Los Hombres de Matasiete / The Men of Matasiete

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Cristóbal Colón unió así su nombre a otros ensanchadores del mundo conocido, como Alejandro Magno y Marco Polo. Su permanente y sostenida confusión acerca de hacia dónde viajó, no fue óbice para que con su acción se duplicara el mapamundi y alentó sobremanera la inteligencia europea, la que, una vez consciente (o sin llegar a estarlo totalmente) de los yerros del navegante genovés, emprendió la otra aventura, la de la conquista y evangelización de los hombres autóctonos de las tierras descubiertas. Una enorme empresa mercantil y política se puso en marcha para perjuicio de las...

Empobrecido y exhausto tras cincuenta anos de guerras continuas, el gran imperio espanol negocio, en los ultimos anos del siglo XVI y primeros del XVII, tratados con sus tres enemigos mas poderosos: Inglaterra, Francia y los Paises Bajos. Paul Allen sostiene que los gestos de paz del rey formaban, en realidad, parte de una gran estrategia que permitiria a Espana recuperar su fuerza militar y economica mediante enganosos senuelos presentados a sus adversarios para apartarlos de sus empresas militares.

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