query: what country was vasco nunez de balboa born in?

title: Vasco Núñez de Balboa

text: mainland of the Americas (a settlement by Alonso de Ojeda the previous year at San Sebastián de Urabá had already been abandoned). Balboa was born in Jerez de los Caballeros, Spain. He was a descendant of the Lord mason of the castle of Balboa, on the borders of León and Galicia. His mother was the Lady de Badajoz, and his father was the hidalgo (nobleman), Nuño Arias de Balboa. Little is known of Vasco's early childhood except that he was the third of four boys in his family. During his adolescence, he served as a page and squire to Don

title: Vasco Núñez de Balboa

text: the tribes living inland and those on the coast of "the other sea". Balboa received the unexpected news of a new kingdom – rich in gold – with great interest. He returned to Santa María at the beginning of 1513 to recruit more men from Hispaniola. There he learned that Fernández de Enciso had told the colonial authorities what had happened at Santa María. After seeing that there would be no assistance from Hispaniola, Balboa sent Enrique de Colmenares directly to Spain to look for help. While the expedition to the South Sea (the name at the time of the

title: Vasco Núñez de Balboa

text: Pedrarias ceased abruptly, due in large part to the intercession of Bishop de Quevedo and Isabel de Bobadilla, who arranged for Balboa's marriage to María de Peñalosa, one of Pedrarias' daughters, who was in Spain. Shortly thereafter, the bishop left for Spain and the marriage took place by proxy (they would never meet because she was in Spain and Balboa would never return to his homeland). The friendship between Pedrarias and Balboa lasted barely two years, but in that time Balboa came to show great filial affection toward his father-in-law. Balboa wished to continue exploring the South Sea, but Pedrarias

title: Vasco Núñez de Balboa

text: Balboa's first acts as governor was the trial of Fernández de Enciso, accused of usurping the governor's authority. Fernández de Enciso was sentenced to prison and his possessions were confiscated. However, he was to remain imprisoned only for a short time: Balboa set him free under the condition that he return immediately to Hispaniola and from there to Spain. With him on the same ship were two representatives from Balboa, who were to inform the colonial authorities of the situation, and request more men and supplies to continue the conquest of Veragua. Balboa continued defeating various tribes and befriending others,

title: Vasco Núñez de Balboa

text: and Careta, to finally arrive in Santa María on January 19, 1514, with a treasure in cotton goods, more than 100,000 "castellanos" worth of gold, to say nothing of the pearls. All this, however, did not compare to the magnitude of the discovery of the South Sea on behalf of Spain. Balboa commanded Pedro de Arbolancha to set sail for Spain with news of this discovery. He also sent one fifth of the treasure to the king, as the law required. The accusations of Fernández de Enciso, whom Balboa had deposed, and the removal and disappearance of Governor Ojeda, forced

title: Vasco Núñez de Balboa

text: that he be taken to Spain to stand trial. Pedrarias, however, together with Martin Enciso, ordered that the trial take place without delay. Balboa's trial began in January, 1519, and on the fifteenth of that month, Espinosa sentenced him to death by decapitation. Four of Balboa's friends, Fernando de Argüello, Luis Botello, Hernán Muñoz, and Andrés Valderrábano, accused as accomplices, were sentenced to the same fate. The sentence was to be carried out in Acla, to show that the conspiracy had its roots in that colony. As Balboa and his friends were being led to the block, the town crier

title: Vasco Núñez de Balboa

text: feast in his honor; Comagre, like Careta, was then baptized. In 1513, Balboa wrote a lengthy letter to the King of Spain, requesting more men (who were already acclimatized) from Hispaniola, weapons, supplies, carpenters versed in shipbuilding, and all the necessary materials for the building of a shipyard. In a subsequent letter, from 1515, he would refer to his humanitarian policies regarding the natives, while at the same time recommending extreme severity in dealing with cannibals and violent tribes. It was in Comagre's lands that Balboa first heard of "the other sea." It started with a squabble among the Spaniards,

title: Vasco Núñez de Balboa

text: la Vela. The expedition continued to explore the north east of South America, until they realized they did not have enough men and sailed to Hispaniola. With his share of the earnings from this campaign, Balboa settled in Hispaniola in 1505, where he resided for several years as a planter and pig farmer. He was not successful in this enterprise, however, and ended up in debt. Finally, he was forced to abandon life on the island. In 1508, the king of Spain, Ferdinand II "The Catholic", launched the conquest of Tierra Firme (the area roughly corresponding to the Isthmus of

title: Vasco de Quiroga

text: Vasco de Quiroga Vasco de Quiroga (1470/78 - 14 March 1565) was the first bishop of Michoacán, Mexico, and one of the judges ("oidores") in the second Audiencia that governed New Spain from January 10, 1531, to April 16, 1535. Coming from a background as a lawyer and a judge he was appointed to be a judge in the second Audiencia after the first Audiencias failure. As an "oídor" he took a strong interest in restoring order to the Michoacán area which had been ravaged by rebellions and unrest. He employed a strategy of congregating indigenous populations into congregated Hospital-towns

title: Juan Balboa Boneke

text: down in Valencia with his second wife and her family. Balboa Boneke died from renal problems, coupled with a three-year depression caused by the death of his wife, on 10 March 2014 in Valencia, Spain. Juan Balboa Boneke Juan Balboa Boneke (9 June 1938 – 10 March 2014) was an Equatorial Guinean politician and writer. He was born in Rebola, Spanish Guinea and studied at the Escuela Superior de Santa Isabel and at La Escuela social de Granada. He was minister under Teodoro Obiang until he dissented with the dictatorship's policies and went into exile in Valencia, Spain. Prior to

title: Gaspar de Espinosa

text: Gaspar de Espinosa Gaspar de Espinosa y Luna (Medina de Rio Seco, Spain, 1484 - Cuzco, Peru, 14 February 1537) was an explorer, conquistador and Spanish politician. He participated in the expedition of Pedrarias Davila to Darién and was appointed mayor of Nuestra Señora de la Antigua. He initiated proceedings against Vasco Núñez de Balboa and conquered part of current Costa Rica. After living some time in Spain, he returned to America to join Francisco Pizarro and Almagro in the conquest of the Inca Empire. He was born into a family of merchants and bankers, whose business was to direct

title: Juan Balboa Boneke

text: Juan Balboa Boneke Juan Balboa Boneke (9 June 1938 – 10 March 2014) was an Equatorial Guinean politician and writer. He was born in Rebola, Spanish Guinea and studied at the Escuela Superior de Santa Isabel and at La Escuela social de Granada. He was minister under Teodoro Obiang until he dissented with the dictatorship's policies and went into exile in Valencia, Spain. Prior to his position in the Guinean government, he would live for over 15 years in Majorca (where his daughter María Concepción, a flamenco singer best known as Concha Buika, was born). After his exile, he settled

title: Vasco Núñez de Balboa

text: to downtown San Diego, California which was named after Balboa in 1910. Balboa's name is also honoured in Madrid with a street and a metro station. One of the highest orders granted by the Panamanian government to distinguished and outstanding figures, foreign and domestic, is the "Orden Vasco Núñez de Balboa", in various degrees, as established by Law 27 from 28 January 1933. The lunar crater Balboa was named after him. Balboa appears in the lyrics to The Great Nations of Europe by composer/singer Randy Newman. Vasco Nunez de Balboa was featured on the 1-cent denomination of the Panama-Pacific Exposition

