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Alonso de Ovalle's 1646 engraving of Ruiz de Gamboa, Bravo de Saravia and Sotomayor Instead he launched a number of campaigns against the resisting Mapuche Indians . He succeeded in capturing the mestizo Alonso Díaz , who had been a resistance leader for many years.
Francisco de Borja del Paso y Troncoso (October 8, 1842 in Veracruz, Veracruz Mexico – April 30, 1916 in Florence, Italy) was an important Mexican historian, archivist, and Nahuatl language scholar. He "was and remains the outstanding major Mexican investigator of his era, a fully accepted figure in the international group of his peers."
Álvarez de Sotomayor was born in Ferrol.He studied at the Colegio Mª Cristina in El Escorial and at the age of 10 years was the only person to draw a portrait of King Alfonso XII in his death bed (the drawing still belongs to the painter's family) and participated in courses of philosophy and literature in Madrid.
Another nickname is "La Suiza de Puerto Rico" ("The Switzerland of Puerto Rico") which is a reference to Adjuntas' relatively low temperatures. Adjuntas has an average yearly weather of 70 degrees Fahrenheit. [4] Finally, Adjuntas is also called "La tierra de lagos" ("The land of lakes") because of its many lakes. [83]
By 1325, the Sotomayor lands, passed down by various family members, were collected and amassed by Garcí Méndez II de Sotomayor [2] [3] who was responsible for the founding of the Señorio del Castillo de Carpio. The foundation of the Señorio is generally placed at 1325, the year that the tower at El Carpio was completed.
Born in Madrid, de Zayas was the daughter of infantry captain Fernando de Zayas y Sotomayor and María Catalina de Barrasa.Her baptism was known to have taken place in the church of San Sebastian on 12 September 1590, and given the fact that most of Spain's well-to-do families baptized their infants days after birth, it may be deduced that de Zayas was born days before this date.
Rafaela de Herrera y Torreynosa (1742–1805) was a criolla from what is now Colombia. She is considered a national heroine of Nicaragua , due to her actions in the defense of the Fortress of the Immaculate Conception during the Battle for the Río San Juan de Nicaragua in 1762 against the British forces.
El Barbaro del Ritmo with Perez Prado and Rafael De Paz (Victor, 1962; recorded 1949–1951) Homenaje póstumo (Discuba, 1963; recorded 1960) Benny More Y Su Orquesta... (Palma, 1964) Recordando (RCA Camden, 1964) Lo Mejor de Beny Moré (RCA, 1965) La Época De Oro Vol.II (RCA, 1969) y Su Salsa de Siempre (RCA, 1978) Grandes Exitos (Darcole ...