Antes que nadie

Synopsis of Antes que nadie

«Antes que nadie» is the historical essay by Fernando Paz, published by Libros Libres in paperback (250 pages, in Spanish).

It gathers little-known feats of Spaniards who arrived before anyone else in Alaska, Antarctica or the sources of the Nile, as well as attempts to govern Cambodia and conquer China, and recalls the Hispanic weight in the Pacific. A work of historical popularization with the thesis that the Spaniards were a people who wanted to be too much.

First edition, published in Madrid on May 4, 2012. Includes bibliographic references on pages 243-246.

For readers of Spanish history and curiosities about explorers and conquerors of the imperial era.