Jose Arcadia Limon, a modern dance choreographer, was born on January 12, 1908 in Culiaca!n, Mexico. The eldest of 11, Limon was born to father Florencio Limo!n, a musician and conductor, and mother Francisca Traslaviña, a devoted Catholic. Living through the Mexican Revolution of 1910 had a traumatic effect on the Limon family. Limo!n would often watch friends and family members die from sickness or the hostility of the soldiers. His father and mother decided it would be best to raise their family elsewhere, so they moved to other cities in Mexico, such as Hermosillo and Nogales. The family was still surrounded by hostility, as Limon personally witnessed his uncle's death by gunshot. Eventually, the family decided it would be best to leave…
Jose Guadalupe PosadaJose Guadalupe Posada is one of the most celebrated popular artists of the Americas. He greatly influenced the generation of Orozco and Rivera, who both admitted in Posada 's time to admiring and following this notable famous artist. Over his lifetime, Posada is said to have created over 20,000 original prints and in fact prints are often called posadas after him. Posada is in the distinguished tradition of cartoonists who double as political and social commentators.…
Freturned back to Spain. Even though he did not find was he was seeking, Francisco Vázquez de Coronado still managed to discover some pretty interesting things even if he didn't even know it.…
Jose Manuel Figueroa, better known as Joan Sebastian, was a Mexican singer and songwriter, as well as an actor. Throughout his career he wrote over 1,000 songs, most of which were a mixture of Latin pop and rancheras. He was known as “El Rey del Jaripeo” or “the King of Mexican Rodeo,” for his romantic and sentimental ballads and his memorable performances; most of which consisted of him performing on horseback. He was a passionate and energetic performer who didn't let his bone cancer stop him from doing what he loved. Joan Sebastian influenced the lives of his fans by reminding them to do what they love and to never give up on your dreams.…
That July of Coranado's expedition, his group encountered a group of Zuni Native Americans in what is now New Mexico. Coranado and his group clashed with the Zunis and took over their village. Angered by the expedition's failure to find a city of gold, Coranado decided to send his group out into different directions to investigate further. One group led by Pedro de Tovar traveled to the Clarado Plateau. Another group led by Garcia Lopez de Cardenas and his men became the first Europeans to see the Grand Canyon. Coranado then spent the next winter in a place called tiguex, a community of several pueblo Native American villages. Before long, Coranado and his people had an issue with the local Native Americans over supplies. Coranado then moved on in the spring, moving east over the Pecos River. Him and his expedition continued their search through what is now Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas, before giving up their quest.…
Pedro Álvares Cabral lived from c. 1467-1520. During his lifetime he made an expedition to India, but ended up discovering a new land in the process. He was born in Belmonte, Portugal, and was the son of respected nobles, in turn receiving many privileges from King Manuel I of Portugal, such as being made one of his counselors. This is how he got involved in exploration- King Manuel chose him to lead an expedition to the coast of southern India. The king made him the captain of a fleet of 13 ships and 1,200 men- they would take Vasco da Gama's route to India in order to establish trading posts there. Hoping to strengthen trade between Portugal and India, Cabral and his crew set sail from the port of Libson on March 9th, 1500.…
Francisco Coronado was born in 1510 in Spain to a wealthy family. Rumors started to go around the world that above Mexico there were riches, and Francisco Coronado was interested. Coronado went to New Spain with Antonio de Mendoza. In 1537, Coronado married a wealthy daughter of the colonial treasurer. They had eight children. In 1538 Coronado was made governor of Nueva Galicia. Coronado went on a…
April 20, 1540 Francisco Vazquez de Coronado set out on his expedition forced by the Viceroy’s command with the men he had and Indian guides in hope to find cities with limitless riches. July of 1540, three months later Coronado reached the Zuni pueblo where only the beginning of the fueled tales started to unwind.…
José Arcadio Limón was born on the 12th January, 1908 in Culiacan, Mexico. At aged seven, to escape the Mexican Revolution, his family moved to Arizona, USA and later to California.…
Cabeza de Vaca became ill and when his health ultimately improved he turned out to be the first European in documents to come to be a Texan wholesaler or vendor. Throughout Cabeza de Vaca’s years as a vender he obtained food in a trade for healing the ill and wounded Indians. In 1521, Cabeza de Vaca and one of his surviving men went down the coastline in the direction of Mexico and along the way met head on by an Indian clan in which Cabeza de Vaca named them the Quevenes. The Quevenes advised Cabeza de Vaca that there were another 3 Christians just like himself and the Indians gave him the name of the 3 survivors. The Quevenes took Cabeza de Vaca through the huge vastness of water where he was then united with the 3 men. Subsequently around 1 year and 6 months of Cabeza de Vaca being held captive by the Mariam’s where he was with Andres Dorantes sharing the same fate he would well along place down extraordinary accounts and narratives of the Native Indians in his first publicized book about Texas where he was then known as the initial ethnologist. Throughout Cabeza de Vacas oppression with his 3 other countrymen by the Coahuiltecans they escaped in…
In early 1527, Cabeza de Vaca departed Spain as a part of a royal expedition to occupy the mainland of North America. As treasurer, he was one of the chief officers on the Narváez expedition. The Narváez expedition is an expedition based on a famous conquistador Narváez was also included on the expedition. Within several months of their landing near Tampa Bay, Florida on April 15, 1528 the expedition included a party of 600 men.…
Francisco Coronado (1540-42): explored Arizona and New Mexico, and discovered the Grand Canyon and bison.…
Bartolome` de Las Casa had a very different view of the Indians than the majority. Las Casa was against the mistreatment of the Indians. Las Casa tried to convince the Spanish to change their attitudes towards the Indians. He committed his life to being an advocate for the Indians and urging people to treat them better.…
25 questions will be chosen from the list of the following 61 topics. 3 points are required for each topic. Read the question alone very carefully; be aware of what exactly he is asking for.…
“Everything I have done in my life has been to provide for my children.” That’s what you’ll hear my dad say if you ask him about anything he’s accomplished in his life. He is a very proud and hardworking man. Even now, at 60 years old, he works harder than most 20-year-olds do. As a father he has always told us, “Nothing is handed to you; everything you have must be earned.”…