Vocabulario

This series is designed to meet the English language needs of learners in a range of vocational specialisations.

This glossary should be exceptionally useful to translators, teachers, and business professionals who interact with those in Cuba where the number of new terms and new meanings for old terminology continues to grow. (Foreign Language Dictionary)

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2012 im Fachbereich Romanistik - Spanische Sprache, Literatur, Landeskunde, Note: 2,0, Universität zu Köln (Romanisches Seminar), Veranstaltung: Realidad, verosimilitud y verdad en la literatura siglodoresca, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Diese Hausarbeit wird sich mit dem Begriff der Ehre im Schelmenroman La vida de Lazarillo de Tormes y de sus fortunas y adversidades beschäftigen, da dieser dort, und generell in der novela siglodoresca, einen großen Stellenwert einnimmt. Der Roman erschien 1554 in mehreren Ausgaben und war sehr beliebt; der Autor ist jedoch bis...

What cities were there in early 16th-century Spain? With how many inhabitants? Were they fortified? And how many leagues apart were they? Those are the questions that Ferdinand Columbus tried to answer in his Vocabulary containing the names of the places and kingdoms of Spain. The present edition reconstructs the "cosmographic" endeavor of Christopher Columbus’ youngest son based on two codices from the Biblioteca Capitular y Colombina of Seville.