Conferencias del mes: año 2013

A lo largo de los siglos los mitos que se refieren a la guerra de Troya y a sus protagonistas –Aquiles, Héctor, Elena...-, transmitidos desdela Ilíadapor una numerosa secuencia de recreaciones literarias, han mantenido viva su fascinación. Sólo cuando Heinrich Schliemann pretendió hacia 1873 haber descubierto el “tesoro de Príamo” y las ruinas de Troya en Hisarlik, en la actual Turquía, comenzó a pensarse en la posibilidad de que los acontecimientos narrados por Homero tuviesen una base histórica. Michael Wood nos narra en estas páginas la crónica milenaria de la búsqueda de ...

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...

The riveting story of Ferdinand Magellan’s historic 60,000-mile ocean voyage—now updated with a new introduction commemorating the 500th anniversary of his journey. “Prodigious research, sure-footed prose and vivid descriptions make for a thoroughly satisfying account... it is all here in the wondrous detail, a first-rate historical page turner.”— New York Times Book Review Ferdinand Magellan's daring circumnavigation of the globe in the sixteenth century was a three-year odyssey filled with sex, violence, and amazing adventure. Now in Over the Edge of the World, prize-winning...