With "Vikings in America: And other historical events" we travel back in time to uncover new evidence of historical facts.
1. Vikings in America:
-Were the vikings as savage and murderous as they think?
-Were your helmets adorned with horns?
-Is it true that Viking women accompanied their husbands on expeditions?
-Are there archaeological remains or other evidence that can prove that the Vikings landed on the American continent?
2. Cro-Magnon Man in the cave of Lascaux (France):
-Why didn't Cro-Magnon's Man dare to inhabit the Lascaux cave even though at that time a glaciation affected the whole of Europe?
-What did they intended with the pictorial representations found in the cave?
-Why didn't you venture to inhabit this site?
-Did our most direct ancestors have knowledge of astronomy about 20,000 years ago?
3. Tutankhamun, young pharaoh of Ancient Egypt:
-Who were your real parents?
-Did the young Pharaoh participate in Aton's heresy?
-What were the real causes of his death? -Did the so-called "Curse of Tutankhamun" really exist?
4. Christopher Columbus and the Santa María:
-What fatality happened to the Santa María in the vicinity of the coasts of Haiti?
-What was Christopher Columbus forced by not having his best boat to return from his first trip to the New Continent?
-What sad reality did the Admiral encounter when he arrived in the Americas on his second voyage?
-Could the remains of the so-called the Santa María be located today?
5. Hitler's Revenge:
-Is it true that private Adolf Hitler was decorated several times for his courage in combat during World War I?
-Why I was on low when the armistice that ended the Great War was signed?
-What reason led France to force this document to be signed in Germany in a train carriage?
-How and when did Hitler take revenge on the french?
AGUSTÍN TOMÉ GANGAS nació el 7 de marzo de 1973 en la ciudad de León (España). Afincado en Venta de Baños (Palencia), es Licenciado en Geografía e Historia por la Universidad de Valladolid y ha completado los estudios de Tercer Ciclo (Doctorado). En la actualidad trabaja como profesor de Enseñanza Secundaria, atesorando una experiencia de 22 años en el sector educativo. Su carrera como escritor comenzó con la publicación de “Una vez existió”, breve obra en la que realiza una crítica sobre la despoblación de las zonas rurales. Su siguiente publicación, “La Historia de actualidad 1”, es la primera entrega de una colección en la que pretende desentramar los aspectos menos conocidos sobre los grandes acontecimientos históricos. Este libro ha sido incluido en en el catálogo de la biblioteca escolar digital LeoCyL, desarrollada por la Consejería de Educación de la Junta de Castilla y León. Actualmente, el autor acaba de publicar el segundo volumen de “La Historia de actualidad".