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Hernando de Soto was born in Jerez de los Caballeros, Spain. Hernando de Soto explored for Spain. In the early 1530s, while on Francisco Pizarro’s expedition, de Soto helped conquer Peru. In 1539 he set out for North America, where he discovered the Mississippi River. While exploring Peru, in 1533, Hernando came upon a road leading to Cuzco, the capital of Peru’s Incan Empire. He played a fundamental role in organizing the conquest of Peru, and engaged in a successful battle to capture Cuzco. While de Soto became a wealthy man after his conquest of Peru, he stayed restless and desired to increase his wealth. Evidence of gold in the southeastern part of North America consequently spurred Hernando to organize an expedition in hopes to find another …show more content…
Hernando de Soto explored from 1523-1542, which is when he died, May 21, 1542. Hernando de Soto had many explorations and some were longer than others. In 1523, Hernando de Soto went on his first expedition, under the command of Francisco Fernendez de Cardoba and explored Nicaragua and Honduras. Then in 1530, he appointed Regidor of Nicaragua and leads an expedition into Yucatan Peninsula. Two years later, in 1532, de Soto is appointed Second-in-Command on an expedition to Peru. A year later, in 1533, de Soto is sent on a 200 men scouting mission to see if the rumors about the Incan army was advancing their position was true. The rumors were in fact not true, they were false, and while he was absent, the other Spaniards attacked Cuzco, Peru. Hernando then became appointed Lieutenant of Governor of Cuzco, Peru. Then in 1536 Hernando de Soto is denied second in command of a new expedition and therefore leaves to return to Spain. A few years later de Soto explores more and heads back to Havana, Cuba. Then they began to head to Florida. It took them 12 days and they ended up landing in what is now present day Tampa
The mission was established initially in 1690 as Mission San Francisco de los Tejas in East Texas. The mission was abandoned and moved to the West Bank of the San Antonio River and was called Mission San Francisco de la Espada in 1731. Its purpose was to serve the Coahuiltecan tribes and educate them in religion.
Francisco Pizarro was a famous Spanish explorer. On September 13, 1524, Francisco Pizarro set sail from Panama to a conquest of Peru. He brought about eighty men and forty horses with him. In 1528, Pizarro went back to Spain managed to obtain in a group of people from Emperor Charles V. Francisco Pizarro was known for capturing the Inca Emperor, Emperor Atahualpa, in 1532. In 1533, Pizarro conquered Peru.
Hernan Cortes was born at Medellin in Spain in the year 1485 and eventually became one of the great Governors of Mexico City. It all started in 1518 when the Governor of Cuba (Diego Velazquez) placed him in charge of an expedition to explore Mexico for colonization. In February, 1519, Cortes was about to set sail when Velazquez changed his mind at tried to replace him; however Cortes in an act of mutiny pushed forward anyway. In March of 1519, Cortes claimed the land for the Spanish Crown (Charles V). Because of this great victory and the gold that Cortes sent back to Spain, he was named Governor and Captain General of Mexico in 1523.
Francisco Vasquez de Coronado explored the American Southwest, starting his exploration in 1540. This region included Kansas, Arizona, and New Mexico. He was sent out to this region by New Spain. Before it was explored, the American Southwest region was occupied by many Native Americans. Francisco explored this land because...
Through the study of the Peruvian society using articles like “The “Problem of the Indian...” and the Problem of the Land” by Jose Carlos Mariátegui and the Peruvian film La Boca del Lobo directed by Francisco Lombardi, it is learned that the identity of Peru is expressed through the Spanish descendants that live in cities or urban areas of Peru. In his essay, Mariátegui expresses that the creation of modern Peru was due to the tenure system in Peru and its Indigenous population. With the analyzation of La Boca del Lobo we will describe the native identity in Peru due to the Spanish treatment of Indians, power in the tenure system of Peru, the Indian Problem expressed by Mariátegui, and the implementation of Benedict Andersons “Imagined Communities”.
In 1539 Hernando de Soto and five hundred adventurers began on a journey of exploration that would take 4 years and would travel through 10 states in the southeast United States. His goal was to discover a source of wealth, preferably gold, and around his mines establish a settlement. During his travels through La Florida he encountered numerous groups of native peoples, making friends of some and enemies of others. His expedition was not the first in La Florida; however, it was the most extensive. In its aftermath, thousands of Indians would die by disease that the Spaniards brought from the Old World. De Soto would initially be remembered as a great explorer but, would be later viewed as a destroyer of native culture. However, in truth de Soto was neither a hero or a villain but rather an adventurer.