title: Vasco Núñez de Balboa

text: of 1913. The 1-cent Balboa paid the one-cent card rate, and it was used in combination with other denominations to meet large weight and foreign destinations. The Bureau of Engraving and Printing issued over 330 million of these to the public. SENAN's Base Naval Vasco Nuñez de Balboa in Panama City is named for Balboa. Vasco Núñez de Balboa Vasco Núñez de Balboa (; c. 1475around January 12–21, 1519) was a Spanish explorer, governor, and conquistador. He is best known for having crossed the Isthmus of Panama to the Pacific Ocean in 1513, becoming the first European to lead an

title: Vasco Núñez de Balboa

text: in public display for several days, as a sign of Pedrarias' might. The final location of Balboa's remains is unknown, partly because there is no record of what happened in Acla after the execution. Gaspar de Espinosa, Pedrarias' underling, sailed the South Sea aboard the very ships that Balboa had commissioned. In 1520, Ferdinand Magellan renamed the sea the "Pacific Ocean" because of its calm waters. Although Balboa suffered a premature death, his actions and deeds are remembered by history as the first European to cross America. Several parks and avenues throughout Panama bear the name "Vasco Núñez de Balboa,"

title: Vasco Núñez de Balboa

text: Vasco Núñez de Balboa Vasco Núñez de Balboa (; c. 1475around January 12–21, 1519) was a Spanish explorer, governor, and conquistador. He is best known for having crossed the Isthmus of Panama to the Pacific Ocean in 1513, becoming the first European to lead an expedition to have seen or reached the Pacific from the New World. He traveled to the New World in 1500 and, after some exploration, settled on the island of Hispaniola. He founded the settlement of Santa María la Antigua del Darién in present-day Panama in 1510, which was the first permanent European settlement on the

title: Vasco Núñez de Balboa

text: mandate was illegitimate, because the governor of Veragua was Diego de Nicuesa, not Ojeda; therefore, Fernández de Enciso should be deposed and arrested. After Fernández de Enciso's ouster, a more open government was established and a municipal council was elected (the first in the Americas). Two "alcaldes" were appointed: Martín Samudio and Vasco Núñez de Balboa. Shortly after this, a flotilla led by Rodrigo Enrique de Colmenares arrived in Santa María. His objective was to find Nicuesa, who was also facing some difficulties in the north of Panamá. When de Colmenares learned about the recent events, he convinced the town's

title: Vasco Núñez de Balboa

text: Fernández de Oviedo was to note that knights covered in silk and brocade, who distinguished themselves valiantly in the Italian Wars, would die, consumed by hunger and fever, due to the nature of the tropical jungle. Balboa received Pedrarias and his representatives in July 1514 and accepted resignedly his replacement as governor and mayor. The settlers, however, did not like the change and some were planning to take up arms against Pedrarias, even as Balboa showed respect to the new colonial authorities. As soon as Pedrarias took charge, Gaspar de Espinosa had Balboa arrested and tried "in absentia", sentencing him

title: Vasco Núñez de Balboa

text: Balboa, around that time the Spanish Crown would finally recognize his valuable services. The king bestowed on him the titles of ""Adelantado" of the South Seas" and ""Gobernador" of Panama and Coiba". On top of this, the King instructed Pedrarias to show Balboa the greatest respect and to consult him on all matters pertaining to the conquest and government of Castilla de Oro. Because of all this, Pedrarias was to release and exonerate Balboa, lifting all charges brought up against him in the matter of the clandestine recruitment of an expeditionary party. At that point, the rivalry between Balboa and

title: Vasco Núñez de Balboa

text: located in a relatively calm region, earned Balboa authority and respect among his companions. They were increasingly hostile toward Alcalde Mayor Fernández de Enciso, whom they considered a greedy despot because of the restrictions he imposed on their appropriation of the natives' gold. Balboa took advantage of the situation, acting as the spokesman for the disgruntled settlers. He removed Fernández de Enciso from the position of "alcalde mayor", using the following legal manoeuvre: Fernández de Enciso was now controlling an area in Veragua, to the west of the Gulf of Urabá; since he was substituting for Alonso de Ojeda, his

title: Vasco Núñez de Balboa

text: however, did not deter Balboa's ambitions of returning to explore the South Sea. Secretly, he arranged to recruit a contingent of men from Cuba. The ship carrying them berthed just outside Santa María, and its caretaker informed Balboa of their arrival, receiving in return 70 gold castellanos. Pedrarias, however, soon found out about the ship; furious, he had Balboa arrested, took away all his men and was planning to lock him up in a wooden cage. He was held back from doing this by Bishop de Quevedo, who appealed to him not to abuse his power on Balboa. Luckily for

title: Vasco Núñez de Balboa

text: Fernández de Enciso with no choice but to spare Balboa and keep him aboard. Moreover, both agreed on removing Nicuesa as governor of Veragua. After the fifty days had passed, Pizarro started preparations for the return to Hispaniola, when Enciso's ship arrived. Balboa had gained popularity among the crew because of his charisma and his knowledge of the region. By contrast Fernández de Enciso was not well liked by the men: many disapproved of his order to return to San Sebastián, especially after discovering, once they had arrived, that the settlement had been completely destroyed and that the natives were

title: Vasco Núñez de Balboa

text: new territories. Balboa managed to collect a great deal of gold, much of it from the ornaments worn by the native women, and the rest obtained by violence. Peter Martyr d'Anghiera in his "De orbe novo decades", wrote how Balboa had fed forty local homosexual men to his dogs. Balboa, upset with ""a brother of the king and other young men, obliging men, [who] dressed effeminately with women's clothing [... of those which the brother of the king] went too far with unnatural"" temerity, threw forty of them as food to the dogs. D'Anghiera continues his story saying that the

title: Vasco Núñez de Balboa

text: to pay reparations to Fernández de Enciso and others. He was, however, found innocent of the charge of murdering Nicuesa, so he was freed shortly afterwards. Due to overpopulation in Santa María, Pedrarias called on several expeditionaries to search for new locations fit for settlement. Balboa requested of Pedrarias that he be allowed to explore the Dabaibe region, along the Atrato river, for there was a rumour of the existence of a temple filled with vast riches there. However, this expedition turned out to be a failure, leaving Balboa wounded due to constant attacks by the region's natives. This setback,

title: Vasco Núñez de Balboa

text: pearls. He then learned that pearls were abundant in the islands ruled by Terarequí, a powerful and feared "cacique". Balboa set out in several canoes towards these islands, even though it was the beginning of October and the weather conditions were not favorable. He was barely able to make out the islands, and named the largest one "Isla Rica" (Rich Island, today known as Isla del Rey). He named the entire group "Archipiélago de las Perlas", which they are still called today. In November, Balboa decided to return to Santa María but by a different route in order to further

