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De familia tradicional, aunque ni rica ni noble, PROPERCIO (ca. 50-ca. 15 a. C.) abandonó su Umbría natal para trasladarse a Roma con la intención de dedicarse a la vida pública, pronto desechada al ser acogido en el círculo de Mecenas y Ovidio a raíz de la popularidad que le deparó su primer libro. Sus ELEGÍAS COMPLETAS, pese a abarcar varios tonos y registros, ostentan no obstante como eje principal el amor por Cintia, en vida y más allá de la muerte, unido a una fuerte imaginación visual y una gran capacidad para expresar las pasiones humanas, cualidades que como señala Hugo...

Christopher Columbus most likely wasn’t the person to discover the Americas. He wasn’t even the first European to do so! Despite that, his three trips to the Western Hemisphere led to many more European explorers heading in that direction. In this volume, readers familiar with Columbus’s travels on the Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria can learn who Columbus was beyond his travels. Supported by full-color and historic images, interesting main content turns what readers think they know about the life of Columbus on its head while expounding on an important period in the history of the world.

Provides information about phenomena throughout the solar system and facts about oceans, storms, animals, and other features of the Earth.

Groups of American Indians had been living in the Texas region for thousands of years when American settlers decided to expand westward. This captivating book has been translated into Spanish and explores the history of American Indians in Texas and how each group found different ways to live in the region they inhabited. Readers will learn about a variety of tribes, including Karankawa tribe, Jumano, Caddo, Lipan Apache, and Shoshone and discover how they struggled to survive European colonization, the Indian Removal Act, and American expansion. Other topics include the Dawes Act, Indian...