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Tomás Bernaldo de Quirós, also known as Thomas Bernaldo de Quiros, was a sailor who served as governor of Florida between 1578 and 1579. [1] He was also acting governor of Santa Elena from 1577 to November 1580, at least.
His cousin was Spanish General Valeriano Weyler. [1] Demetrio Quirós Weyler graduated from the Infantry School of Toledo in the mid-1850s after deciding to join the Spanish Army. In 1856 he served as Second Commander in the 35th Infantry Regiment of Toledo's Second Battalion. [2] On August 1, 1856, he was appointed Lieutenant colonel. [3]
Pedro José Pidal y Bernaldo de Quirós, 1st Marquess of Villaviciosa de Asturias, MP (2 November 1870 – 17 November 1941) was a Spanish peer, politician, mountaineer, writer, famed hunter and Olympic medalist.
Pedro Fernandes de Queirós (Spanish: Pedro Fernández de Quirós) (1563–1614) was a Portuguese navigator in the service of Spain.He is best known for leading several Spanish voyages of discovery in the Pacific Ocean, in particular the 1595–1596 voyage of Álvaro de Mendaña y Neira, and for the 1605–1606 expedition that crossed the Pacific in search of Terra Australis.
He traveled to New Spain and arrived in Sonora at age nineteen, joining his uncle, Spanish general Jacinto de Fuensaldaña. [3] In 1701, Tuñón y Quirós assisted Fuensaldaña in displacing Domingo Jironza Petriz de Cruzate as captain of Fronteras presidio. [5] In 1706, Tuñón y Quirós received title to the local mines at San Juan Bautista ...
Teodorico is an entertaining figure, who for much of the novel tries to outdo his aunt in her piety in the hope of a large inheritance. The aunt is a not entirely unbelievable caricature, which produces some fine comic moments, [4] although ultimately the novel as a whole is not one of the author's best. Even so, The Relic has been described as ...
Helen Hayes (1900–1993) was an American actress who had a home in Cuernavaca. [7] Katy Jurado (1924–2002), was a Mexican and Hollywood actress of film, television, and theater. es:León Larregui (b. 1973, Cuernavaca), singer for rock band Zoé best known for spreading fake news about COVID-19 vaccines. [8] Armando Manzanero (b.
With Teodorico Quirós, the architect and landscape painter, he began to paint with greater dedication. In 1954, he returned to England to continue his studies. There, he found the answer to his artistic concerns in abstract expressionism , a moment in which artists channelled their feelings into works emphasizing plastic elements such as ...