Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo was a Portuguese explorer and was famous for his exploration of the west coast of North America on behalf of Spain. Cabrillo was the first European explorer to navigate the coast of present day California.Not much is known about his early life, but Juan Rodriguez was born on 1499 in Castilla .Cabrillo served in the army of a famous conquistador Hernan Cortes, where he joined the conquest of Mexico and Guatemala. Cabrillo fought as a captain of crossbowmen in the battles between Aztecs and the Spanish. After the defeat of the Aztecs, Cabrillo joined different Spanish military expeditions in what today southern Mexico, Guatemala and San Salvador. By the 1530s Cabrillo established himself as a citizen of Santiago.
Vasco Nunez de Balboa Vasco Nunez de Balboa was born in 1475, in Jerez de los Caballeros, Spain. He was a Spanish conquistador, and an explorer. He was also the first European to see the eastern side of the Pacific Ocean. He opened the path for Spanish exploration and settlement of South America's west side. He set sail for the New World in 1500, while he was on an expedition to Colombia.
Early Life Hello. I am Francisco Vasquez de Coronado. I was born in Salamanca, Spain. I left home because my parents promised the family fortune to my older brother. In 1535, I sailed to Mexico with Antonio de Mendoza, the colony’s first Admiral.
Princess Cruz January 19, 2010 Mr. Deneen 4th Block Hernando Cortez Born in Medellin, Extremadura, Cortez lived through the years 1485-1547. He studied law at the University of Salamanca but decided to try his luck with the Americas in 1501. During 1518, he went and served under the governor of Cuba. With the governor's permission, he organized a crew to accompany him to Mexico. Just before he left for Mexico, Governor Velazquez revoked Cortez's commission because he feared that Cortez would not recognize his authority once in Mexico.
My name is Julio Sanchez. I was born on January 1 of 1470 .I grew up in Madrid, Spain. When I was but four years of age both of my parents’ died from an unknown cause. I was then raised myself on the street until I met a man named Christopher Columbus. He asked me if I would want to go on a trip of a life time and I was sold right then and there.
| 54 BC | Caesar led a three month expedition of the first Roman crossing of the English Channel to Britain but did not establish a permanent base there. Caesar’s coalition with Pompey was unravelling, especially since Julia died in childbirth and in 53 BC, Crassus led a failed invasion of the East and was killed by the Parthians. The First Triumvirate was dead.
John Phalen GEOG 351 Project 1 March 18 2011 Porfirio Diaz, President of the republic of Mexico first from 1877-80 and second 1884-1911, was born in the southern state of Oaxaca, on the 15th of September 1830. His father was an innkeeper in the little capital of that province, and died three years after the birth of Porfirio, leaving a family of seven children. Porfirio, who had Indian and Spanish blood in his veins, was educated for the Catholic Church, a body having immense influence in the country at that time. Porfirio Diaz was a 16-year-old militia soldier during the U.S.-Mexican War, the beginning of a career of military and political service that would lead him to the presidency of Mexico. Diaz had a brief stint as a neophyte for the priesthood before joining the army to oppose the U.S. invasion of Mexico.
John Tyler was born on March 29, 1790 in Richmond, Virginia. His mother, a plantation heiress died of a stroke when Tyler was seven. After, the death of his mother he was raised by his father John Tyler Sr. John Tyler Sr. was a judge and taught young John a strict way of viewing the constitution. John Tyler studied at William and Mary College and while there he was under the influence of Bishop James Madison. BJM was the president of William and Mary College.
The story is in the sixteenth century, and a thirteen-year-old boy is telling the story, by the name of Inigo Balboa. He is a young boy, whose mother sent him to live with a cousin (Captain) traveling to Madrid, which Inigo is to enter into the rank somewhere between servant and page. However, on page four, it is stated that the captain is not related to the family. The captain made a promise to Inigos’ father, Lope Balboa, at his time of death. On page one, Diego Alatriste y Tenorio, fought in ranks during the Flemish wars.
Otho had sent his troops to late and his army suffered a horrible defeat. When he heard of this defeat ,he killed himself .Otho had reigned for barely 95 days.Aelius Vitellius was the next emperor. He abandoned himself to exaggeration and all but ignored the troops who had given him the throne. Also, upon hearing that the troops of his rival ,Vespasian, were approaching Rome Vitellius begged the senate to allow him to leave the throne and live as a private citizen so he could be