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El cielo al revés

El cielo al revés

El cielo al revés

Escallón Eduardo

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Editorial:
UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES
Año de edición:
2019
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Historia
ISBN:
9789587746693
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Después de la muerte de Magallanes en 1522, Juan Sebastián Elcano se hizo capitán de la expedición que por primera vez le dio la vuelta al mundo. Este viaje prodigioso cambió para siempre la historia de la cultura, dejó atrás la superchería de abismos y monstruos medievales y, en su lugar, descubrió una vasta realidad ante los ojos alucinados de los hombres. En esta novela, de poesía inusual, los personajes apenas se hacen conscientes del nacimiento de un nuevo mundo. Sin embargo, están al tanto de las ventajas que las recién descubiertas rutas hacia las islas de la especiería traerán para el comercio. Las muertes de dos exploradores que acompañaron a Elcano desatan un misterio fascinante y una historia de amor en medio de los más importantes descubrimientos científicos de la época. “La nuez moscada, el clavo, la canela, el jengibre, la pimienta, junto con cortezas aromáticas y medicinales como el incienso y la mirra, son productos de Oriente cuyo precio en este continente desata guerras entre imperios o impulsa a los hombres a desafiar la muerte entretempestades, afrontar geografías inciertas y afrentar pueblos silvestres para controlar su tráfico. Lo que los navegantes y exploradores hemos logrado con las hazañas más recientes y en especial con la nuestra, de circunnavegación, ha sido eliminar el transporte intermediario de las caravanas arábigas estableciendo nuevos recorridos.” 10

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