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Agüeybaná, the older, received Spanish conquistador Juan Ponce de León upon Ponce de León's arrival to Puerto Rico in 1508. According to an old Taíno tradition, Agüeybaná practiced the "guaytiao", a Taíno ritual in which he and Juan Ponce de León became friends and exchanged names. [7]
HMS Cicero, ex-Empire Arquebus. Empire Arquebus was a 7,177 GRT landing ship laid down as Cape St Vincent for United States War Shipping Administration and completed in 1944 by Consolidated Steel Corporation, Wilmington as Empire Arquebus. Managed by Donaldson, Brothers and Black Ltd., To Royal Navy in 1944 and renamed HMS Cicero.
She was taken over by the Ministry of War Transport and operated by Donaldson Bros & Black Ltd. Empire Arquebus was a member of Convoy CU 15, which sailed from New York on 22 February 1944. She was carrying a cargo of fish and personnel. Empire Arquebus transferred to Convoy HX 280 at sea on 29 February. [5] Convoy HX 280 arrived at Liverpool ...
The crucifix—still alight [10] —was almost the only recoverable item of note, [2] while many valuable artworks, liturgical items and vestments were destroyed. [11] Because the crucifix [ 2 ] —although deformed by the heat [ 9 ] —had survived the flames, it was believed to possess thaumaturgical powers , a belief that was further ...
Replica of the Salto del Agua Fountain. After his arrival in the Aztec empire, Hernán Cortés discovered the economic and political importance of the Chapultepec aqueduct. He took advantage of the city's dependence on the aqueduct and blocked the fresh water supply, eventually destroying it.
Obra Cultural del Monte de Piedad y Caja de Ahorros, 1969. Ricard, Robert. "Contribution à l'étude des Fetes de «Moros y Cristianos» au Méxique." Journal de la Société des Américanistes 24.1 (1932): 51-84. Ricard, Robert. Otra contribución al estudio de las fiestas de" Moros y Cristianos". 1958. Santamarina Campos, Beatriz. "Moros y ...
Defeat of the Spanish Armada by Philip James de Loutherbourg, 1796. Hugo of Montcada i Gralla was the commander of the Galleasses of the Spanish Armada.He was the second son of Francesc I de Montcada, first Marquess of Aitona and Count of Osona, and his wife, Lucrècia Gralla.
ALADANA, Salvador. "The cover of the Palacio del Marqués de Dos Aguas in Valencia. Notes for a symbolic study". Traza y Baza, 1976, nº 6, pp. 89–97. SEBASTIÁN, Santiago. "New iconographic-iconological reading the cover of the Palacio del Marqués de Dos Aguas". Goya, 1989, nº 211-212, p. 60-64.