Mirrors and Echoes

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La Orden Hospitalaria de San Juan de Dios en la llegó a la Nueva España en 1604. Atendía ante todo las necesidades físicas inmediatas de los más pobres, partiendo del principio que se llegaba a las almas mediante los cuidados otorgados a los cuerpos dolientes. En la Nueva España, los recién llegados formaron la Provincia del Espíritu Santo, que comprendía el México actual, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua y El Salvador, además de Cuba, la costa venezolana y las islas Filipinas. Durante los siglos XVII y XVIII, la Orden Hospitalaria llegó a regir unas 50 casas en su provincia, aunque ...

Esta Breve historia de la arqueología nos narra los asombrosos descubrimientos de los mayores arqueólogos del mundo: tumbas egipcias, ruinas mayas, las primeras colonias europeas en Norteamérica, los misterios de Stonehenge, los sobrecogedores eventos de Pompeya y muchos otros. A lo largo de cuarenta breves capítulos, Brian Fagan cuenta la evolución de la arqueología desde sus orígenes en el siglo XVIII hasta sus mayores avances tecnológicos en el XXI. This is a brief history of archaeology that highlights the astonishing discoveries of the world's leading archaeologists. It includes...

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