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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 ...
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.
Quirós was a sailor in several fleets traveling to Spanish America over many years. [2] In 1577, Quirós was appointed Lieutenant Governor of Santa Elena by Pedro Menéndez de Márquez, governor of Florida. He arrived at the city on September 4, 1578, and he ruled it in an interim way, in service to Menéndez de Márquez.
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.
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]
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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 ...
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