Bernal Diaz del Castillo Bernal Diaz was born in 1492 or 1498 to Maria Diaz Rejón and Francisco Diaz del Castillo, a regidor (council member) of the town of Medina del Campo, in Castilla y León. The family was distinguished but not wealthy. In 1514, Bernal went to seek his fortune in America with Pedrarias Dávila (Pedro Árias de Ávila), Bishop Fonseca's newly appointed governor of Castilla del Oro. A cruel and unscrupulous schemer, Pedrarias excelled at extorting riches by torturing native rulers, looting gems and gold from their graves, and eliminating potential rivals. (Pedrarias had his prospective son-in-law Balboa and four companions beheaded on trumped-up charges in 1519.)
Hernando De Alarcon Hernando De Alcorcon was a spanish navigator of the 16th century. He was born in Trujillo Extremadura. Alarcón 's mission was to provide supplies for Francisco Coronado 's expedition in search of the fabled Seven Cities of Cibola. They became first non-Indians to sight Alta California on September 5, 1540. His family hoped he would become a lawyer, but he told his father he would rather explore the West Indies.
Bernardo de Galvez deserves recognition for shaping florida to be the way it is today. This Spanish born sailor sailed from his homeland to the eastern seaboard of the new world in 1777. Bernardo fought the british and claim Florida for spain which ended up becoming the 27th state. He also connected florida with other states which caused people to move there and gave florida allies before it was a state.
Dennis Chavez was born in New Mexico on April 1888 in Los Chavez, Valencia County,. His parents were David and Paz(Sanchez).Dennis had seven brothers and sisters. He started going to public schools when he was. Only as an 8th grader he had to start working because of financial issues in the household. He started working as a grocery store clerk in his town.
Chef Johnny Hernandez was introduced to the food industry since he was little. He grew up surrounded of the food and restaurant environment. His father owned a restaurant in San Antonio. He and his father oversaw the food preparation, and back of the house operations, while his sister took care of the front of the house operations. As he started to work with his father he grew a passion for the food industry.
Preston Lipscomb 5/22/17 Hernan Cortes Hernan Cortes was a Spanish conqueror. He was born in 1485 in Medellin, Spain. He died on December 2, 1547. He invaded Mexico in 1519, and he conquered the Aztec Empire in 1521. His parents’ names were Martin Cortez and Catalina Pizarro Altamirano.
Even though Rose’s stats says he belongs in the Hall of Fame, he has been banned for breaking the rules. People who break the rules should be punished. It shouldn’t matter that that person is a small child or the president of the United States. Rose, like many other athletes, has made personal mistakes that happen to become public knowledge. Take Jose Canseco’s career for example.
There are a few things that can bring the town of Odessa, Texas together, football is one. Certain families aggrandize over the sport more than others. There is a direct contrast between the families of Boobie Miles and Brian Chavez. Boobie Miles’ uncle LV Miles always pushes Boobie at home and tries to live out his high school dreams of playing football, which he could not do because of segregation and the black school not having a football program at the time, whereas Brian pushes himself to succeed in both football and academics because he knows that there is life after high school football. Boobie Miles was passed through school not having to do any work, but after he was injured it seemed as though he did not matter anymore.
Marisol Gonzalez is a Emo girl that listens to punk rock goes by the nickname of Flaca. She comes from less wealthy family, lived in what seemed to be an apartment. Has a brother named Marco and a mother who works hard making dresses for rich folks. She goes to high school and wants to make extra cash. She has a boyfriend who does not live in her area but is known to be a drug dealer which is where she got the influenced, therefore creating fake drugs.
Luis J. Rodriguez went from being a gang member to governor, he is a 60 year old chicano and also a best selling author. He was a member of a gang and faced felony charges also struggled with drug addiction. Also Luis has some good things he has done such as work in various countries as a journalist, painted murals, organized against war and racism and ran a cultural center and bookstore in Los Angeles. From going through that his whole life since he was 11 years old he started to realize that a lot of stuff started happening to his friends more than him like getting shot or someone getting killed by a type of drug but it was not really affecting him the world would always save him but he never realized what it was.
Who is Francisco Pizarro: Conquistador is a term that defines the soldiers and explorers of the new world, especially the Spanish Empire. There are many conquistadors before the discovery of the new world. However, in my point of view, the most important and unforgettable conquistador was born between sometime in the 1470s. Francisco Pizarro, Gonzalez, is the Spanish conquistador who was the leader of the expedition of the Inca Empire. And behind this expedition, there is a long story that defines a man and events that prove a fact.
Hector Noriega’s childhood had been marked by trying events. Growing up in a family in which selling narcotics was the source of income, there was always this great feeling of uncertainty. The feeling that on any day you could return home to learn everyone you love had been killed, the feeling that your father ordered the killing of the man you had just seen dead on the street, the feeling that you were going to be next. While his family was wealthy and he had benefitted from that fact early on in his life, that all changed on Cinco de Mayo, 1997. His family always held a large party in which the entire Noriega family would attend, and it was not short of luxuries.
Ever heard of somebody who was claimed as a murder for three hundred people? If not, then you are going to hear about it now and be well aware of who he is . Pedro Alonso Lopez, also known as Monster of the Andes, was a colombian serial killer who was sentenced for killing eighty girls, but he claimed he murded and rapped about three hundred. Pedro Lopez was known for raping girls around his country then moved to Peru and Ecuador and all around. Pedros dad died when Benilda; his mother, was three months pregnant with her son at the time of his father's death.
Working the technique of oil on canvas, he expresses his emotions and feelings about his native country and the impact of the past on people’s psychological state. This topic gave him the opportunity to participate in a joint exhibition with other artists in the “Cremata” Gallery on 8th Street in Miami. Another relevant influence of Chucho’s art has been the Renaissance, especially after his 3-months trip to Europe, where he had the pleasure to enjoy that type of art on cities such as Madrid, Barcelona, Granada, Valencia, Seville, Paris, Amsterdam, Berlin, Venice, Florence, Vatican, Rome and Athens. This trip impregnated his art with the perfectionist and dedicated style of that time. Chucho likes to recreate on the small details that sometimes only God would look at it, but he spends time on each line, as it would be by itself a magnificent piece of art.
Thirty miles off U.S. Highway one in the small town of Alston, GA, Alexander Rivera, Jr. found himself interviewing the newly widowed Sallie Nixon in a chauffer outfit as a reporter for the Pittsburgh Courier in 1948. Her late husband, Isaiah Nixon, a turpentine worker and a father of six, had been shot three times on their front porch for voting in the Democratic Primary. Even before the interview, Alexander Rivera knew that a small town faced with the murder of a black man would be enraged and torn by the act of racial violence. Living in the Jim Crow South as a traveling reporter for the Pittsburgh Courier, Alexander Rivera was used to the act of concealing his identity to garner crucial information on trials, lynching’s and murders done to African Americans. “Something told me, I don’t know what the something was to go dressed as a chauffeur” Alexander Rivera explained, “It was easier traveling as a chauffeur because everybody figured that you worked with somebody important”.
