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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.
The arquebus had become a common infantry weapon by the 16th century due to its relative cheapness—a helmet, breastplate and pike cost about three and a quarter ducats while an arquebus only a little over one ducat. [11] [57] Another advantage of arquebuses over other equipment and weapons was its short training period. While a bow ...
Asiel Timor Dei, c. 1680. An Ángel arcabucero (arquebusier angel) is an angel depicted with an arquebus (an early muzzle-loaded firearm) instead of the sword traditional for martial angels, dressed in clothing inspired by that of the Criollo and Andean nobles and aristocrats. [1]
When the First World War began in August 1914, Arquebus was assigned to the 3rd Destroyer Flotilla (3 e escadrille de torpilleurs) of the 2nd Light Squadron (2 e escadre légère) [5] based at Cherbourg. [4] She was one of five destroyers that escorted the predreadnought battleship Charlemagne from Bizerte, French Tunisia, to Toulon in ...
Shown here is a medieval sundial that was found built into the upstanding house. Sundials are regularly found in churches dating to the late Anglo-Saxon and early Norman periods.
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 ...
Amaroli, Paul (1991). "Linderos y geografía económica de Cuscatlán, provinica pipil del territorio de El Salvador" (in Spanish). Mesoamérica 21 (June 1991): 41–70. Antigua Guatemala, Guatemala and South Woodstock, Vermont: El Centro de Investigaciones Regionales de Mesoamérica (CIRMA) in conjunction with Plumsock Mesoamerican Studies.