Bernal Diaz del Castillo Bernal Diaz was born in 1492 or 1498 to Maria Diaz Rejón and Francisco Diaz del Castillo, a regidor (council member) of the town of Medina del Campo, in Castilla y León. The family was distinguished but not wealthy. In 1514, Bernal went to seek his fortune in America with Pedrarias Dávila (Pedro Árias de Ávila), Bishop Fonseca's newly appointed governor of Castilla del Oro. A cruel and unscrupulous schemer, Pedrarias excelled at extorting riches by torturing native rulers, looting gems and gold from their graves, and eliminating potential rivals. (Pedrarias had his prospective son-in-law Balboa and four companions beheaded on trumped-up charges in 1519.)
Hernando De Soto was born in 1496 at Jerez de Los Caballeros, Bajadoz province (Hernando De Soto). At the time of DeSotos birth, Spain was undergoing massive transformations that would lead
Equiano then had to be put on the middle passage on a slave ship to the New World, which was the western hemisphere, after he was shipped from Barbados. This isn’t the only traveling he did. In 1763 which Equiano was approximately 18, he was sold by Captain Pascal to Captain James Duran and taken to Montserrat in the Caribbean Islands. He was then sold to the island's most primary merchant, Robert King. Because slavery
Early Life and Education Pablo Escobar was born as Pablo Emilio Escobar Gaviria on December 1, 1949, in Rionegro in Antioquia, Colombia. He was the third son of Abel de Jesus Escobar, a farmer, and Hemilda Gaviria, an elementary school teacher. He was raised in a poor family with his six siblings and lived in an adobe hut. He joined the local university and studied political science but due to the financial crisis, he had to stop his education. Later he joined the University of Antioquia for a short period.
Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar is my role model for many reasons. He was born a minor noble in the Kingdom of Castile in the mid-1000s and rose to be the very influential ruler of Valencia.He is a national hero of Spain and helped greatly in the unification of Spain. He treated Muslims and Catholics equally, while still helping greatly in the Reconquista. And though it was likely that he wouldn't have been remembered by history whatsoever, he made a lasting impact in history and helped a war-torn country unify under his king, who he remained loyal to despite being banished from Castile several times, only to be called back when he was needed. Rodrigo Diaz was named the Champion of Castile and chosen to lead the Kingdom's armies to war against the King's brother, King Sancho of Leon, who had declared war on him to take his brother's lands by force.
Salvador Felipe Jacinto Dalí i Domènech also famously known as Salvador Dali who was born on May 11th 1904, in Figueres, Spain, is the father of the paranoiac critical method of painting or as he explains it as one spontaneous method of knowledge. He was a creative mastermind, a dominant technician, and a visionary who kept shocking the world with his marvelous artwork. He was also born with an improbable outlook on artistic creations and an amazing ability to create outstanding portraits. Salvador Dali was a prominent artist during the early 1900s. He was not, however, the first such Salvador in the family, an older brother of the identical name, who was struck down at a young age --with a case
Sandra Cisneros My essay is on Sandra Cisneros. Sandra Cisneros was born December 20, 1954. She is 60 years old. She was born in Chicago IL. Her parents are Alfredo Cisneros Del Moral and Elvira Cordero Anguiano.
She was born in 1821 into a poor family in the south of Brazil. Like most girls from low resources, she didn’t received a formal education, however, she was a good equestrian. At the age of 14 she was forced to marry Manoel Duarte di Aguiar, a shoemaker, who was called into service for the Brazilian army. There’s not a real story on how they broke up or who abandon who, but Giuseppe Garibaldi swoop into the picture quickly. He was an Italian general, politician and nationalist who played a large role in the history of Italy.
The future would burden her with hard learned lessons. Renaldo’s opinion of himself was more assured. A cabaret operator, he considered himself an impresario. This enabled him to mingle with the Jazz musicians he admired and the aficionados he suffered. His love of food and its preparation classified him as a gourmand.
Who is Cameron Crowe? Known as a writer, producer, journalist, actor, and author, Cameron Bruce Crowe is an American personality who started writing since he was 16. Cameron Crowe: Birth facts, family, childhood Cameron Bruce Crowe was born on July 13, 1957, in Palm Springs, California, U.S. His mother, Alice Marie Crowe, and father, James A. Crowe raised him in California. He has twin sons William James Crowe and Curtis Wilson Crowe from his ex-wife Nancy Wilson. As for his nationality, he is an American and holds Greek, Spanish, and the British Isles ethnicity.