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El hispanista Gerald Brenan, harto de la rigidez anglosajona, llegó en 1920 a Yegen, pueblecito plácidamente recostado en una ladera alpujarreña. Allí, y hasta 1934, residió, alternando con viajes, más de seis años. Fascinado por la sencilla espontaneidad de sus gentes, su lenguaje y sus costumbres, Brenan, al tiempo que se documentaba, fue anotando minuciosamente cuanto veía, oía y vivía. El resultado es esta emocionante y valiosa monografía sobre la vida en La Alpujarra en esos años, en la que quiso dejar constancia de todos los aspectos que le atrajeron, desde los usos amorosos ...

El paso del sudoeste es la historia novelada de Fernando de Magallanes (Sabrosa, Portugal, primavera de 1480; isla de Mactán, Filipinas, 27 de abril de 1521) y de Juan Sebastián Elcano (Guetaria, Guipúzcoa, invierno de 1476; Océano Pacífico, 4 de agosto de 1526) para conmemorar el 500 aniversario de la gloriosa gesta que supuso la primera circunnavegación al globo terráqueo. Se narra la odisea de las cinco naves que partieron de Sevilla el 10 de agosto de 1519, con doscientos treinta y nueve hombres, y el regreso de solo una de ellas, La Victoria, con dieciocho tripulantes, el 8 de...

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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...