title: Vasco Núñez de Balboa

text: he would punish Balboa as soon as he gained control of the city, since he regarded his actions as a challenge to his authority in Veragua. A certain Lope de Olano, who was jailed together with other malcontents, persuaded Santa María's representatives that they would make a serious error in handing control over to Nicuesa, whom he described as cruel, greedy, and able to singlehandedly destroy the city's prosperity. With this evidence, Albites and del Corral fled to Darién ahead of Nicuesa and informed Balboa and the municipal authorities of the governor's intentions. When Nicuesa arrived at the city's port,

title: Vasco Núñez de Balboa

text: announced: "This is the justice that the King and his lieutenant Pedro Arias de Ávila impose upon these men, traitors and usurpers of the Crown's territories." Balboa could not restrain his indignation and replied: "Lies, lies! Never have such crimes held a place in my heart, I have always loyally served the King, with no thought in my mind but to increase his dominions." Pedrarias observed the execution, hidden behind a platform. The executioner beheaded Balboa and his four friends with an axe. Balboa's head did not come off clean on the first try; it took three. Their heads remained

title: Vasco Núñez de Balboa

text: and a number of monuments honour his discovery of the South Sea. The Panamanian currency is called the Balboa, and his likeness appears on the obverse of most Panamanian coins. His name is also attached to Panama City's main port, Balboa (the Pacific entrance to the Panama Canal) and the Balboa District within Panamá Province to which the Pearl Islands that he discovered belong. In San Francisco, California, USA, Balboa's name appears among a row of avenues which are named after Spanish conquistadors and in a San Francisco neighborhood Balboa Park. There is also a large park (Balboa Park) adjacent

title: Vasco Núñez de Balboa

text: de Espinosa, who held the office of "alcalde mayor"; the very same Martín Fernández de Enciso whom Balboa had forced into exile, now as Chief Constable ("Alguacil Mayor"); the royal officer and chronicler Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo; as well as several captains, among them Juan de Ayora, Pedrarias' lieutenant. There were also several clerics, most notably the Franciscan friar Juan de Quevedo, appointed bishop of Santa María. There were also women among the travellers, among them Isabel de Bobadilla, Pedrarias' wife. More than 500 men died from starvation or due to the inclemencies of the weather soon after reaching Darién.

title: Vasco Núñez de Balboa

text: Panama). He created two new territories in the region between El Cabo de la Vela (near the eastern border of Colombia) and El Cabo de Gracias a Dios (the border between Honduras and Nicaragua). The Gulf of Urabá became the border between the two territories: Nueva Andalucía to the east, governed by Alonso de Ojeda, and Veragua to the west, governed by Diego de Nicuesa. In 1509, wishing to escape his creditors in Santo Domingo, Balboa set sail as a stowaway, hiding inside a barrel together with his dog "Leoncico", in the expedition commanded by the "Alcalde Mayor" of Nueva

title: Balboa, Panama

text: Balboa, Panama Balboa is a district of Panama City, located at the Pacific entrance to the Panama Canal. The town of Balboa, founded by the United States during the construction of the Panama Canal, was named after Vasco Núñez de Balboa, the Spanish conquistador credited with discovering the Pacific Ocean. The name was suggested to the Canal Zone authorities by the Peruvian ambassador to Panama. Prior to being drained, filled and leveled by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the hilly area north of Panama City was home to a few subsistence ranches and unused marshlands. The town of Balboa,

title: Panamanian balboa

text: Panamanian balboa The balboa (sign: B/.; ISO 4217: PAB) is, along with the United States dollar, one of the official currencies of Panama. It is named in honor of the Spanish explorer/conquistador Vasco Núñez de Balboa. The balboa is subdivided into 100 "centésimos". The balboa replaced the Colombian peso in 1904 following the country's independence. With the exception of a fluctuation in 2016, the balboa has been tied to the United States dollar (which is also legal tender in Panama) at an exchange rate of 1:1 since its introduction and has always circulated alongside dollars. In 1904, silver coins in

title: Panamanian balboa

text: "Arias Seven-Day" notes escaped incineration. Panamanian balboa The balboa (sign: B/.; ISO 4217: PAB) is, along with the United States dollar, one of the official currencies of Panama. It is named in honor of the Spanish explorer/conquistador Vasco Núñez de Balboa. The balboa is subdivided into 100 "centésimos". The balboa replaced the Colombian peso in 1904 following the country's independence. With the exception of a fluctuation in 2016, the balboa has been tied to the United States dollar (which is also legal tender in Panama) at an exchange rate of 1:1 since its introduction and has always circulated alongside dollars.

title: Vasco Núñez de Balboa

text: already waiting for them, leading to a series of relentless attacks. Balboa suggested that the settlement of San Sebastián be moved to the region of Darién, to the west of the Gulf of Urabá, where the soil was more fertile and the natives presented less resistance. Fernández de Enciso gave serious consideration to this suggestion, and the regiment later went to Darién, where the native "cacique" (chieftain) Cémaco had 500 warriors waiting, ready for battle. The Spanish, fearful of the large number of enemy combatants, made a vow to the "Virgen de la Antigua", venerated in Seville, that they would

title: Vasco Núñez de Balboa

text: Ojeda asked Pizarro to leave some men in the settlement for fifty days and, if no help arrived at the end of that time, to use all possible means to get back to Hispaniola. Before the expedition arrived at San Sebastián de Urabá, Fernández de Enciso discovered Balboa aboard the ship, and threatened to leave him at the first uninhabited island they encountered; he later thought better of this and decided that Balboa's knowledge of that region, which he had explored eight years before, would be of great utility. This, in addition to the crew's pleas for his life, left

title: Vasco Núñez de Balboa

text: coasts of Darién, up to "Puerto Piñas", so named because of the large amounts of pineapples "(piñas)" he found there. He then returned to Acla, to continue the construction of sturdier ships. On his return, however, Pedrarias wrote warm letters urging Balboa to meet him as soon as possible. Balboa quickly obeyed. Halfway to Santa María, he encountered a group of soldiers commanded by Francisco Pizarro, who arrested him in the name of the governor and accused him of trying to usurp Pedrarias' power and create a separate government in the South Sea. Outraged, Balboa denied all charges and demanded

title: Avenida Balboa

text: Avenida Balboa Avenida Balboa, named after Vasco Nuñez de Balboa, It is approximately 3.5 km long and is located along the Pacific Ocean, making it one of the biggest attractions for real estate development in the city. Along the avenue lies one of the main financial centers of the city. The road intersects with the Corredor Sur across the bridge of the Slaves and Israel road via the bridge Paitilla. Its average traffic is approximately 75,000 vehicles per day. The average cost of the road is $2000 per square meter, making it the most expensive road in Panama. Avenida Balboa

title: Avenida Balboa

text: was completely remodelled and expanded in 2009. The aims of the expansion were to make the road a major tourist attraction and an important meeting point for the city. Avenida Balboa Avenida Balboa, named after Vasco Nuñez de Balboa, It is approximately 3.5 km long and is located along the Pacific Ocean, making it one of the biggest attractions for real estate development in the city. Along the avenue lies one of the main financial centers of the city. The road intersects with the Corredor Sur across the bridge of the Slaves and Israel road via the bridge Paitilla. Its

