Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra was a very successful Spanish writer who wrote many comical novels. He had a child name Isabel de Saavedra and a wife named Catalina de Salazar y Palacios. He wrote many plays, and poems. He was also in the Spanish Armada. He had a big impact on the Spanish speaking world. Some know the Spanish language as “la lengua de Cervantes” or the language of Cervantes. His most famous novel, Don Quixote, was said the be the first modern, romantic novel. He wrote many other novels that impacted the Spanish speaking world, but Don Quixote had the biggest impact.
Not much about Miguel de Cervantes is known. His appearance is unknown and most of his childhood till 1569 about him is unknown. Though he had many obstacles, he proved to be a great writer with a
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He was most likely born on September 29 but no one knows for sure. Though no one knows exactly when his birthday was, it is certain that he was baptized on October 9. Miguel de Cervantes was the fourth child out of a family with seven children. The son of Rodrigo and Leonor, Cervantes was adventurous and courageous as a child. He loved to read and had a great sense of humor.
When he was young he studied architecture, literature, art and more. Though much is not known about Cervantes childhood and early life, some say that he did not go to any university. Through one of his novels, Novelas Exemplares, some say that he was taught by the Jesuits, but it is unclear whether this is true, even though this may have been likely. Despite not going to any university, in 1569, when Cervantes was 21, he did study under López de Hoyos, or was a pupil student at a small school in Madrid.
His family was poor and his father, Rodrigo was born deaf. Rodrigo was a barber-surgeon but at the time, what he did not bring in much income so Rodrigo and his family would move around often as Rodrigo searched for
Juan Seguin- Juan Seguin joined William B.Travis’ army on February 23 in the Battle of the Alamo. He was there for the 13 day siege but he didn't participate in the actual battle. He left to carry a message to the enemy from everyone in the Alamo. The message was that the Texans "shall never surrender or retreat.". Juan got it across and went to get soldiers to help the Texans. By the time he returned. The Alamo had already fallen to Santa Anna’s
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Francisco Pizarro was a Spanish explorer and conquistador. He conquered the Incan Empire in Peru. He was very successful in doing so. Another thing he did was help and accompany Vasco Núñez de Balboa discover the Pacific Ocean. His goal was to have fame and fortune. He was important because of his role in Peru.
Guadalupe Quintanilla was 12 years old, her and her family moved from Mexico to Brownsville, Texas and she was enrolled into school there. She was labeled retarded because she took an IQ test in English and could not understand the English language. After months of humiliation, her grandfather agreed to let Lupe stay home and help him be his eyes. As time passed, she married at 16 to a Mexican-American and gave birth to three children years later. Once her children were enrolled in school, they told Lupe that her children were slow learners. She didn’t understand how they were slow learners when at home, they were so smart. This inspired Lupe to take an English course at a university in which would help her teach her children at home. This
Born in Santervás de Campos, Spain, in 1460, Juan Ponce de León had sailed on expeditions with Christopher Columbus, and then sailed to the New World on expeditions of his own later on. Although most commonly known for his exploration for the Fountain of Youth, Ponce de León proved to be a great explorer for having resolved the rebellion that had erupted in Hispaniola, but also discovering Puerto Rico and Florida to add to his legacy and story.
In 1460, in Santervas de Campos, Spain, Juan Ponce de Leon was born to a noble family. He learned military tactics and social skills while serving as a page at the court of Aragon. Ponce de Leon also fought against the Moors in Granada as a soldier. Led by Christopher Columbus, Juan may have gone on the second voyage to the West Indies. He started settlements and constructed defenses in Hispaniola for Spain. Ponce de Leon was given the position of the provincial governor of the eastern part of Hispaniola because he reduced a native uprising in 1504. Juan met and married a woman named Leonora on his journey back to Spain.
Hernando de soto was from spain and born in the 1530s his family were poor he and his family lived in a family manor. His parents really wanted him to go to school to be a lawyer but his dream was to be an explorer. In 1514 he joined Davila governor in his expedition to the west indians. But in 1532 he joined Francisco pizarro expedition as they explored the county’s highlands . He quickly proved his worth as an explorer, trader and reaping large profits.
that college. Then in 1854 he started teaching at that college. When he was 26 he went to teach at
Hernando De Soto was born in Extramadura, Spain. While he was born to a family of minor nobles, they still lived modestly and weren’t rich. He dreamed of striking it rich conquering in the newly discovered Americas. He earned his fortune in stole goods from the Incas when he joined the conquest in 1531. Unsatisfied with gold and wanting a higher social status, he left in 1537 to explore La Florida. (Now known as the Southeast U.S.)
Hernando Cortes was born in 1485. Him and his family were an upper class family but they were not rich. His dad was a leader of a spanish army. Cortes didn’t have many decisions to choose from when it came to his career. He had the choices of law, army, or preacher. When Cortes was 14 years of age his family sent him to learn about law at the University of Salamanca. Cortes started failing classes then ended up quitting school. Cortes escaped his home for amorous desire. He was almost murdered by a husband because he was caught at
Ponce de Leon was a Spanish soldier who had accompanied Christopher Columbus on his second journey to Hispaniola (present-day Haiti). There, Ponce de Leon became a military commander and a deputy governor of the island. He explored the rumors of large gold deposits on the nearby island of San Juan Bautista (Puerto Rico) and discovered it for Spain. On the Spanish king’s orders, Ponce de Leon later returned to the island to colonize and establish gold mines using the natives as slave labor, being appointed as the Spanish governor. He was later removed from office and so set out to explore the rumor of the fountain of youth and discovered Florida. The Spanish conquistador returned to Puerto Rico and reestablished Spanish order in the chaotic country. News of the Spanish king’s passing reached his ears, and he returned to Spain to secure his businesses. His last return to Florida resulted in him being shot with a poison arrow to the thigh, which he later died from.
I’m a good looking, smart, young man with money and.. I love you! I know you want me! Do men objectify women based on stereotypes about what women want and need based on their own selfish life plans regardless of how the women feel? This is the subject of discussion in “Don Quixote of La Mancha Book I, Chapter XIV,” by Cervantes.
Cristóbal Balenciaga: a magnificent name that any one interested in art or fashion immediately knows, or at the very least, has heard of. It’s the sort of name that you might come across in a fable, and this legend was a historic one, at least in the fashion world. Little is known about this enigmatic couturier. Some like to say he was tall, while other swear he was short; he was either stout or angular, delightful or reserved. It was also a rarity to see him bow at the end of a collection, so few people could put a face to the name.
Miguel de Cervantes was born in 1547 in Spain, where he lived nearly his whole life. In the late 1590s, Cervantes wrote what is considered by most to be the first modern novel in history and one that entirely changed the tone of the Northern Renaissance, Don Quixote. In Don Quixote, Cervantes describes the fictional world of Don Quixote as he goes on an adventurous journey as a knight, saving princesses, fighting giants, and enduring through countless situations in which the odds stacked against him. This stereotypical journey of a knight, however, is only a fictional world in the imagination of Don Quixote, as he pictures