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Vida del muy magnífico señor Don Cristóbal Colón
Desde el naufragio ante las costas de Portugal en una batalla contra el rey de Aragón, pasando por el intento de convencer al rey portugués para que le financiara le expedición. La espera a la caída de Granada. EL apoyo de los asesores de los reyes católicos, conversos, a la causa de Cristobal.
Los viajes, las rebeliones, las luchas contra los indígenas, la destitución del mando....., la evidencia de que vio Venezuela y la confundio con una isla.
Hay un análisis para averiguar los orígenes de Colon. El libro está muy documentado con referencia a otras fuentes.
Los viajes, las rebeliones, las luchas contra los indígenas, la destitución del mando....., la evidencia de que vio Venezuela y la confundio con una isla.
Hay un análisis para averiguar los orígenes de Colon. El libro está muy documentado con referencia a otras fuentes.
568 pages, Paperback
First published December 1, 1940
About the author
Salvador de Madariaga
187 books55 followersSalvador de Madariaga y Rojo was a Galician diplomat, writer, historian, and pacifist.
De Madariaga graduated with a degree in engineering in Paris, France. He then went to work as an engineer for the Northern Spanish Railway Company but abandoned this work to return to London and become a journalist, writing in English, for The Times. At this time, he began publishing his first essays. He became a press member of the Secretariat of the League of Nations in 1921, and chief of the Disarmament Section in 1922. In 1928, he was appointed Professor of Spanish at Oxford University for three years, during which time he wrote a book on nation psychology called Englishmen, Frenchmen, Spaniards.
In 1931, he was appointed ambassador to the United States of America and a permanent delegate to the League of Nations, a post he kept for 5 years. Chairing the Council of the League of Nations in January 1932, he condemned Japanese aggression in Manchuria in such vehement terms that he was nicknamed "Don Quijote de la Manchuria".[2] Between 1932 and 1934, he was Ambassador to France. In 1933, he was elected to the National Congress, serving as both Minister for Education and Minister for Justice. In July 1936, as a classic liberal he went into exile in England to escape the Spanish civil war. From there he became a vocal opponent of, and organised resistance to, the Nacionales and the Spanish State of Francisco Franco. In 1947, he was one of the principal authors of the Oxford Manifesto on liberalism. He participated in the Hague Congress in 1948 as president of the Cultural Commission and he was one of the co-founders, in 1949, of the College of Europe.
In his writing career he wrote books and essays about Don Quixote, Christopher Columbus, Shakespeare's Hamlet, and the history of Latin America. He militated in favour of a united and integrated Europe. He wrote in French and German as well as Spanish and Galician (his mother tongue) and English. In 1973 he won the Karlspreis for contributions to the European idea and European peace. In 1976, he returned to Spain after the death of Francisco Franco. The Madariaga European Foundation has been named after him, promoting his vision of a united Europe making for a more peaceful world. The 1979–1980 academic year at the College of Europe was named in his honour.
De Madariaga graduated with a degree in engineering in Paris, France. He then went to work as an engineer for the Northern Spanish Railway Company but abandoned this work to return to London and become a journalist, writing in English, for The Times. At this time, he began publishing his first essays. He became a press member of the Secretariat of the League of Nations in 1921, and chief of the Disarmament Section in 1922. In 1928, he was appointed Professor of Spanish at Oxford University for three years, during which time he wrote a book on nation psychology called Englishmen, Frenchmen, Spaniards.
In 1931, he was appointed ambassador to the United States of America and a permanent delegate to the League of Nations, a post he kept for 5 years. Chairing the Council of the League of Nations in January 1932, he condemned Japanese aggression in Manchuria in such vehement terms that he was nicknamed "Don Quijote de la Manchuria".[2] Between 1932 and 1934, he was Ambassador to France. In 1933, he was elected to the National Congress, serving as both Minister for Education and Minister for Justice. In July 1936, as a classic liberal he went into exile in England to escape the Spanish civil war. From there he became a vocal opponent of, and organised resistance to, the Nacionales and the Spanish State of Francisco Franco. In 1947, he was one of the principal authors of the Oxford Manifesto on liberalism. He participated in the Hague Congress in 1948 as president of the Cultural Commission and he was one of the co-founders, in 1949, of the College of Europe.
In his writing career he wrote books and essays about Don Quixote, Christopher Columbus, Shakespeare's Hamlet, and the history of Latin America. He militated in favour of a united and integrated Europe. He wrote in French and German as well as Spanish and Galician (his mother tongue) and English. In 1973 he won the Karlspreis for contributions to the European idea and European peace. In 1976, he returned to Spain after the death of Francisco Franco. The Madariaga European Foundation has been named after him, promoting his vision of a united Europe making for a more peaceful world. The 1979–1980 academic year at the College of Europe was named in his honour.
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September 13, 2015Entretenida lectura. Me ha gustado saber más de su vida y de las especulaciones con sus orígenes.
Me ha sorprendido descubrir
que las carabelas no navegaban con viento de frente, tal como hacemos hoy.
que los principales asesores de los reyes eran conversos.
Que lucho contra el Rey de Aragón en favor del francés Anjou.
La inquisición quemaba a familias de apellido Colom en Valencia en la época.
"Oro es lo que oro vale", justificaba la esclavitud a falta de oro. A pesar de la prohibicíón explicita y escrita dada por los Reyes católicos a Colón en la defensa de la dignidad Humana.
Cómo se quiebra la inocencia de los indígenas el primer día del encuentro con los conquistadores......
Me ha sorprendido descubrir
que las carabelas no navegaban con viento de frente, tal como hacemos hoy.
que los principales asesores de los reyes eran conversos.
Que lucho contra el Rey de Aragón en favor del francés Anjou.
La inquisición quemaba a familias de apellido Colom en Valencia en la época.
"Oro es lo que oro vale", justificaba la esclavitud a falta de oro. A pesar de la prohibicíón explicita y escrita dada por los Reyes católicos a Colón en la defensa de la dignidad Humana.
Cómo se quiebra la inocencia de los indígenas el primer día del encuentro con los conquistadores......
July 11, 2018
Asombroso leer sobre ese momento histórico tan rico en hechos excepcionales y pensar en qué se parecen hoy nuestras vidas a las suyas. Vale la pena pasarse de vez en cuando por la historia.
December 31, 2011
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