El retorno de un jesuita desterrado

"This annotated bibliography of 332 Mexican autobiographies breaks new ground in the field of Latin American bibliography, for up to now, no study has existed of autobiography in this part of the world. . . . This volume could serve as a model for future bibliographies of autobiographies in other Hispanic countries such as Spain itself, Argentina, Chile, etc. . . . This volume belongs in any library interested in Mexico and its culture. Woods and his translator Josefina Crus-Melendez should be congratulated for a job well done." ARBA

Todo el mundo ha oído hablar de Morgan o de Drake, incluso de Long John Silver o de Jack Sparrow -que nunca existieron-, pero pocos conocen hechos singulares como que Venecia actuó como estado pirata saqueando Constantinopla en 1204; que un rey de Aragón, Alfonso el Magnánimo, disponía de flota propia, y que llegaba al extremo de atacar enclaves de su propio reino para someterlos; que Colón pudo ser pirata, y que, de hecho, colaboró y contó con ellos para realizar el Descubrimiento... En realidad, la piratería, tan familiar y hasta entrañable en nuestro inconsciente colectivo, es...

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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...