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Félix de Azara, 18 de mayo de 1742 (Barbuñales, Huesca)-1821. (España.) Fue militar, ingeniero, explorador, cartógrafo, antropólogo y naturalista. Estudió en la Universidad de Huesca y en la Academia militar de Barcelona dónde se graduó en 1764. Sirvió en el regimiento de infantería de Galicia y obtuvo el grado de lugarteniente en 1775. Siendo herido en la guerra de Argel, sobrevivió de milagro. Asimismo rechazó en 1815 la Orden de Isabel la Católica en protesta por los ideales absolutistas imperantes en España. Mediante el tratado de San Ildefonso (1777), España y Portugal...

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Sáenz Quesada sintetiza el recorrido histórico y cronológico que va desde la fundación de la sociedad colonial hasta la actualidad. Son 74 capítulos pensados para ser leídos en forma independiente, que incluyen los hechos políticos sobresalientes, pero también referencias a la vida privada, rasgos biográficos de los protagonistas, el clima de ideas y la sensibilidad de cada época, además de ejemplos para que el pasado se humanice y se vuelva más cercano y comprensible.

Y la nave se fue". Así arranca la presentación de este libro. En efecto lo hizo, llena de oportunidades que la coyuntura "documentación—problemática", le dieron. El galeón y los pataches se encuentran así surcando mares tempestuosos y problemáticos. Aguas que agudizaron la pluma del autor para abrirnos una ventana en nuestro moderno camarote para ver por instantes uno de los mares más difíciles del mundo.