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Balboa A Spanish Conqueror And Explorer
788 wordsVasco Nuez de Balboa, a Spanish conqueror and explorer, was the first to see the coast of the Pacific Ocean. He saw the ocean in September of 1513, from the top of a mountain of what is now Panama. On September 29, 1523, Balboa claimed it and all its shores for Spain. His findings opened Spanish explorations and conquests along the western coast of South America began. The Spanish called the ocean the South Sea because it lay south of the isthmus of Panama. In 1520 a Portuguese explorer named Fe...
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1,332 wordsThis paper summarizes the germinal leadership book, The Prince by Machiavelli. After a brief summary, the paper will discuss the importance of the book to leadership and the lessons that can be applied to educational leadership. Summary The Prince begins with an overview of the two types of Princedoms which are, according to Machiavelli (1513 / 1992), hereditary or new (p. 1). Hereditary Princedoms are those that are passed down through many generations. New Princedoms can be blended into heredi...
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446 wordsSantana &# 038; Rob Thomas-Smooth (Version II) INTRO: e||| B||| G||- 1112 - 12 - 1214 14161717 - 1614 -h- 16171614 | D||| A||| E||| Man its a hot one Like seven inches from the midday sun I hear you whisper &# 038; the words melt everyone But you stay so cool e||| B|| 12 - 12 - 1415 ^ 15 ^ 1212 | G||- 12 h 1414 - 14 -| D||- 12 h 14 | A||- 12 h 14 | E||| My mu-equity, my Spanish harlem mona lisa e||| B|| 15 ^ 15 ^ 1315 G||| D||| A||| E||| Your my reason for reason The step in my groove e||| B|| 1...
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Ponce De Leon Juan Ponce De
1,108 wordsJuan Ponce de Leon Juan Ponce de Leon was born in 1460, in Tierra de Campos Paleia, in Leon, Spain. He came from a noble family and entered the royal household as a page for Pedro Nunez de Guzman, at the Court of Aragon. Later, young Ponce de Leon would become a solider for Spain and fight in the battles to drive the Moors from Granada. In 1493, Leon sailed with Christopher Columbus on his second voyage to America. He was a member of the forces that enslaved the Indians in Hispaniola. This was t...
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Niccolo Machiavelli Machiavelli
1,273 wordsNiccolo Machiavelli: Political Genius by Niccolo Machiavelli was not one, but three men: a political theorist, a military theorist, and a famous writer. Niccolo Machiavelli was born in Florence in 1469. The Machiavelli family was one of the most prominent politically in the city, having 15 Gonfalonier e among his ancestors. 1 Niccolo? s father, Bernardo Machiavelli was a legal consultant in the city, prominent participant in humanist scholarship of the day, and close associate of the city? s Fir...
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Ponce De Leon Juan Ponce De
2,414 wordsPonce de Leon? s Search for the Elusive Fountain Ponce de Leon? s quest for the fountain of youth led to the discovery of Florida and many other unexpected yet significant discoveries. His discoveries helped him to become a rich man and a brave conquistador. On March 3, 1513, Juan Ponce de Leon sailed from the island of Puerto Rico with three ships. After asking King Ferdinand of Spain permission to conquer and settle the island of Bimini, Ponce de Leon set sail on a quest for a mythical fountai...
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