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"Al poco familiarizado con el rigor histórico, es posible que frases de este libro, como 'La Orden de Ermitaños de San Agustín no surgió ni por iniciativa, ni a propuesta de San Agustín', se le antojen un contradiós. Pero los datos mandan. Y estos dicen, en efecto, que 'El Hiponense no es el padre fundador, ni el organizador institucional, ni tampoco el primer prior general de la Orden Agustiniana'. Lo que de veras importa, por tanto, sobremanera en el presente libro de marras, es que se nos cuenten los hechos sin dar tres cuartos al pregonero ni rienda suelta a la fantasía. Y eso es...

Charles Minguet, el biógrafo por excelencia de Humboldt, escribió: "La obra de Humboldt es un nuevo descubrimiento, verdadero, de un continente y una humanidad confinados durante tres siglos en el recinto estrictamente cerrado del pacto colonial". Esta cita retoma la idea de que el barón fue el continuador de Cristóbal Colón en el descubrimiento europeo de América. Esta obra señala algunas dimensiones de la continuidad.

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Jorge Garcia Montes was born in New York, United States, on october 19, 1898. His father, Jose Maria Garcia Montes, was exiled during the war of Cuba's independence against the Spaniards. Later, he became the first Secretary of Finance in 1902 with the first President of the Republic of Cuba, Tomas Estrada Palma. He studied at the University of Havana, where he graduated with a Law degree in 1917. An eminent student, he recieved several awards, among them the Lanuza prize. Elected to the House of Representatives from the Province of Santa Clara, Garcia Montes was a member of the Liberal...