Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo was an ambitious‚ at times ruthless Portuguese soldier who served the Spanish Empire. Cabrillo eventually made his fortune in Guatemala‚ mining gold and trading goods while participating in the slave trade. In hopes of more riches‚ he set out to explore the California coast‚ mapping landmarks and identifying Native villages. He died on January 3‚ 1543‚ of infection from a wound suffered after an attack on his expedition by Tongva tribesmen. Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo is
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Juan Rulfo Juan Rulfo was a Mexican novelist‚ short story writer and also a photographer. Juan Rulfo was born in in Sayula‚ Mexico on May 16‚ 1918. He was raised in the town of San Gabriel‚ Jalisco by his grandmother after the death of his parents. He studied 6 years of elementary education and graduated as a bookkeeper after a special seventh year. After moving to Mexico City‚ he entered the National Military Academy only to leave after 3 months. He worked as an immigration clerk at the Universidad
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ago many explorers thought that the Fountain of Youth existed and went to search for it. Juan Ponce de Leon was an explorer and a leader during the Age of Exploration. He made many great discoveries. He was a noble man who was a great soldier and leader. Juan Ponce de Leon was a successful explorer who had a noble childhood‚ sailed to the New World with Christopher Columbus and discovered Florida. Juan Ponce de Leon had a poor yet noble childhood and was very brave. He was born in Santervas
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This artwork is called Napoleon at Saint Bernard Pass otherwise known as Napoleon Crossing the Alps by Jacques-Louis David. This artwork depicts a very Romanesque portrait of King Napoleon I in a full military uniform riding on top of a horse that is kicking up onto its hind legs‚ while Napoleon is striking a pose with his right hand pointed up towards the sky. The Composition of this painting has Napoleon front and center in the middle of the canvas‚ on top of his horse‚ and he is actually highest
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In 2009‚ Juan Martin Del Potro won an Olympic silver medal in a U.S Open games. The champion is eying on returning to Flushing Meadows on Tuesday. After receiving a wild invitation card‚ this will be his first time there in three years. Juan received his invitation card from the U.S Tennis Association. When wagering on Tennis‚ Online Tennis lines come in handy. With three operations performed on his left wrist‚ Juan missed two years of major tournaments. He then retuned in June to Grand Slam
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An Examination of Lonesome George by Juan Travieso When considering cultures in collision a museum is a fine example of a clash of positives and negatives. This can be a troubling idea for the curators and visitors of museums because their collective pursuit of further cultural knowledge is often pure. However‚ in constructing a museum more often than not items of important significance are transplanted from their original location to be viewed and studied by a foreign people in a foreign land.
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Battle analysis of San Juan Hill Introduction Throughout American history‚ a number of battles come to hold iconic positions in the shaping of this great nation: Lexington and Concord‚ the Battle of Bunker Hill‚ the Alamo‚ Gettysburg‚ Belleau Wood‚ Pearl Harbor‚ Guadalcanal‚ Iwo Jima and the Battle of the Bulge‚ just to name a few. When the Spanish-American War of is thought of‚ the Battle of San Juan Hill undoubtedly comes to mind. Americans think of the great sacrifices throughout the fight
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Carlos Juan Finlay was born in current day Camagüey‚ Cuba to Edward Finlay and Eliza de Barrés on December 3‚ 1833.6 His father was a physician who had specialized in ophthalmology and fought along with Simon Bolivar. Although Finlay’s father was from Scotland and his mother was from France‚ they tried to embrace the Cuban culture and changed their names two years after arriving to Cuba. When he was 13 years old‚ Finlay was sent to France in order to start the first stage of formal education. He
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The Battle of San Juan Hill The Americans declared war on Spain on April 25‚ 1898 after the USS Maine exploded in the Havana Harbor. This declaration began the Spanish American War in which led to the Battle of San Juan Hill in Cuba on July 1‚ 1898. The United States headed to Cuba with the intention of battling the Spaniards who had taken over Cuba and the Cubans. MAJ General Shafter led the V Corps which consisted of three divisions and one independent brigade. MAJ General Joseph Wheeler
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Argentinean 26/02/1977 Spanish / English / Bulgarian UAE Residence‚ USA Visit Visa (B1)‚ Saudi Arabia Visit Visa. Professional Summary Juan Pablo Napoli is an IT Architect with 15 years of professional experience including Banking‚ Government and Education industries. He works for IBM since 2H 2004 where he was trained in USA on Middleware‚ SOA & BPM. Juan Pablo’s strongest technical background comes from development and architecture of software intensive enterprise solutions. His experience was
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