Juan Ponce De Leon Juan Ponce De Leon he was born in 1474 in the village of Santervas del Campo . He died July 1521 in Havana‚ Cuba for an arrow after of the travel to Florida. He was an explorer and conquistador the first to discovered Florida. He was military occupation and colonial ruler general rank participated in the war of Granada. The surname de “Leon” does not refer to it’s place of original‚ but was added by the descendants of Pedro Ponce De Cabrera. In the thirteenth century
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In the 1500’s - 1600’s there were many explorers of the New World. One of those explorers was Juan Ponce de Leon. During this time period‚ the Spanish Crown sponsored many explorers‚ but because of his expedition Juan Ponce de Leon was rewarded. Although there were many Europeans‚ Juan Ponce de Leon was one of the hardest working explorers of his time. Juan Ponce De Leon‚ was born in Santervas de Campos‚ Spain in the year of 1460. He married Leonora‚ and had three children with her. When his earlier
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Gary Leon Ridgeway a 52 –year-old white male better known in history as the Green River Killer who preyed on runaways and prostitutes in the Seattle area from the years 1982 to 1998. Ridgway chose his victims because they were easy targets and he felt that he could get away theses murders for years and he did. Police records indicated that Ridgeway was responsible for murdering more than 48 eight women over a span of 20 years. The green river runs south of the city of Seattle
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Manson and Bundy look like boy scouts‚ Gary Leon Ridgway. Ridgway‚ also know as the Green River Killer‚ confessed to a total of forty-eight murders‚ securing him the title of the most heinous serial killer in U.S. history. For over two decades a special task force questioned witnesses‚ compiled evidence and developed a profile which would ultimately lead to the capture and conviction of Ridgway who some refer to as the Lucifer himself. Gary Leon Ridgway‚ the second of three sons‚ was born
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Audie Leon Murphy was born in 1924 in a town near Kingston‚ Texas. Mostly remembered for his roles in over 40 movies especially TO HELL AND BACK‚ which then came out as a book by Audi - Audie L Murphy Neighborhood: kingstown Texas‚ TX 78415 United States of America TO HELL AND BACK The Classic Memoir of World War II by America’s most decorated soldier. Audie Murphy was one of the nation’s greatest heroes of WW II however he became a household name for his movies rather than his bravery. The
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Juan Ponce de Leon was born in 1474 and lived to 1521. He was a Spanish explorer and one of the conquerors of many lands in the New World. Very little is recorded and known about Juan Ponce de Leon’s early life. Ponce de Leon grew up in Santervás de Campos‚ a Spanish town located near the town of Placencia. He is reported to have fought in the Spanish campaign is 1492 that drove the the Moors out of Granada. After that‚ many historians agree on the fact that he then accompanied the prestigious explorer
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How my brother leon brought a wife She stepped down from the carretela of Ca Celin with a quick‚ delicate grace. She was lovely. She was tall. She looked up to my brother with a smile‚ and her forehead was on a level with his mouth. "You are Baldo‚" she said and placed her hand lightly on my shoulder. Her nails were long‚ but they were not painted. She was fragrant like a morning when papayas are in bloom. And a small dimple appeared momently high on her right cheek. "And this is Labang of whom
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Hope Traylor French 150 Professor C. Noland 06.11.09 Léon Gontran Damas and Aimé Césaire on Nègritude In their poems‚ Léon Gontran Damas and Aimé Césaire both explore and expound upon what it is to be black. These men were bedfellows in their heyday‚ and they both wrote around nègritude‚ a term referring to acceptance and celebration of blackness in spite of nationality or culture‚ that they coined alongside Léon Sédar Senghor. Damas’ poetry tends to be blunt and raw‚ yet also very profound;
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Reflection Paper on Emotions In everyday life everyone will go through a constant change of emotions. Usually changes in emotions are from a sort of conflict. It can be a drastic conflict or just a small one. How they react to those conflicts varies from person to person. That is why in this essay I will be discussing types of defenses used during a conflict and a basic conflict management process. For example‚ I remember once reading this women’s story asking for advice. What had happened was
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Leon Battista Alberti has written books on painting as being the foundation of art and other art styles such as architecture and sculpting. As a Renaissance man‚ Alberti took interest in science and math‚ incorporating it into his paintings and into his criteria for what he considered to be a successful artwork. Most successful renaissance paintings follow his criteria‚ incorporating values such as science‚ math‚ Humanism‚ the classical styles of Rome/Greece‚ mythology and Christianity. Both the
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