Jose Antonio Dominguez Banderas Antonio Banderas‚ one of Spain’s most famous faces who was a soccer player until he broke his foot at age 14‚ is now a Hispanic film star best known as Zorro. He was born José Antonio Domínguez Banderas on August 10‚ 1960‚ in Málaga‚ Andalusia‚ Spain. His father‚ Jose Dominguez‚ was a policeman in the Spanish civil guards. His mother‚ Dona Ana Banderas‚ was a school teacher. Young Banderas was brought up a Roman Catholic‚ but eventually had freed himself
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In the eyes of many people‚ the Texas congressman Beto O’Rourke is seen as an established political figure‚ parental figure‚ and most importantly‚ an activist. Due to his background history of living on the border‚ Beto O’Rourke has accomplished many actions that have led him to become the Texas congressman. Beto O´Rourke has been improving the city of El Paso by defending those who are under the program of Consideration of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals‚ introducing the bi-partisan Veterans
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James Oronoco Dexter. Although this name doesn’t come up frequently in history‚ that doesn’t make him anything less than a revolutionary man. James Dexter used his natural talents and good characteristics to help benefit others. For every obstacle he faced‚ Oronoco proved his ability to be a hard-worker. Throughout his many occupations‚ Dexter was known as a trustworthy man. Also‚ James Dexter always had a certain determination for everything he did. Throughout his life‚ James Dexter proved to
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Born In February 25‚ 1778‚ Don Jose De San Martin was born in Yapeyu Argentina. A province of Corrientes. San Martin was born to Juan De San Martin and Gregoria Matorras. Juan De San Martin was a governor of Yapeyu at the time and a troubled professional soldier. Don Jose de San Martin was born of dark complexion. He became a target of social shame considering his dark complexion and light complexion of his parents. It was rumored that his father would often mistreat the indigenous people of Yapeyu
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Hernán Cortés de Monroy y Pizarro and the City of the Aztecs from Hernan Cortés: from Second Letter to Charles V‚ 1520. The letter of Cortés to Charles V was an impressive and very descriptive interpretation of a man raised a Catholic and partisan to some extent of Spanish nobility and the true faith. The letter is tempered as a first person account. The flagrant off-hand comparisons to this “native‚ heathen” empire‚ to his homeland of Spain. With the letter showing his obvious admiration (or
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Cortes and Pizarro easily conquered the Aztecs and Incas. How far do you agree with this statement? Many people tried to conquer places in the past. Cortes and Pizarro both succeeded. Together they were the most famous conquistadors‚ they went barefoot and came back from their expedition multi-millionaires. They were extremely lucky which made things easier. Cortes and Pizarro were both at the right place at the right time. For Cortes‚ Montezuma thought that Cortes was the God Quetzalcoatl
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Of this 13% total land mass‚ 98.5% lies in the Amazon Rainforest (http://survivalinternational.org/tribes/brazilian). In Chapter 5 of Mann’s 1491‚ Mann retells the story of the Gonzalo Pizarro exhibition. The first recorded and written description of the Amazon comes from Gaspar de Carvajal‚ the chaplain on the Pizarro voyage. Carvajal’s account was not recognized as being factual by most historians and was not even published until the 19th century however‚ in his manuscripts he states “the farther
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El Dorado - Lost City of Gold "Over the Mountains of the Moon‚ down the Valley of the Shadow‚ ride‚ boldly ride…if you seek for El Dorado."- Edgar Allan Poe Truth to the Myth: • A Spanish conquistador by the name of Francisco Pizarro conquered and plundered the Inca Empire in the 1530’s. This lead to adventurers and conquistadors from all over Europe to move to the New World anticipating conquering and looting for gold‚ silver and jewels to bring back to Spain (Mysterypile: el-dorado) . These men
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------------------------------------------------- Colombian folklore From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Culture of Colombia | | Art Cinema Cuisine Dance Folklore Literature Music Radio & Television Sports Theater | See also: Colombian mythology Carnaval de BarranquillaMarimonda characters. Colombian folklore are beliefs‚ customs and cultural traditions in Colombia. Contents [hide] * 1 Cultural influences * 2 Relevancy * 3 Legendary creatures * 4 References
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faced many hardships‚ almost from the beginning. The party endured torrential rain‚ cold‚ earthquakes and even a volcano. This expedition was another of many launched by European explorers in search of gold and riches that was doomed to fail. What Pizarro did find was another item that was highly sought after by few explorers: cinnamon‚ a spice derived from the bark of a tree. By the time of this discovery Pizzaro’s company‚ which started out with 500 Spaniards‚ 100 mounted on horses‚ and close to
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