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Hernan Cortes
Hernán Cortés or Hernando Cortez , 1485-1547, Spanish conquistador , conqueror of Mexico. Expedition to Mexico Cortés went (1504) first to Hispaniola and later (1511) accompanied Diego de Velázquez to Cuba. In 1518 he was chosen to lead an expedition to Mexico.... Read more |
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Diego de Velazquez
Diego de Velázquez , c.1460-1524?, Spanish conquistador, first governor of Cuba, b. Cuéllar, Spain. He sailed with Christopher Columbus on his second voyage (1493) to Hispaniola and in 1511 commanded an expedition sent by Diego Columbus to conquer Cuba. Landing at Baracoa , where he... Read more |
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Cortes
Cortes , representative assembly in Spain. The institution originated (12th-13th cent.) in various Spanish regions with the Christian reconquest; until the 19th cent. the local cortes of Leon, Castile, Aragón, Catalonia, Navarre, Valencia, and other states met separately. The three... Read more |
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Sordello
Sordello Few facts are known about the family background of the Italian troubadour and poet known as Sordello (ca. 1180-1269) and some of what comes down to us is wrapped in contradiction. In spite of this sketchy knowledge, he is a recognized hero and the subject of works by Dante and Browning,... Read more |
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CORT Business Services Corp
CORT Business Services Corporation 4401 Fair Lakes CourtFairfax, Virginia 22033U.S.A.(703) 968-8500(800) 962-CORT; (800) 962-2678Fax: (703) 968-8501Web site: http://www.cortl.com Public CompanyFounded: 1972 as CORT Furniture Rental CorporationEmployees: 2,300Sales: $287.21 million... Read more |
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Henry Cort
Henry Cort 1740-1800, English inventor. He revolutionized the British iron industry with his use of grooved rollers to finish iron, replacing the process of hammering, and through his invention of the puddling process. This process, called puddling, involved stirring the molten pig iron in a... Read more |
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San Pedro Sula
San Pedro Sula , city (1997 est. pop. 417,000), capital of Cortés dept., NW Honduras. It is the second largest city in the country. San Pedro Sula and Puerto Cortés are the principal ports of Honduras and serve the northwestern banana and sugar plantations. San Pedro Sula is the major... Read more |
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Oscar Osorio
El Salvador The smallest Central American country, situated on the Pacific coast. Only some 80 km (50 miles) wide, it is bounded on three sides by Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua and has a 258-km (160-mile) southward-facing coastline.Physical It comprises a hot, very wet coastal plain with wooded... Read more |
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The Armature of Conquest: Spanish Accounts of the Discovery of America,...
...America. The author begins with Columbus, whose unshakeable belief in...personal benefit. In contrast to Columbus, Hernan Cortes, the conqueror of the Aztecs...image of Amerindians initiated by Columbus and promoted by imperial interests... |
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Serene libraries as oases for tourists
...cathedral that houses the tomb of Christopher Columbus. Created in the late 18th century when...drawings and letters from Christopher Columbus, Hernan Cortes and others. Among its holdings are Columbus's journal, maps and plans of colonial... |
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A LOOK AT . . . Making Money; Even on the Euro, Image Is Everything
...every country in the putative euro zone now features historical figures on its money. Spain has Christopher Columbus and Hernan Cortes; Italy has Alessandro Volta, inventor of the battery; Ireland has Catharine McAuley, a famous nun; Greece... |
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Losing the Trail
...political and economic contexts, David Dary takes us as far back as Christopher Columbus's arrival in the New World. Columbus was followed in 1519 by Hernan Cortes and then a host of other Spanish explorers and empire builders. Dary's narrative... |
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Explorers of the New World. (Future Vision Multimedia)(Product...
...ROM. Explorers Of The New World lets users share the experiences of more than 60 adventurers, including Hernan Cortes, Christopher Columbus, and Ferdinand Magellan. The product provides animations, interactive maps, educational role playing... |
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COLUMN: Thanksgiving a dubious celebration
...at the end of November.Columbus Day has been getting the...the hands of Europeans. Columbus Day celebrates a handshake...take the basic story of Hernan Cortes and Moctezuma, for example. Columbus Day itself is meant to focus... |
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Insects, colonies, and idealization in the early Americas *.
...New World chroniclers such as Columbus, Cortes, Oviedo, and Cabeza de Vaca...success was problematical for Columbus, but he managed to avoid disappointment...model of a conquistador created by Hernan Cortes, by contrast, was based on a... |
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Chocolate connoisseur chips in with thoughts on the tempting treat.(Arts and...
...the world's original chocoholics. - Columbus missed the boat on chocolate, but Spanish conquistador Hernan Cortes tasted the stuff and mentioned in his...most likely as an afterthought in Cortes' baggage, but it wasn't until 1585... |
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Quiz wizard.(QUIZ)
...number (lst~5th). __11. Christopher Columbus arrives in the Americas. __12. Cortes joins forces with at least 100,000 Aztec...of New Spain. __15. Spanish commander Hernan Cortes leaves Cuba and heads to Mexico. AMERICAN... |
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An interview with Charles C. Mann; Author of '1491: New Revelations of the...
...had discovered in the Caribbean, Hernan Cortes seizedMotecuhzoma, the leader of...out of the city. The Mexica kicked Cortes' ass, to be blunt about it.Wounded...ended up providing reinforcements to Cortes ... Whateverthe exact mechanism... |
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