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Morales' "Historia de las islas Marianas" seems to predate Le Gobien's "Historie des isles Marianes" and was probably used as the basis for Le Gobien's work. Le Gobien attributed some of the investigative work for his book to Morales but the editor makes the case that the opposite was true

Esta edición de sesenta y nueve cartas inéditas conservadas en el Archivo General de Simancas, la Biblioteca Nacional de España y la Real Biblioteca de Madrid permite arrojar nueva luz sobre los vínculos y conflictos de la aristocracia y el alto clero de la isla de Cerdeña con las cortes de Carlos V y Felipe II. Esta correspondencia, intercambiada entre Jerónimo de Aragall, Antioco Bellit, Jaime Montanyans, Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle y otros destacados personajes de mediados del siglo XVI, comprende el periodo entre 1541 y 1570.

A riveting, comprehensive history of the Arab people and tribes that explores the role of language as a cultural touchstone. This kaleidoscopic book covers almost 3,000 years of Arab history and shines a light on the footloose Arab people and tribes who conquered lands and disseminated their language and culture over vast distances. Tracing this process to the origins of the Arabic language, rather than the advent of Islam, Tim Mackintosh-Smith begins his narrative more than a thousand years before Muhammad and focuses on how Arabic, both spoken and written, has functioned as a vital source...

The photographer reveals the modern transformation of Cuba in a series of more than one hundred startling photographs he took between 1997 and 2001, accompanied by incisive essays on Cuban culture, society, politics, economics, and more. (Current Affairs)