los Llanos, de 1556, aportan novedosa información sobre las etnias...

Ensayo ilustrado de la historia cultural de mesoamérica. Se inicia con un estudio de los primeros habitantes del continente, y culmina con la descripción de la civilización azteca, de la que, naturalmente, se cuenta con muchísimos datos.

La estancia de Alexander von Humboldt en territorios hispanoamericanos, entre 1799 y 1805, tuvo diversas repercusiones de caracter cientifico. A partir de que supo allegarse a todo tipo de informacion, tanto del poder como de los hombres de cultura de entonces, logro elaborar interpretaciones y exposiciones panoramicas, rigurosas y sistematicas de fenomenos y acontecimientos de estos territorios. Con ello Humboldt continuo su tarea de reintegrar America al mundo occidental.

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...

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...