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Sebastião Rodrigues Soromenho (Sebastián Rodríguez Cermeño in Spanish; c. 1560–1602), was a Portuguese explorer, born in Sesimbra (), appointed by King Philip II of Spain (Spanish: Felipe II de España; Portuguese: Filipe I de Portugal) to sail along the shores of California, in the years 1595 and 1596, in order to map the American west coast line and define the maritime routes of the ...
Fort Saint-Louis, Texas, was founded in 1685 by French explorer René-Robert Cavelier de La Salle and members of his expedition, including Jesuit missionary Zenobius Membre, on the banks of Garcitas Creek, a few kilometers inland from the mouth of the Lavaca River.
The expedition was also to search for gold, precious stones, and any American, British, or Russian settlements along the northwest coast. Arriving in Alaska in 1791, Malaspina and Bustamante surveyed the coast to the Prince William Sound. At Yakutat Bay, the expedition made contact with the Tlingit. Spanish scholars made a study of the tribe ...
The castle was featured on Zillow Gone Wild, a Facebook page and X, formerly known as Twitter, account, that showcases unique houses for sale all over the world, and people fell under its spell.
Three hundred and twenty Texans, including 50 merchants, set out on the expedition. The expedition failed and 172 men, "weak, starved, and scurvy-ridden," surrendered to New Mexico Governor Manuel Armijo. The Texans were marched 2,000 miles south to prison in Veracruz, although released to return to Texas in 1842. [2] [3]
Widespread snow totals of 1 to 3 inches will accumulate from southeast Texas — including Houston — through southern Louisiana and into parts of southern Georgia and coastal South Carolina from ...
One woman tells Sheila Flynn how she finally ended up visiting the famed Titanic wreck at its underwater grave after a near lifelong obsession – and what the surreal journey is actually like
This was to be in retaliation for the Mexican raids on San Antonio in 1842 and for the mistreatment of Texas prisoners captured in the Mier Expedition and on the Texan Santa Fe Expedition. Snively was given authorization on February 16, 1843, but instructed not to violate the sovereignty of the United States.