title: Balboa Peninsula, Newport Beach

text: Balboa Peninsula, Newport Beach The Balboa Peninsula (also referred to as "Balboa" or "the Peninsula") is a neighborhood of the city of Newport Beach, Orange County, California. It is named after the Spanish explorer, Vasco Núñez de Balboa. Balboa is primarily residential but has some commercial areas as well. In 1888, the McFadden family, which had arrived in California c. 1849, decided their shipping business would be more successful if they moved it from the inner shores of the bay to the oceanfront, where it was connected by rail to Santa Ana. They built McFaddens’ Wharf at the location where

title: Vasco Núñez de Balboa

text: In this village, a fierce battle took place, during which Torecha was defeated and killed in battle. His followers decided to join the expedition. However, the group was by then exhausted and several men were badly wounded, so many decided to stay in Cuarecuá to regain their strength. The few men who continued the journey with Balboa entered the mountain range along the Chucunaque River the next day. According to information from the natives, one could see the South Sea from the summit of this range. Balboa went ahead and, before noon that day, September 25, he reached the summit

title: Vasco Núñez de Balboa

text: Pacific Ocean) was being organized in Santa María, some explorers travelled ten leagues (around 50 km or 30 miles) up the Atrato River toward the interior, but came back empty-handed. Balboa's request for men and supplies had been denied: Enciso's case was by then widely known in the Spanish court. Therefore, Balboa had no choice but to carry out his expedition with the few resources that he had on hand in Santa María. Using information given by various friendly "caciques", Balboa started his journey across the Isthmus of Panama on September 1, 1513, together with 190 Spaniards, a few native

title: Vasco Núñez de Balboa

text: by the "cacique" Careta, whom he easily defeated and then befriended. Careta was baptized and became one of Balboa's chief allies; he ensured the survival of the settlers by promising to supply the Spaniards with food. Balboa then proceeded on his journey, arriving in the lands of Careta's neighbour and rival, "cacique" Ponca, who fled to the mountains with his people, leaving his village open to the plundering of the Spaniards and Careta's men. Days later, the expedition arrived in the lands of "cacique" Comagre, fertile but reportedly dangerous terrain. However, Balboa was received peacefully and even invited to a

title: Vasco Núñez de Balboa

text: invited to join the expedition. From Chiapes' land, three groups departed in the search for routes to the coast. The group headed by Alonso Martín reached the shoreline two days later. They took a canoe for a short reconnaissance trip, thus becoming the first Europeans to navigate the Pacific Ocean off the coast of New World. Back in Chiapes' domain, Martín informed Balboa, who, with 26 men, marched towards the coast. Once there, Balboa raised his hands, his sword in one and a standard with the image of the Virgin Mary in the other, walked knee-deep into the ocean, and

title: Vasco Núñez de Balboa

text: did everything possible to delay his departure. However, in light of the new relationship between them, Pedrarias could not stop him indefinitely, and he finally consented to let Balboa go on his new expedition, giving him license to explore for a year and a half. In 1519, Balboa moved to Acla with 300 men and, using the manpower of the natives and African slaves, managed to gather the materials necessary to fashion new ships. He traveled up to the Balsas River (Río Balsas), where he had four ships built. He travelled through the Pacific, surrounding the Pearl Islands and the

title: Balboa High School (California)

text: its reputation and academic performance. The school achieved placement on "Newsweek"<nowiki>'</nowiki>s "America's Top Public High Schools" list in 2007 and 2008. Balboa High School is named for 16th-century Spanish explorer Vasco Núñez de Balboa. Founded in 1928, campus construction was completed in 1931. Balboa is a college preparatory high school with a rich history and tradition. All instruction is organized through small learning communities, so each student is able to build powerful relationships with teachers while engaging in rigorous academic, artistic, and athletic pursuits. In the spring of 1952, students at Balboa invented a variation on a conga line dance

title: Vasco Mouzinho de Quevedo

text: Vasco Mouzinho de Quevedo Vasco Mouzinho de Quevedo (c. 1570-c. 1619) was a Portuguese poet, appreciated for his epic poems. Although Vasco Mouzinho de Quevedo e Castelo Branco is regarded as one of greatest Portuguese poets, very little is known about his personal life. He was born around 1570 and died around 1619. He studied law at the University of Coimbra. He wrote both lyrical poetry and epis poems. Vasco Mouzinho de Quevedo wrote some short poems, for example sonnets, but is known for long poems. He is regarded as an important successor of Luis de Camões. His first big

title: Vasco Mouzinho de Quevedo

text: poems are written in ottava rima, a stanza of eight lines with rhyme scheme abababcc (in Portuguese oitava-rima). Vasco Mouzinho de Quevedo Vasco Mouzinho de Quevedo (c. 1570-c. 1619) was a Portuguese poet, appreciated for his epic poems. Although Vasco Mouzinho de Quevedo e Castelo Branco is regarded as one of greatest Portuguese poets, very little is known about his personal life. He was born around 1570 and died around 1619. He studied law at the University of Coimbra. He wrote both lyrical poetry and epis poems. Vasco Mouzinho de Quevedo wrote some short poems, for example sonnets, but is

title: Vasco Martins de Alvelos

text: Vasco Martins de Alvelos Vasco Martins de Alvelos (also as Vasco Martins of Alvelos) (d. 23 October 1313) was a Portuguese prelate. Vasco Martins was probably born in Alvelos. He was the son of Martin Anes de Alvelos, Honorable Lord of Alvelos and Elvira Mendes da Fonseca. He became dean of the See of Lamego. In 1296/97, he became the 12th bishop of Lamego and succeeded Bishop John III. On 14 February 1302, he became the 7th bishop of Guarda, and no longer remained bishop of Lamego, he was transferred and was succeed by Alphonse of Asturia, as bishop of

title: Nora Perry (writer)

text: on May 13, 1896. Perry abstained from any obvious moral purpose in her stories. Her work was of the moral order, and showed high thinking and careful polish. She never wrote a line which the most super-critical prude might not approve. Her eulogy on Vasco Nunez de Balboa, first European to see the Pacific Ocean from the isthmus of what is today Panama, exemplifies her poetic style. Her works of fiction were "briskly told" and, like her verses, appealed to the sentiment of the broader reading public. Nora Perry (writer) Nora Perry (1831 – May 13, 1896) was an American

title: Vasco de la Zarza

text: Vasco de la Zarza Vasco de la Zarza, (died 1524) was a Spanish Renaissance sculptor. He flourished between 1499 and 1524, and worked mainly for the Cathedral of Avila and convents of the same city, but also performed works in Ampudia, Cuéllar, Olmedo and Toledo. Vasco de la Zarza may have been born in Ttoledo, although others have considered him of Portuguese origin. He is first mentioned in 1499, when he was charged with the size of the tabernacle altar of the Ávila Cathedral, which he completed in 1508. His work shows influences of Domenico Fancelli. He is believed to

title: Vasco de Lobeira

text: to Amadis de Gaula appears thirty-five years earlier, which would make Vasco over sixty years old when knighted or that he wrote his masterpiece in his youth. The only other possibility that remains is that 1350 reference was in fact to the poetic version by João de Lobeira. Vasco de Lobeira Vasco de Lobeira (died 1403) was a Portuguese medieval writer to whom is attributed the prose original of the romance "Amadis de Gaula". In the Portuguese "Chronicle" of Gomes Eannes de Azurara (1454), the writing of "Amadís" is attributed to Vasco de Lobeira, who was dubbed knight after the

