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- Ferdinand Magellan (19348 bytes)
2: ...ned to Spain in [[1522]], having circumnavigated the globe.
5: ...s brother Diogo de Sousa, named after his grandmother, and his sister Isabel.
7: ...eography]] and [[astronomy]]. Some speculate that he may even have been taught by [[Martin Behaim]]. I...
9: ...ay tribute, Almeida's party attacked, conquering the [[Muslim]] city of [[Kilwa]] in present-day [[Tan...
11: ... secretly sailing a ship east without permission, he lost his command and was forced to return to Port... - Hernan Cortes (17441 bytes)
1: [[Image:Cortes-Hernando-LOC.jpg|thumb|250px|Hernán Cortés]]
2: ...ered [[Mexico]] for [[Spain]]. He was known as '''Hernando''' or '''Fernando Cortés''' during his lif...
5: ... Francisco Pizarro who joined Cortés to conquer the [[Aztec]]s).
7: ...y, or trying his luck in the Spanish colonies of the [[New World]].
9: ==Arrival in the New World== - Hernán Cortés (42809 bytes)
2: ...the first phase of the [[Spanish colonization of the Americas]].
4: ...endoza]]. Cortés returned to Spain in 1541 where he died peacefully but embittered.
6: ...riptions of Cortés tend to be simplistic, and either damning or idealizing.
10: ...sh and English languages in modern times, and is the name which many people know him by today.
14: ...hird Governor of Hispaniola. His paternal grandfather was a son of [[Rodrigo de Monroy y Almaraz, 5th ... - Padua (12961 bytes)
1: ...ro Riviera: a pedestrian walk along a section of the "inland waterway" or ''naviglio interno'' of Padu...
2: ...s of the [[Bacchiglione]], which once surrounded the ancient walls like a [[moat]].
4: ...ion in [[Shakespeare]]'s play, ''[[The Taming of the Shrew]]'', took place.
6: ==Monuments of the historic center==
7: ... forming the present great hall, the ''Salone''. The new space was refrescoed by [[Nicolo' Miretto]] a...
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