maria Section 1 September 8‚ 2011 The main idea in the article ‘’Now as well as Then: Our early forbears” by R. Orlando Marville is about a few different groups of indigenous people Lokono‚ Kalina‚ and Garifuna. The Lokono and Kalina had very different structures the Lokonos were a simple agrarian community that settled by the water for the growth of their crops and who believed that their cacique or chief could be either both man or woman. The Kalina were traditionally patrilineal which means
Premium French language
Voyage with Christopher Columbus It was the year of 1492‚ when I heard the news from my brothers‚ Martín Alonso Pinzón and Vicente Yáñez Pinzón‚ that Christopher Columbus will be leading a voyage to find a faster route to the East and that he will be recruiting sailors to help him on the voyage. My brothers volunteered for job; with the long years of experience Martín became the captain of the Pinta‚ and Vicente captained the Niña. These two ships is out of three ships and my brothers had the honor
Premium Christopher Columbus Spain Europe
History The Province of Laguna was named after Laguna de Bay‚ the body of water that forms its northern boundary. Laguna de Bay‚ in turn‚ was named after the town of Bay (Laguna de Bay is Spanish which means "Lake of Bay")‚ the first provincial capital. Captain Juan de Salcedo with a band of one hundred Spanish-Mexican soldiers and many Bisayan allies conquered the province and its surrounding regions for Spain in 1571. Seven years later‚ two Franciscan friars started the work of Christianization
Premium Laguna Philippines
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
Premium Puerto Rico Christopher Columbus
Zombies are fictional undead creatures created through the reanimation of human corpses. Zombies are most commonly found in horror and fantasy genre works. The term comes from Haitian folklore where a zombie is a dead body animated by magic. Modern depictions of zombies do not necessarily involve magic but invoke other methods such as viruses. Zombies have a complex literary heritage‚ with antecedents ranging from Richard Matheson and H. P. Lovecraft to Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein drawing on European
Premium Dracula Vampire Frankenstein
Steeve Coupeau‚ in The History of Haiti‚ informs us that The Republic of Haiti is formally known as St. Dominique. The indigenous people of Haiti were called Tainos. Upon the arrival of Christopher Columbus to the island‚ 12 to 20 million of the indigenous people were killed‚ enslaved‚ or died from the diseases that the Europeans brought along with them. A little later in history‚ the French colonized Haiti‚ which was now mostly populated by African slaves since most of the indigenous people had
Premium Haiti Slavery Caribbean
“MARBELIOUS HOTEL & SPA” Prepared for: Professor M. Albarran Foundations of Hotel Management: HMT 320 DeVry University Prepared by: Mabel Diaz Presented on: 02/12/2012 Table of Contents Introduction Pg.3 Geographic Location and Attractiveness Pg. 4 Target Market Pg. 4-5 Details‚ Description‚ and Amenities Pg. 5-6 Selection of Rooms Pg. 7 Revenue and Occupancy Data Pg. 8 Hotel Management
Premium Hotel Dominican Republic Hotels
The Imperialism Age commenced with the coming of the Europeans who conquered lands and its people as well as established colonies. Several European countries created empires in the Caribbean‚ in all parts of America and in Africa. Military might‚ fear and deliberate psychological conditioning were the agents used to rule their subjected people. During the period of colonialism European culture became dominant in the Caribbean. The colonies which were formed during this period became extensions of
Premium Colonialism United Kingdom Europe
University of Puerto Rico Rio Piedras Campus Department of Military Sciences Taíno Warriors Battalion The Battle of Quebec Military History CPT Gonzalez Carlos Colon Rivera September 28‚ 2011 UNCLASSIFIED Battle of Quebec T States. he Battle of the Plains of Abraham‚ also known as the Battle of Quebec‚ was a crucial advance towards the battle ground Native Americans (Indians) and militia start shooting against the British in an attempt to slow down their movement.
Premium Quebec British Army
inhumane treatment‚ equality and abolishment of this cancerous tort. The inaugural application of slavery in the New World as recalled by Bartolomé De Las Casas was presented in conjunction with Christopher Columbus’ return to Spain where seven Taino Indians were seized from the island of Guanahanî and exploited. Casas stated that this instance was “the first injustice committed in the Indies” (Baym 38). There was a period of time when Casas was absorbed with the progressive nature of exploration
Premium Slavery