title: Vasco de Lobeira

text: Vasco de Lobeira Vasco de Lobeira (died 1403) was a Portuguese medieval writer to whom is attributed the prose original of the romance "Amadis de Gaula". In the Portuguese "Chronicle" of Gomes Eannes de Azurara (1454), the writing of "Amadís" is attributed to Vasco de Lobeira, who was dubbed knight after the Battle of Aljubarrota (1385). However, it seems that in fact it was João Lobeira, and not the troubadour Vasco de Lobeira, and that rather than originating with him it was the revision of an earlier work from the beginning of the 14th century. Another theory, postulated by the

title: Asociación Nacional de Scouts de Panamá

text: highest award for Scouts is the "Scout Balboa", changed from the former Scout Urraca, for a local indigenous leader that fought Spanish conquistadores. The membership badge of the Asociación Nacional de Scouts de Panamá incorporates elements of the flag of Panama, superimposed with a bust of the Spanish explorer/conquistador Vasco Núñez de Balboa. "Siempre listo", "Always ready". Prometo hacer cuanto de mi dependa para: Amar a Dios, Servir a mi Pais, Trabajar por la Paz y vivir la Ley Scout I promise to do as much as I can to: Love God, Serve my Country, Work for Peace and live

title: Bernardo Benes

text: release of 3,600 political prisoners out of Cuba. He was given an Honorary Doctoral Degree in Human Relations in 1968 from Biscayne College (now St. Thomas University). In 1969, the Republic of Panama awarded him the Order of Vasco Nunez de Balboa for his humanitarian contributions and in 1979, the order of the Vatican Condecoration for Human Rights. He is an adjunct professor at the University of Miami. His papers from 1956-1987 are held by the Cuban Heritage Collection of the University of Miami Libraries. Bernardo Benes Dr. Bernardo Benes Baikowitz (born 27 December 1934 in Matanzas, Cuba) is a

title: Vasco de Lobeira

text: eminent scholar of Iberian literature, A. F. G. Bell, states that Vasco de Lobeira elaborated the work of his ancestor João Lobeira. Bell was of the opinion that Vasco had added romantic sections to the original text, which was mostly poetry written during the reign of King Dinis. The query as to who authored Amadis de Gaula is further complicated by the fact that Vasco de Lobeira's name crops up in fifteenth and sixteenth century sources. The texts mention a Vasco de Lobeira receiving knighthood from King João I on the field of Aljubarrota, around 1385. But the first reference

title: Vasco Núñez de Balboa

text: guides, and a pack of dogs. Using a small brigantine and ten native canoes, they sailed along the coast and made landfall in "cacique" Careta's territory. On September 6, the expedition continued, now reinforced with 1,000 of Careta's men, and entered "cacique" Ponca's land. Ponca had reorganized and attacked, but he was defeated and forced to ally himself with Balboa. After a few days, and with several of Ponca's men, the expedition entered the dense jungle on September 20, and, with some difficulty, arrived four days later in the lands of "cacique" Torecha, who ruled in the village of Cuarecuá.

title: Vasco Núñez de Balboa

text: expand his territory and procure more gold. He passed through the regions of Teoca, Pacra, Bugue Bugue, Bononaima, and Chorizo, defeating some by force and befriending others through diplomacy. A particularly bloody battle took place against the "cacique" Tubanamá, whom Balboa eventually defeated. In December, the expedition arrived back in the Caribbean coast, by the Gulf of San Blas, a strip of land ruled by "cacique" Pocorosa. From there, he headed to the lands of Comagre, to find that his elderly ally had died. His son, Panquiaco, was now the new chieftain. From there, he crossed the lands of Ponca

title: Vasco Núñez de Balboa

text: claimed possession of the new sea and all adjoining lands in the name of the Spanish sovereigns. After traveling more than , Balboa named the bay where they ended up "San Miguel", because they arrived on September 29, the feast day of the archangel Michael. He named the new sea "Mar del Sur", since they had traveled south to reach it. Balboa's main purpose in the expedition was the search for the gold-rich kingdoms promised by Panquiaco. To this end, he crossed through the lands of "caciques" Coquera and Tumaco, defeating them easily and taking their riches of gold and

title: Vasco Núñez de Balboa

text: name a settlement in the region after her should they prevail. It was a difficult battle for both sides, but, by a stroke of luck, the Spanish came out victorious. Cémaco, together with his warriors, abandoned the town and headed for the jungle. The Spanish plundered the houses and gathered a treasure-trove of golden ornaments. Balboa kept his vow, and, in September 1510, founded the first permanent settlement on mainland American soil, and called it Santa María la Antigua del Darién. The victory of the Spanish over the natives and the founding of Santa María la Antigua del Darién, now

title: Vasco Martins de Alvelos

text: survived into Morgado de Alvelos, brought its successive women for some centuries which always kept the last name and the crests of Alvelus in use for that house, it was extinct in the early 20th century. It currently genealogically represents that medieval house with its descendants of Francisco de Assis de Melo Lemos e Alvelos, 1st Viscount of Serrato and 19th Lord of Morgado de Alvelos, it belonged to the chair of the See of Lamego with its bishop D. Vasco Martins de Alvelos. Vasco Martins de Alvelos Vasco Martins de Alvelos (also as Vasco Martins of Alvelos) (d. 23

title: Vasco de Ataíde

text: of Western Africa. Pêro Vaz de Caminha, chronicler of Cabral's expedition wrote ""On the night of Monday next, at sunrise, Vasco de Ataíde was lost from the fleet without enough wind to make it happen. The captain did his best to find it but it appeared no more."" Vasco de Ataíde Vasco de Ataíde (or Taide) was a Portuguese sailor whose ship was a part of Pedro Álvares Cabral 1500 expedition to India. His ship went missing early in the voyage and so was not present when the fleet accidentally became the first recorded European presence in Brazil. Little is

title: Alcide Nunez

text: Alcide Nunez Alcide Patrick Nunez (March 17, 1884 – September 2, 1934), also known as Yellow Nunez and Al Nunez, was an early American jazz clarinetist. He was also one of the first musicians of New Orleans who made numerous audio recordings and he was announced by Pee Wee Russell as the greatest jazz clarinetist in the world. Alcide Patrick Nunez was born in St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana. His parents were Victor Nunez and Elisa Nunez Chalaire and were of Isleño and French Creole (white Creole) descent respectively. The family moved to New Orleans when he was a child. He

title: Alcide Nunez

text: is also the principal tubist with the Louisiana Philharmonic of New Orleans. Alcide Nunez Alcide Patrick Nunez (March 17, 1884 – September 2, 1934), also known as Yellow Nunez and Al Nunez, was an early American jazz clarinetist. He was also one of the first musicians of New Orleans who made numerous audio recordings and he was announced by Pee Wee Russell as the greatest jazz clarinetist in the world. Alcide Patrick Nunez was born in St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana. His parents were Victor Nunez and Elisa Nunez Chalaire and were of Isleño and French Creole (white Creole) descent respectively.

