Breve Resumen de la Historia del Paraguay...

A product of innuendo and rumor, as well as scandal and media hype, the Jersey Devil enjoys a rich history involving land grabs, astrological predictions, mermaids and dinosaur bones, sideshows, Napoleon Bonaparte's brother, a cross-dressing royal governor, and Founding Father Benjamin Franklin.

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El Escorial is more than a monument to the zeal of Spain’s Catholicism; it is also a symbol of Spain at its imperial apogee. This imposing, granite edifice was built by King Philip II to celebrate Spain’s victory over the French at Saint-Quentin on August 10, 1557. Paid for with New-World gold, this sprawling monastery-palace is laid out in a vast grid of corridors and courtyards. At its heart is the austere Doric basilica of San Lorenzo el Real - beneath which are the remains of eleven Spanish kings, including Philip. The story of this fascinating, enduring symbol of Spain’s monarchy...

La Historia del almirante don Cristóbal Colón no se publicó en vida de Hernando Colón, el manuscrito pasó a María de Toledo, su cuñada, la esposa de Diego Colón. Más tarde Luis Colón (hijo de Diego) lo entregó al genovés Baliano de Fornari. Este lo llevó a Venecia, donde fue impreso en 1571, con el título de Historie del S. D. Fernando Colombo; nelle s'ha particolare et vere relatione della vita e de fatti dell'Almiraglio D. Christoforo Colombo suo padre. Hay dudas sobre la autenticidad de esta biografía de Cristóbal Colón. Antonio Rumeu de Armas ha afirmado que el relato de...