¿De dónde proviene el árbol de cacao? Mesoamérica o Alto Amazonas La historia ha ubicado a Mesoamérica como la región del origen del árbol de cacao sin embargo estudios realizados por botánicos y genetistas lo ubican en el Alto Amazonas, cerca de los límites entre Perú, Ecuador, Colombia y Venezuela. FJ Pound un agrónomo del Departamento de Agricultura de Trinidad encontró la clave para resolver el enigma, un enfermedad común en el árbol de cacao llamada escoba de bruja (witches' broom) es facilmente sobrellevada por las plantas del Alto Amazonas gracias a su alto nivel de diversidad sin embargo las plantas de Mesoamérica muestran pobreza genética y no resisten esta enfermedad. Un árbol infectado con moniliasis del cacao (frosty pod rot) izquierda y escoba de bruja (witches' broom) derecha Ver la fuente para una información detallada. Fuente: Historia del Chocolate
La Gran Guerra 1914-1918 Proyecto Clío What Happened on February 27th This Day in History What happened This day in History on February 27th For Those With Birthdays 27th February looking for specific year these years are Included on this date 1918, 1920, 1922, 1937, 1938, 1943, 1951, 1964, 1973, 1991, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, Born This Day, Italy U.S. 1922 U.S.A. Nineteenth Amendment To The Constitution 27th February, 1922 : On this day, the Nineteenth Amendment To The Constitution was passed on this day. The right of women to vote (as well as the right of women to engage in many other activities) was declared constitutional by all of the members of the U.S. UK 1918 England Hospital Ship Sunk Feb. 27th, 1918 : A report made from London indicated that hospital ship Glenart Castle sank into the waters of the Bristol Channel on the day before after being torpedoed. U.S. 1920 U.S.A. U.S. 1920 U.S.A. U.S. 1937 U.S.A. U.S. 1937 U.S.A. U.S. 1938 U.S.A. U.S. 1938 U.S.A. U.S. 1943 U.S.A. U.S. 1973 U.S.A.
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Internet History Sourcebooks Project Various course websites which reflect the use of IHSP documents. Western Civilisation Courses Core I: Western Civilisation to 1715 A website created for my 2004 course at UNF. Core II: Western Civilisation since 1715 A website created for my 2004 course at UNF. Modern History Course: The West: Enlightenment to Presents A page created for my Fall 1998 Modern History survey course at Fordham University, The West: From the Enlightenment to the Present. European History and Historians I A website created for my 2004 course training graduate students how to teach introductory history courses. European History and Historians II A website created for my 2004 course training graduate students how to teach introductory history courses. Medieval History Courses Medieval Studies Course or low graphics version A page created for my Fall 1996, and after, Medieval survey course at Fordham University, The Shaping of the Medieval World. World History Courses Themed Courses
Internet History Sourcebooks Full Text Sources Links to full texts of books available at this and other sites will be listed here. The texts are also integrated within the overall structure of the Sourcebook. This listing is to aid compilers of web guides to online books, etc. The books that tend to have been put online here, or those that have been linked, tend to be those entire books that are often assigned to students in college classes to be read along with the more usual excerpted texts. Contents Reformation Catholic Reformation Full texts here Desiderius Erasmus: The Praise of Folly (Moriae Encomium), 1509 Sir (St.) European Exploration/Expansion Absolutism/Ancien Regime English Civil War and After Full texts here William Harrison (1534-1593): Description of Elizabethan England, 1577 (from Holinshed's Chronicles) John Woolman (1720-1772): Journal, full text, Journal of an 18th century English Quaker and his travels among Friends in America. Scientific Revolution The Enlightenment
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