title: Universidad Vasco de Quiroga

text: Universidad Vasco de Quiroga The Universidad Vasco de Quiroga (UVAQ) is a Catholic institution of higher education located in Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico. The "Instituto de Estudios Superiores Vasco de Quiroga" (IESVAQ) was founded in January 1979, making it the first such private institution in Michoacán. It is named for Vasco de Quiroga, the first bishop of Michoacán, and has regular commemorative activities in honor of its namesake. The primary campus of the UVAQ is located in Morelia. It also has branch campuses in six additional Mexican cities—Ciudad Hidalgo, Lázaro Cárdenas and Zamora in Michoacán, Irapuato, Guanajuato, Querétaro, and San Luis

title: Vasco Núñez de Balboa

text: a mob appeared, and the ensuing disturbance prevented the governor from disembarking into the city. Nicuesa insisted on being received, no longer as governor, but as a simple soldier, but still the colonists did not allow him to disembark. He and 17 others were forced to board an unseaworthy boat with few supplies, and were put out to sea on March 1, 1511. The ship disappeared, leaving no trace of Nicuesa and his men. In this way, Balboa became governor ("gobernador") of Veragua. With the title of governor came absolute authority in Santa María and all of Veragua. One of

title: Vasco Faísca

text: Vasco Faísca Vasco Manuel Vilhena Faísca Teixeira (born 27 August 1980), known as Faísca, is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for Italian club Virtus Francavilla Calcio as a defender. He spent the vast majority of his career in Italy after starting out at Sporting, representing in the country Vicenza, Padova and Ascoli and appearing in one Serie A game with the first club. Born in Lisbon, Faísca was a product of Sporting Clube de Portugal's youth system. In the 2000 summer he was signed by Inter Milan alongside teammates Marco Caneira and Paulo Costa, in co-ownership with other clubs;

title: Vicente T. Ximenes

text: through donations. Vicente T. Ximenes is the recipient of numerous other awards including: the Common Cause Public Service Achievement Award, the State of New Mexico Distinguished Service Award, the Vasco Nunez de Balboa, Panama's highest honor and awarded by the president of Panama; the Aztec award by the Mexican-American Opportunity Foundation; the Albuquerque Human Rights Bridge Award by the Albuquerque human rights board; and the De Colores Lifetime Achievement award by the De Colores Board of Directors. Vincente T. Ximenes was married to Maria Ximenes, who died in 2009. Vicente died on February 27, 2014, at the age of 94.

title: El Diario Vasco

text: El Diario Vasco El Diario Vasco (English: "The Basque Daily") is a Spanish morning daily newspaper based in San Sebastián, Basque Country. "El Diario Vasco" was founded in 1934 by the Sociedad Vascongada de Publicaciones, led by conservative writers such as Juan Ignacio Luca de Tena or Ramiro de Maeztu. The paper has its headquarters in San Sebastián. Following the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War in 1936, "El Diario Vasco" supported the Nationalist faction and was closed by the Republican government for two months until San Sebastián was conquered by the Nationalists. In 1945 the paper was bought by

title: Silvestre de Balboa

text: Espejo de Paciencia is considered the first literary work in Cuba: based on historical fact about the capture of the bishop of the island of Cuba, Don Juan de las Cabezas Altamirano, at the hands of the French privateer Gilberto Giron in 1604 in the Manzanillo port, and his subsequent rescue by the villagers led by Gregorio Ramos, and how the pirate was killed at the hands of the slave Salvador Golomon. Balboa had a pretty firm literary training and his work shows the influence of Canary poets Bartolomé Cairasco de Figueroa and Antonio de Viana. Silvestre de Balboa Silvestre

title: Vasco de Quiroga

text: Pátzcuaro region have been passed down to their descendants, who are today considered among the most skilled craftspersons in Mexico. Tata Vasco trained his pupils in a variety of disciplines. His method of specialization by community continues to this day: Paracho produces guitars, Tzintzuntzán pottery, Santa Clara copper products and Nurío woven woolens. There is a university named for him in Morelia, Michoacán. Miguel Bernal Jiménez wrote an opera, "Tata Vasco", commemorating his fourth centenary. It premiered in Pátzcuaro in February, 1941. He is credited as the founder of the city of Irapuato, Mexico. Vasco de Quiroga Vasco de Quiroga

title: El Diario Vasco

text: in 2006. The paper had a circulation of 68,000 copies in 2011. El Diario Vasco El Diario Vasco (English: "The Basque Daily") is a Spanish morning daily newspaper based in San Sebastián, Basque Country. "El Diario Vasco" was founded in 1934 by the Sociedad Vascongada de Publicaciones, led by conservative writers such as Juan Ignacio Luca de Tena or Ramiro de Maeztu. The paper has its headquarters in San Sebastián. Following the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War in 1936, "El Diario Vasco" supported the Nationalist faction and was closed by the Republican government for two months until San Sebastián

title: Oscar Nunez

text: rights issue, she added that she is against racial profiling. In 2014, Nunez co-starred alongside Eliza Coupe and Jay Harrington in the short-lived USA Network comedy series "Benched". In 2016, Nunez appeared as a regular in the TBS comedy series, "People of Earth", on TBS. In 2018, Nunez portrayed State Farm Insurance Agent Cole Perez in a series of commercials. Nunez is married to actress Ursula Whittaker, who gave birth to their first child, daughter August Luce Nunez, on October 4, 2012. Oscar Nunez Oscar Nunez (born November 18, 1958), sometimes credited as Oscar Núñez, is a Cuban-American actor and

title: Silvestre de Balboa

text: Silvestre de Balboa Silvestre de Balboa Troya Quesada (1563 – c.1647) was a Canary writer considered author of the first literary text in Cuba. Very little information is known of him, among which is his baptism certificate dated in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, June 30, 1563. Hidalgo, of the gentry, notes that he arrived in Cuba between 1590 and 1600. It is known that in 1604 that he was in the city of Manzanillo, but later settled in the village of Santa María del Puerto del Príncipe, current Camagüey province, where he was confirmed as clerk of the council.

title: Tristan Nunez

text: Tristan Nunez Tristan Nunez (born October 31, 1995 in Boynton Beach, Florida) is an American racing driver and resides in Boca Raton, Florida. He is the son of Juan Nunez, a former professional tennis player and coach. Nunez has a fraternal twin brother, Dylan, who was a globally ranked junior tennis player, and is now an aspiring actor. Nunez began his racing career in the Skip Barber Summer Series in 2011 where he won the championship. In 2012 he was the 2012 Cooper Tires Prototype Lites champion and won the Team USA Scholarship to compete in the Formula Ford Festival.

