Vapor al norte, tren al sur

This edition of Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca's Relación offers readers Rolena Adorno and Patrick Charles Pautz's celebrated translation of Cabeza de Vaca's account of the 1527 Pánfilo de Narváez expedition to North America. The dramatic narrative tells the story of some of the first Europeans and the first-known African to encounter the North American wilderness and its Native inhabitants. It is a fascinating tale of survival against the highest odds, and it highlights Native Americans and their interactions with the newcomers in a manner seldom seen in writings of the period. In this...

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El Instituto Confucio imparte conferencias mensuales sobre temas relacionados con la cultura China. Este libro incluye los textos de las conferencias que se impartieron durante el año 2013. Los títulos y los autores son los siguientes: 1. WUSHU: Su desarrollo en Cuba / Roberto Vargas Lee. – FEBRERO / 2013 2. Experiencias de la Expo China-México / Ricardo Román Chang Gamboa. – MARZO / 2013 3. China 2012: Desempeño económico social / Julio Aracelio Díaz Vázquez. – ABRIL / 2013 4. Chinos en La Habana. Un estudio de las prácticas de consumo cultural de empresarios chinos residentes ...

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...