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Umbrellas:independent of the ancient Chinese (who had also invented the umbrellas on their own), the Maya and the Inca had invented circular umbrellas, which were made from bird feathers. [16] Hand Fan:The Aztecs developed circular handheld fans made of feathers and other materials that served as a status symbol, and were used for warfare ...
A key piece of evidence was a short article in the Santa Fe New Mexican in 1895 describing his death by murder, which noted: [14] He was a Frenchman, and was favorably known in Santa Fe as an expert worker in wood. He build [sic] the handsome stair-case in the Loretto chapel and at St. Vincent sanitarium.
A field-sequential color television system similar to his Tricolor system was used in NASA's Voyager mission in 1979, to take pictures and video of Jupiter. [2]There was a Mexican science research and technology group created La Funck Guillermo González Camarena or The Guillermo González Camarena Foundation in 1995 that was beneficial to creative and talented inventors in Mexico.
Margarita Carmen Cansino was one of the biggest movie stars in the world in the 1940s and '50s. Though you probably know her best by her stage name, Rita Hayworth. An enduring early sex symbol ...
The Chapel of Our Lady of Light, or La Castrense, was a military chapel on the south side of the Santa Fe Plaza which was built in 1760 by Governor Francisco Antonio Marín del Valle. To complete the interior of the chapel, Marín del Valle brought masons from Zacatecas, Mexico to carve a massive stone reredos. Archaeological investigations of ...
The De Vargas Street House is a two-story adobe building; the first floor is original and the second floor was reconstructed based on the original in the 1920s. Most of the house is constructed from adobe brick, which was a Spanish colonial technology, while a few lower wall sections are puddled adobe characteristic of pre-Spanish pueblo buildings.
Sports originating in Mexico (1 C, 7 P) Pages in category "Mexican inventions" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total.
Nicholas Gilmore, The Santa Fe New Mexican July 15, 2024 at 11:33 PM A sign on the restaurant's wine shop next door said it would not be selling any alcohol until further notice.