title: Universidad Vasco de Quiroga

text: Potosí—and a branch campus in Chicago in the United States, known as Quiroga College. The "Prepa UVAQ" system of preparatory schools has facilities in Ciudad Hidalgo, Lázaro Cárdenas, Morelia, Pátzcuaro, Quiroga, Tacámbaro and Zacapu. The Morelia campus has its own radio station, XHELI-FM 98.1 "UVE Radio", which came to air in 2015. Universidad Vasco de Quiroga The Universidad Vasco de Quiroga (UVAQ) is a Catholic institution of higher education located in Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico. The "Instituto de Estudios Superiores Vasco de Quiroga" (IESVAQ) was founded in January 1979, making it the first such private institution in Michoacán. It is named

title: Richard Nunez (artist)

text: Richard Nunez (artist) Richard Nunez (born March 23, 1961) is a Native American painter and artist based out of the Dallas–Fort Worth Metroplex in Texas of Mescalero Apache descent. Nunez paints primarily acrylic on canvas. He is influenced by Renaissance artists such as Michelangelo and has painted anything of interest but finds "the icons" the most stimulating. His work has been interpreted as both heavily textured abstract art with a touch of realism and heavily textured realism with a touch of abstract. Richard Nunez was born in 1961 in Fort Wayne, IN to Esther and Henry Nunez, both of Apache

title: Pearl Islands

text: “Cocle” cultures have been identified. However none of the original population remain. The islands were first occupied by Indians who were (with their leader Terarequí) wiped out within two years of the islands' discovery by the Spanish. Spaniard Vasco Nunez de Balboa named the islands Pearl Islands on his discovery of them in 1513 due to the many pearls which were found there. Another Spaniard, Gaspar de Morales, exterminated 20 local Indian chiefs not long after and gave them to his dogs to tear to pieces. The Spaniards then needed workers to harvest pearls and imported slave labour in the

title: João Vasco

text: away loss against Vitória F.C. for the Taça da Liga. On 3 January 2018, João Vasco was loaned to Segunda Liga club Gil Vicente F.C. until the end of the season. João Vasco João Vasco Lima Santos de Miranda (born 26 December 1994), known as João Vasco, is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for Sport Benfica e Castelo Branco on loan from C.D. Tondela as a forward. Born in the village of Darque in Viana do Castelo, João Vasco played lower league and amateur football until the age of 22. On 14 June 2017 he moved straight to the

title: Vasco de Ataíde

text: Vasco de Ataíde Vasco de Ataíde (or Taide) was a Portuguese sailor whose ship was a part of Pedro Álvares Cabral 1500 expedition to India. His ship went missing early in the voyage and so was not present when the fleet accidentally became the first recorded European presence in Brazil. Little is known about him, even less than about his brother Pêro de Ataíde. On Tuesday, 24 March 1500 the ship he captained and its one-hundred-and-fifty crew disappeared after sailing west toward Brazil. The ship had departed the day before from the Portuguese settlement at Cape Verde, off the coast

title: Vasco de Quiroga

text: Vasco de Quiroga was born into a noble family in Madrigal de las Altas Torres, Castile. His family was of Galician origin. His brother Álvaro became the father of Gaspar de Quiroga y Vela, later Cardenal of Toledo. Traditionally his birth year has been given as 1470, because of a tradition that he was 95 at his year of death. Recent biographers prefer the later date around 1478, because of evidence from Quiroga's own hand that he was 60 in 1538. Quiroga studied law and later theology. He studied canon law, probably in Valladolid. He worked as a "letrado" –

title: Alfredo Sinclair

text: feature of his works. He was named "Exemplary Citizen of Panama" by civic clubs in 1986. In 1991 he received the Order Vasco Nunez de Balboa in rank of Commander. In 2000 he received the Award in the Arts Excellencies, by the Museum of Contemporary Art. In 2004 he received the Medal Andrés Bello Convention, the first Panamanian to receive such an award. In spite of the fact that the Panamanian public did not understand much of his art, in 1955 he was awarded a prize for a piece that included bits of glass. With the passage of time Sinclair's

title: Tristan Nunez

text: In 2013, he became the youngest class winner in Rolex Sports Car Series history, driving a Speedsource Mazda6 in the GX class. Driving with Charlie Shears and David Heinemeier Hansson, he finished 11th in the American Le Mans Series' 2013 12 Hours of Sebring where he competes in the LeMans Prototype Challenge class for Performance Tech Motorsports. For 2014, Nunez was signed as a Mazda factory driver in the United SportsCar Championship For 2015, Nunez factory driver for Mazda Motorsports / SpeedSource in the Mazda SKYACTIV diesel prototype. Tristan Nunez Tristan Nunez (born October 31, 1995 in Boynton Beach, Florida)

title: Club de Regatas Vasco da Gama (basketball)

text: Club de Regatas Vasco da Gama (basketball) Club de Regatas Vasco da Gama Basquete, or C.R. Vasco da Gama Basquete, is a Brazilian men's professional basketball club that is based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is a part of the multi-sports club C.R. Vasco da Gama. Vasco da Gama Basquete was found in May 11, 1920. Vasco da Gama won the Brazilian Basketball Championship title in the years 2000 and 2001, and the FIBA South American League championship in the years 1999 and 2000. They also won the South American Club Championship in the years 1998 and 1999. The

title: Miguel Cabello de Balboa

text: y tierra de las Esmeraldas. Miguel Cabello de Balboa Miguel Cabello de Balboa (1535 in Archidona, Málaga – 1608 in Camata) was a Spanish secular priest and writer. In 1566 he emigrated to Peru in South America; from here he went to Quito, Ecuador, where he began to write the "Miscelánea Antárctica", finishing it at Lima in 1586. In the years 1602-1603, he wrote a letter giving valuable details concerning the regions of Pelechuco and Apolobamba in eastern Bolivia, between the Andes and the Beni River. In this letter he does not explicitly state that he visited those districts, but

title: Balboa Park (San Diego)

text: of the Panama Canal. Davidson believed an expo would help improve commerce (it would advertise that San Diego was the first U.S. port of call vessels encountered after passing through the canal and sailing north), build the city's population, and expand the infrastructure of the park. He later explained the significance of holding the expo in San Diego: After a 1910 contest to rename City Park, the park was named after Vasco Núñez de Balboa, the first European to cross Central America and see the Pacific Ocean. San Diego would be the smallest city to ever hold a World's Fair;

title: Diego de Nicuesa

text: of Castilla de Oro, in what is now Panama, one of the first two Spanish settlements on the American mainland. In 1510 he founded the colony of Nombre de Dios. The colony suffered from hunger, hostile natives, and illness, and was ultimately saved by the arrival of Colmenares, a companion who was coming after with supplies. The party abandoned the colony to sail to the more prosperous colony of Santa María la Antigua del Darién, which had been established by the conquistador Vasco Núñez de Balboa without the knowledge of Nicuesa. Informed by Colmenares of the new colony established within

title: Vasco de la Zarza

text: Duke of Alburquerque, his three wives and his brother, in the church of the monastery of San Francisco de Cuéllar. In the Toledo Cathedral in 1515 he carved the tombs of Alonso Carrillo de Albornoz and Inigo Lopez Carrillo de Mendoza, in the chapel of San Ildefonso. In the province of Valladolid with Alonso Berruguete he conducted in 1523 the altarpiece of the chapel of the monastery at Olmedo, Valladolid. Vasco de la Zarza Vasco de la Zarza, (died 1524) was a Spanish Renaissance sculptor. He flourished between 1499 and 1524, and worked mainly for the Cathedral of Avila and

title: Oscar Nunez

text: Fidel Castro at the University of Havana. Nunez was born in Santa Clara, Cuba, but his parents moved first to Venezuela, and then to the United States. His family moved to Boston when he was two years old and then to Union City, New Jersey, when he was four. He is bilingual in English and Spanish. Nunez attended various colleges in New York, including Fashion Institute of Technology and the Parsons School of Design for writing, and became a certified dental technician after studying at the Magna Institute of Dental Technology. Nunez started his comedy career in New York, performing

title: Richard Nunez (artist)

text: was switching from AM to FM frequency. In 1979, Nunez married his first wife and daughter Erica Lynn was born in 1981. His second child, Ryan Nathaniel, was born in 1985. At the urging of his wife, Nunez left the radio station but was not yet ready to become a full-time, professional artist. He would spend the next 20 years working in various capacities but always with art as his passion. Nunez worked such jobs ranging from a dishwasher in a Mexican restaurant, grocery store bagger, salesman at Home Depot and Montgomery Wards, forklift operator, bartender, standup comic and singer.