The traditions my parents instilled in me at a young age are important to me. They are part of my Latin culture and identity. One of the most important traditions that I value the most is our devotion to “La Virgen de Guadalupe” (The Virgin of Guadalupe), and although I don't go to church or share a specific a religion, I believe in La Virgen as a protector and a guardian figure and maintain her presence in my daily life.
Cinco de Mayo, also known as the Anniversary of the Battle of Puebla, is a national holiday in Mexico that commemorates the 1862 Mexican victory over the French forces of Napoleon III in Puebla, Mexico. This holiday, celebrated on the fifth of May, has deep roots in Mexican culture, but in American-Mexican culture as well. Cinco de Mayo serves as a proud reminder of an unlikely victory, as well as a day to express and cherish Mexican pride and heritage.
He wrote extensively of his travels inspiring Hernando De Soto’s expedition in 1539 covering much of the Gulf Coast. Another attempt at colonization on the west coast of Florida area by Tristan Arellano closed after two years. During these expeditions, the Spanish discovered the Gulf Stream current, soon used as the primary return route from the Caribbean to Spain.
The Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro is probably most well known for his conquest of the Incan Empire. Though his humble origins as an illegitimate son to a pig farmer should have normally left him in the lower class, Pizarro traveled to the New World and there acquired great wealth, eventually becoming governor of Lima, Peru, where he was assassinated by a competing family.
Many countries have the pleasure of celebrating Independence Days. These historic holidays are filled with nationalistic celebrations and delicious traditional food. In Chile, the natives celebrate their break from Spain with Fiestas Patrias. In Mexico, the president begins the celebration by ringing a bell and reciting the “Grito de Dolores” and he ends his speech by saying “Viva Mexico” three times.
Hernan Cortes, one of the most looked upon leaders of Spain, was an explorer who had claimed Mexico for Spain, back in the early 1500’s. Cortes was born in Medellin, Spain in 1485. He came from a lesser noble family. According to some reports, he studied at the University of Salamanca for some time. In search for a fortune, in 1504, Cortés left Spain for New World. He traveled to the island of Santo Domingo. After settling in the new town of Azúa, Cortés served as a notary. After gaining some experience about the government and exploration under Diego Velazquez for Cuba in 1511, Cortes decided to lead his own expedition to Mexico.
In "Like Mexicans" by Gary Soto, it begins with the statement, “Again I dream” and then further explains a descriptive detail of a meal that only existed through his mind of imagination because of his economic stance. One of the primary points in the poem is the critique of poverty stricken culture of several Mexican and Mexican-American families. An example of the most compelling lines of the poem is his concluding two lines: “let the day end and us begin, the fork, the knife, the plate, all useless.” The selection of words highlights a compelling portrait of himself fantasizing the world where hunger is not prevalent to him, but shortly understands it was an escape and represents a harsh reality of no purpose to have kitchen utensils because
In the short reading “Like Mexicans” Gary Soto is undecided about what route he should pursue when moving on into the future. In his early teens his grandmother told him to become a barber and to marry a Mexican girl, Soto’s mother told him this as well. When Soto was in his twenties he ended up falling in love with a Japanese woman named Carolyn. Towards the end of the story Soto realized that the reason his mom wanted him to marry a Mexican girl was because they are in the same social class as him. At the end of the story when Soto is at Carolyn’s house he perceived that her family was different, but they were just like Mexicans because they were poor. Throughout this story Soto crossed three life changes: Culture, food,
Pizarro’s expedition that took almost 40 years! After his death defying 40 years he conquered Peru and had a successful journey. When he conquered he became a king and had a partner with long lasting fame.It was not until 1523, when he was some 48 years old, that Pizarro embarked upon the adventure that was to lead to his lasting fame. In partnership with a soldier, Diego de Almagro, and a priest, Hernando de Luque, he made preparations for a voyage of discovery and conquest down the west coast of South America.He joined the military while still in his teens, but there is no record of him ever receiving any schooling, academic or