Memoria y reconciliación

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En esta obra se compilan 13 trabajos que tratan distintos aspectos acerca de la importancia de las conchas marinas rojizas en la América antigua, las cuales fueron muy apreciadas por las culturas que poblaron el continente antes de la llegada de los invasores europeos; en la región Andina se les llamó mullu, y tapachtli entre los antiguos nahuas, designaciones que abarcaron varias especies de moluscos, pero sin duda las más relevantes fueron las del género Spondylus.

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...

Andrés de Urdaneta y Ceráin, marino, militar, cosmógrafo y religioso al servicio de Felipe II, ha sido injustamente olvidado por nuestra historia naval a pesar de haber descubierto una de las más importantes rutas marítimas de todos los tiempos. Agustín R. Rodríguez, uno de los especialistas en historia naval más reconocidos, recupera en este épico y novedoso ensayo biográfico la excepcional aventura de este marino vasco que estableció una ruta entre América y Asia, desde Acapulco a Manila, de vital importancia para el comercio y el sostenimiento del imperio, así como para...