The document "500 Years of Discovery" is a compilation of studies examining the early Spanish incursions into the Pacific and the challenges faced by expeditions organized from the Iberian Peninsula and New Spain. Through ...

Basically, this work presents 50 facsimiles chosen by the author among 135 sheets that shape a manuscript book, dated on December 28, 1785, made by the master don Rafael Ximeno. The interest for the work is because it is ...

Explores the history of navigation and trade along the Veracruz coast during the colonial period, focusing on the interaction between the maritime environment and the cultural practices of sailors. It analyzes the significance ...

This edition of excellent presentation is preceded of an introductory study where León- Portilla offers a very precise commentary about the Sahagún text, and reflects the how, when and who made the text, the structure and ...

After the preface, where the author refers to the sources and bibliography –not plentiful- he could get, Martínez del Rio organizes his work in two parts: The first, “Historical process” begins with the Spanish penetration ...

Facsimile edition with introduction by Roberto Moreno de los Arcos. In this edition, Moreno gives a brief bibliography of the Franciscan Alonso de Molina, natural from Extremadura and make a relation of his work. Also ...

Como bien señala el autor de esta obra, la mayoría de los estudios históricos realizados hasta la fecha sobre la etapa final de la colonia se centran principalmente en la élite, minoría que ostentaba el poder político y ...

Narrated in this book are episodes from the life of a famous Spanish woman who entertained the Novohispanic court and society during the second half of the 18th century. The woman was Josepha Ordóñez, famous for her beauty ...

"Enfoque Perspectivas..." provides a comprehensive analysis of the history of New Spain and its relationship with space, territory, and cultural landscape. Through various historical investigations, it addresses the ...

During the basically political XVI century were settled the first big states of the modern Europe, from titanic battles, when the reason of state validate any kind of violation to the moral and religion. To understand this ...