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- Spain (36498 bytes)
1: ...ral]] and [[South America|South American]] countries.<!--
7: native_name = Reino de Espa
10: image_coat = Escudo de Espang |
14: official_languages = [[Spanish language|Spanish]]<sup>1</sup> |
17: largest_city = [[Madrid]] | - Hernando de Soto (explorer) (19418 bytes)
1: [[Image:AC2_desoto77.jpg|thumb|Hernando de Soto|Image provided by...
2: ...the southeast and midwest of today's [[United States|USA]].
5: ... sword. In [[1516]], he became commander of an equestrian unit and went with [[Francisco Fernandez de ...
6: ...d the treason and defeated Gonzales's army. As a result, Davilas leadership was secured and de Soto ga...
9: ...ntly though, his aim was to achieve a similar success as [[HernᮠCort鳝] in the defeat of the [[Azte... - Hernan Cortes (17441 bytes)
1: [[Image:Cortes-Hernando-LOC.jpg|thumb|250px|Hernán Cortés]]
5: ...dellín (Spain)|Medellín]], in the province of [[Extremadura]], in the [[Castile|Kingdom of Castile]] in Spain...
7: ...in Italy, or trying his luck in the Spanish colonies of the [[New World]].
10: ...ds|Canaries]] (eliminating the indigenous [[Guanches]]) but would prove devastating in the New World.
12: ...pedition, but Cortés' brother-in-law killed the messenger and told him what the letter said. Thus war... - Culture of Spain (17671 bytes)
1: ...ean]] climate and geography have played strong roles in shaping its culture.
4: ...es — even those that least identify themselves as Spanish — have contributed greatly to ma...
6: ...talan nationalists favor [[state]]hood for their respective regions. Basque aspirations to statehood c...
8: ...re are also several communities where, despite widespread acceptance of the community's inclusion in S...
10: ...ries]], [[Rioja]], [[Valencia]], [[Aragon]] and [[Extremadura]]. - Hernán Cortés (42809 bytes)
2: ...]]'' who led an expedition that caused the [[conquest of the Aztec Empire|fall of the Aztec empire]] a...
4: ...qués del Valle de [[Oaxaca]]'', while the more prestigious title of [[New Spain|Viceroy]] was given t...
6: ...ividual. As a result of these historical trends, descriptions of Cortés tend to be simplistic, and ei...
10: ...th the Spanish and English languages in modern times, and is the name which many people know him by to...
14: ... distant relative of [[Nicolás de Ovando y Cáceres]], the third Governor of Hispaniola. His paternal... - Hernando de Soto explorer (34946 bytes)
1: ...into the territory of the modern-day [[United States]], was the first European to discover the [[Missi...
3: ...42 on the banks of the [[Mississippi River]] at present-day [[Lake Village, Arkansas]].
5: ...ere defeated. With discovery of new lands to the west (which seemed at the time to be [[East Asia]]), ...
7: ...for the extreme brutality with which he wielded these gifts.
11: ==First expedition – The Conquest of Peru== - Bullfighting (25773 bytes)
2: ...dent, while masterful over the [[bull]] itself; these maneuvers are performed at close range, concludi...
4: It is a [[ritual]] spectacle that is usually designated a [[sport]], although there is no scoring...
6: The practice generates heated [[controversy]] in many areas of the world...
10: ...in [[California]] and in the south of [[France]]. Especially prominent [[bullring|bullrings]] are to b...
12: ...irminus]]. A similar activity, [[Jallikattu]], takes place annually in the state of [[Tamil Nadu]], [[...
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