Ese diamante llamado Libertad

La Historia general de las cosas de la Nueva España reúne los doce libros editados en México por el monje franciscano Bernardino de Sahagún entre 1540 y 1590 a partir de entrevistas con informantes indígenas en Tlatelolco, Texcoco y Tenochtitlan. El mejor manuscrito que se conserva de la obra es el denominado Códice florentino, alojado en los archivos de la Biblioteca Laurenciana de Florencia, una copia de los textos cuya fuente original se perdió, posiblemente destruida por las autoridades españolas. A lo largo de los doce libros que integran la obra se abordan distintas cuestiones...

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...

En este volumen se ofrece por primera vez la traducción al español de un texto del viajero austriaco del siglo XIX Isidore Löwenstern. Este volumen constituye un excelente retrato de la vida y costumbres del México de la época, así como de los lugares y situaciones de mayor importancia para el viajero. Es, además, una aproximación privilegiada, desde la perspectiva de un explorador de filiación monárquica y colonialista, al pensamiento que el hombre del viejo mundo guardaba sobre su contraparte extranjera.