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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Adams , John Quincy , 1767 - (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), America, discoverers of. (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Antiquities, American. (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Balboa , Vasco Nunez de , 1475 - (search)
Balboa, Vasco Nunez de, 1475-
Discoverer of the Pacific Ocean; born in Xeres de los Caballeros.
Spain. in 1475; went to Santo Domingo in 1501; and thence to the Isthmus of Darien in 1510.
Pope Alexander VI. (q. v.) gave to the Spanish crown, as God's vicegerent on the earth, all lands that lay 300 leagues westward of the Azores — in fact, all of America.
Ferdinand of Spain divided Central America, whose shores Columbus had discovered, into two provinces, over one of which he placed as governor Ojeda, the navigator, and over the other Diego de Nicuessa, with Bachelor Enciso as lieutenant.
Nuez, deeply in debt in Santo Domingo, escaped from his creditors by being carried in a provision-cask on board Enciso's ship.
When she had weighed anchor Nuņez came from his cask.
Enciso, angered by the deception, threatened him, but became reconciled.
At Darien, where the seat of government was to be established, Nuņez, taking advantage of the discontent of the Spaniards, headed a revol
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Centennial Exhibition , (search)
Central America,
A large expanse of territory connecting North and South America, and comprising in 1901 the republics of Guatemala, Honduras, Salvador, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica.
The region was discovered by Columbus, in his fourth voyage, in 1502.
He found the bay of Honduras, where he landed; then proceeded along the main of America.
Many attempts have been made in recent years to bring about a federation of the five republics, the latest in 1895, when the Greater Republic of Central America was formed, and in 1898, when, by treaty, Honduras.
Salvador, and Nicaragua formed the United States of Central America, Guatemala and Costa Rica declining tublics, the latest in 1895, when the Greater Republic of Central America was formed, and in 1898, when, by treaty, Honduras.
Salvador, and Nicaragua formed the United States of Central America, Guatemala and Costa Rica declining to enter the compact.
Local revolutions and mutual jealousies have so far prevented a permanent union.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Clayton -Bulwer treaty , the (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Davis , Richard Harding , 1864 - (search)
Davis, Richard Harding, 1864-
Author; born in Philadelphia, Pa., April 18, 1864; son of Rebecca Harding Davis; educated at Lehigh University and Johns Hopkins University; became a newspaper reporter.
In 1888 he joined the staff of the New York Evening sun, to which he contributed some of his best short stories.
In 1890 he became the managing editor Of Harper's weekly.
He particularly distinguished himself as a chronicler of the Czar's coronation and Queen Victoria's jubilee, and as a reporting observer of the American-Spanish War. His publications include Soldiers of fortune; The Princess Aline; Our English cousins; Van Bibber and others; About Paris; The rulers of the Mediterranean; Three Gringos in Venezuela and Central America; Cuba in War time; A year from a correspondent's note-book; Stories for boys; Cuban and Porto Rican campaigns, etc.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), De Soto , Fernando , 1496 - (search)
De Soto, Fernando, 1496-
Discoverer; born in Xeres, Estremadura, Spain, about 1496,( of a noble but impoverished family.
Davila, governor of Darien, was his kin patron, through whose generosity he received a good education, and who too him to Central America, where he engaged in exploring the coast of the Pacific Ocean hundreds of miles in search of supposed strait connecting the two ocean When Pizarro went to Peru, De Soto a companied him, and was his chief lieutenant in achieving the conquest of that country.
Brave and judicious, De Sot was the chief hero in the battle that resuited in the capture of Cuzco, the capital
Fernando De Soto. of the Incas, and the destruction of their empire.
Soon after that event he returned to Spain with large wealth, and was received by King Charles V. with great consideration.
He married Isabella Bobadilla, a scion of one of the most renowned of the Castilian families, and his influence at Court was thereby strengthened.
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