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[12] [13] American Bantam's 1938 model was the inspiration for Donald Duck's car which was first seen in Don Donald (1937). Despite a wide range of Bantam body styles, ranging from light trucks to woodie station wagons, only about 6,000 Bantams of all types were produced. American Bantam continued to build cars until August 18, 1943. [14]
In the first settlements in the Caribbean, the Spaniards deliberately brought animals and plants that transformed the ecological landscape. Pigs, cattle, sheep, goats, and chickens allowed Spaniards to eat a diet with which they were familiar. But the importation of horses transformed warfare for both the Spaniards and the indigenous.
Andalusians reached the United States in about 1850–1855, and were included in the first edition of the Standard of Perfection of the American Poultry Association in 1874. [9] The breed arrived in South America in 1870, and was first shown in Germany in the same year. [6] A bantam was created in the 1880s. [1]: 34
The men in the Indies were often younger relatives of the merchants in Spain, who often married wealthy American-born women. American-born Spanish men ( criollos ) in general did not pursue commerce but instead owned landed estates, entered the priesthood, or became a professional.
They used a New York lawyer to find American pilots. [5] [6] Time magazine reported on December 21, 1936, that six U.S. fliers were on the ocean liner SS Normandie, headed for Spain, to join their leader, Bert Acosta. They were to be paid $1,500 a month, plus $1,000 for each Aviación Nacional plane destroyed. [1] [7] [8]
Bantam BRC is an American off-road vehicle designed during World War II, constructed in 1940, and the precursor to the Jeep. Produced in a relatively small number of 2,642 units, in several versions, it was used by the United States , the United Kingdom , and the Soviet Union .
The presence of these bases in Spain was very unpopular among the Spanish people (according to a 1976 poll by Louis Harris International, only 1 out of 10 Spaniards supported the American presence in the country); [76] there were occasional protests against them, including a demonstration during President Ronald Reagan's 1985 visit to Spain.
American Treasure and the Price Revolution in Spain. [375] Extensive work on the royal treasury by Herbert S. Klein and John Tepaske on colonial Spanish American and Spain is The Royal Treasuries of the Spanish Empire in America (3 vols.) [376] Other important publications on economic history include the comparison of New Spain and Peru, [377 ...