west of the Cagayan River. * Sierra Madre also known as the Pacific coast range begins at Baler‚ Quezon‚ and crosses Isabela‚ Nueva Vizcaya‚ and Cagayan. * This is the longest continuous range in the Philippines. * Zambales range starts at Cape Bolinao and follows the China Sea coast to the Bataan Peninsula. * The Tagaytay range passes through Cavite and Batangas and‚ with Mt. Makiling‚ forms the mountain system of the southern Tagalog region. * The Mindoro mountain range begins at
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Ilokano mean “our dialect”. The region was later called by the Spaniards as “Ylocos” or “Ilocos” and its people “Ilocanos”. The Ilocos Region was already a thriving‚ fairly advanced cluster of towns and settlements familiar to Chinese‚ Japanese and Malay traders when the Spaniard explorer Don Juan de Salcedo and members of his expedition arrived in Vigan on July 1574. Forthwith‚ they made Cabigbigaan (Bigan)‚ the heart of the Ylokos settlement their headquarters which Salcedo called “Villa Fernandina”
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EARLY VOYAGE TO ASIA • Inspired by Prince Henry‚ the Navigator‚ Portuguese navigators sailed down the African coast to reach East. • In 1487‚ led by Bartolome Dias‚ the Portuguese rounded the Cape of Good Hope. A few years later‚ Vasco de Gama reached Calicut‚ India‚ by sailing Eastward from the cape. • The end of the reconquistas in 1492‚ paved the way for great voyages including the discovery of the New World (America) for Spain. • Christopher Columbus‚ who had failed to convince the King
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trying to gather his memories to “make a good yarn”‚ or story although no one is there to hear it (p.2). We soon find that his end in this life is imminent‚ and what follows is his journey from birth to childhood‚ adolescence and adulthood in the Cape Muslim community‚ and returning in the end to the scene at his demise in the hospital. After this prologue‚ the tale starts in 1903‚ when Khalil is still in his mother’s womb. Khalil’s Father has passed away and Amina‚ Khalil’s mother is left to raise
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Great geographical discoveries - a popular term geographical discoveries made at the turn of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries‚ in particular: circumnavigation Cape of Good Hope by Diaz (1488)‚ the discovery of America by Columbus (1492)‚ and then the conquest‚ trip [[Vasco da Gama | to India (1498) and the first trip around the world‚ Magellan (1519-1522). These events triggered a further voyages of discovery and contributed to a significant widening of the geographical horizon of Europeans
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introduced to the country. The first Muslims brought to the cape arrived as Malay slaves‚ who practiced their faith in secret until the early 19th century. Prisoners who were fighting for freedom in the Dutch East Indies were also brought to the Cape. They included teachers of Islam. Some of these holy men were of noble birth and those who died were buried in shrines known as Kramats or Mazaars‚ of which there are about 30 in and around Cape Town. Kramats in South Africa can be found from Muizenberg
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A man is spoilt for choices when it comes to food and fruit. A casual look-in at the fruit section in the mall will give you the impression that you have a wide variety of fruit choices. But in reality‚ the abundance of mother nature’s bounty far exceeds the sampling you see in the mall or in the fruit market. The world is full of fruits that will stagger you in its size‚ shape and colors. Here are 16 exotic fruits that will challenge your imagination and make you salivate. Ackee or Ackee apple
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A mutual animosity developed between the settlers and the Khoekhoe and the growing suspicion was becoming a threat to them - By the time Jan van Riebeeck ‚ Dutch colonist‚ left the Cape of Good Hope in 1662‚ 250 white people lived in what was beginning to look like a developing colony. - Later governors of the Cape Colony encouraged immigration - The descendants of some of the Khoisan‚ who are slaves from other parts in Africa and the East‚ and the white colonists formed the basis of the mixed-race
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Consequently‚ a Portuguese sailor‚ Vasco-da-gama reached Calicut on the western coast of India‚ in 1498. He was received by Zamorin‚ the ruler of Calicut. ’fhis paved the way for establishing their settlement. When the San Gabriel sailed around the Cape of Good l Iope to finally dock at Calicut‚ a prosperous porl and an independent principality on the Malabar Coast in Muy‚ l4gl‚ half a century of the Porluguese tentative to find a sea route to India wa.s finally crowned with success. The man behinci
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