title: Richard Nunez (artist)

text: Malone and Spud Webb from the NBA; Nancy Lieberman of the WNBA; Olympians Michael Johnson (athlete) and Nastia Liukin; and NASCAR's Tony Stewart. Nunez’s personal favorite charities are Women Called Moses, Society of Women Who Love Shoes and Children’s Advocacy Center of Denton County. When Nunez is not traveling he paints live, every week, at III Forks in Dallas. Nunez recently opened up Studio Nunez located in Dallas. More details to follow. Richard Nunez (artist) Richard Nunez (born March 23, 1961) is a Native American painter and artist based out of the Dallas–Fort Worth Metroplex in Texas of Mescalero Apache

title: Juan de la Cosa

text: De la Cosa had benefited considerably, having mapped in detail the coast of the region he explored, information he would use to create his famous map. On the fifth voyage, in 1500, de la Cosa, Rodrigo de Bastidas, and Vasco Núñez de Balboa explored the lands of present-day Colombia and Panama. He explored further along the South American coast to the isthmus of Panama, and returned to Haiti in 1502. When the Spanish court found soon afterwards that the Portuguese had made several incursions into the newly discovered country, Queen Isabella sent Juan de la Cosa at the head of

title: João Vasco

text: João Vasco João Vasco Lima Santos de Miranda (born 26 December 1994), known as João Vasco, is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for Sport Benfica e Castelo Branco on loan from C.D. Tondela as a forward. Born in the village of Darque in Viana do Castelo, João Vasco played lower league and amateur football until the age of 22. On 14 June 2017 he moved straight to the Primeira Liga by signing a three-year contract with C.D. Tondela, making his professional debut on 30 July of that year when he came on as a 74th-minute substitute in a 0–1

title: Miguel Cabello de Balboa

text: Miguel Cabello de Balboa Miguel Cabello de Balboa (1535 in Archidona, Málaga – 1608 in Camata) was a Spanish secular priest and writer. In 1566 he emigrated to Peru in South America; from here he went to Quito, Ecuador, where he began to write the "Miscelánea Antárctica", finishing it at Lima in 1586. In the years 1602-1603, he wrote a letter giving valuable details concerning the regions of Pelechuco and Apolobamba in eastern Bolivia, between the Andes and the Beni River. In this letter he does not explicitly state that he visited those districts, but the information imparted is such

title: Oscar Nunez

text: Oscar Nunez Oscar Nunez (born November 18, 1958), sometimes credited as Oscar Núñez, is a Cuban-American actor and comedian. Nunez is best known for his role as Dunder Mifflin accountant Oscar Martinez on NBC's "The Office." He was a member of The Groundlings and later became a regular cast member on "The Office". He also created and co-starred in the Comedy Central series "Halfway Home" in 2007. In 2010, he portrayed a pet shop owner in "". In 2014, he co-starred in the short-lived USA Network comedy series "Benched". Nunez's mother, a dentist, and father, a lawyer, were classmates of

title: Johan Nunez

text: Johan Nunez Jo Nunez (born 3 March 1988 in Charleroi, Belgium) is the drummer of symphonic power metal band Kamelot and the former drummer for the melodic death metal band Nightrage and the Belgian Metal band Suicide Of Demons. He also joined Firewind on their worldwide tour in 2011 as a session drummer. He was then asked to join Firewind and is now a full member of the band. In 2014 Nunez joins bandmate Gus G on his first solo euro tour along with Marty Friedman, playing for both guitarists during the Guitar Universe tour. In 2018, he joined Kamelot

title: Johan Nunez

text: as their new permanent drummer, replacing their longtime member Casey Grillo. Johan Nunez Jo Nunez (born 3 March 1988 in Charleroi, Belgium) is the drummer of symphonic power metal band Kamelot and the former drummer for the melodic death metal band Nightrage and the Belgian Metal band Suicide Of Demons. He also joined Firewind on their worldwide tour in 2011 as a session drummer. He was then asked to join Firewind and is now a full member of the band. In 2014 Nunez joins bandmate Gus G on his first solo euro tour along with Marty Friedman, playing for both

title: Sigrid Nunez

text: National Book Award for Fiction. Sigrid Nunez Sigrid Nunez is an American writer. Sigrid Nunez is the daughter of a German mother and a Chinese-Panamanian father. She was born and raised in New York City. She received her BA from Barnard College (1972) and her MFA from Columbia University. After finishing school she worked for a time as an editorial assistant at The New York Review of Books. She has taught at Princeton University, Amherst College, Smith College, Columbia University and the New School, and has been a visiting writer at Baruch College, Washington University, Vassar College and the University

title: Sigrid Nunez

text: Sigrid Nunez Sigrid Nunez is an American writer. Sigrid Nunez is the daughter of a German mother and a Chinese-Panamanian father. She was born and raised in New York City. She received her BA from Barnard College (1972) and her MFA from Columbia University. After finishing school she worked for a time as an editorial assistant at The New York Review of Books. She has taught at Princeton University, Amherst College, Smith College, Columbia University and the New School, and has been a visiting writer at Baruch College, Washington University, Vassar College and the University of California, Irvine, among others.

title: USS Gettysburg (CG-64)

text: Pacific (11 October–23 December 2005 and 1 January–4 April 2006). She visited Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles (21-25 October), passed through the Panama Canal (3-4 November), and provided air surveillance and evacuation support for a visit by President George W. Bush to Panama. In addition, the ship visited Vasco Nunez de Balboa, Panama (18-22 November and 5–6 and 16–18 December). "Gettysburg" intercepted three narcotics smuggling vessels, of cocaine, and 17 smugglers before the New Year. She came about on 17 December, and intercepted her third suspect, a vessel carrying more than of cocaine in the Eastern Pacific, on 22 December. The ship,

title: USS Gettysburg (CG-64)

text: Cartagena, Colombia (20-21 January), Vasco Nunez de Balboa (16-19 February and 4-5 and 15-16 March), Curaçao (23-26 March), and Port Everglades, Florida (29 March-1 April). During this second voyage she seized or interdicted four suspected smuggling vessels and more than of cocaine with a street value of $1.7 billion, detaining 34 suspected smugglers. Additionally, she issued return-to-port orders to two Colombian-flagged vessels capable of providing logistics support to narcotics traffickers. Working with other agencies and Orions during the two deployments, "Gettysburg" proved instrumental in the seizure of seven vessels, 45 smugglers, and 750 bales totaling more than of cocaine and