Quotes About Laurence

The name Mesquita, meaning mosque, was a common name among Portuguese conversos

but he kept berths for at least two others: Álvaro de Mesquita, a relative on his mother's side

is possible that she had Jewish ancestry, and if she did, Ferdinand was also Jewish

but he was concerned that Spain would send duplicate expeditions as soon as his was out of sight of land

By royal order, his monthly salary went directly to his wife, Beatriz.

Quesada knelt on the deck of Trinidad, and Molino stood over him

boundaries of the Most Serene King of Portugal, my very dear Uncle and Brother

sowed the seeds of bitter disputes at sea. The

In this deeply idiosyncratic work dating from 1577

No one answered to the description of cook aboard these ships because the job was considered too demeaning.

His first instinct was to have both men executed; this was, after all, Cartagena's third attempt at mutiny

His surmise proved correct and saved the fleet days of aimless investigation.

monopoly" actually was. Despite Brazil's importance, the

He was, in short, that quintessential Renaissance man, a cosmologist.

Three hundred years later, Charles Darwin encountered a canoe bearing tribal members

He renounced slaving and vowed to seek revenge (and his fortune) against those who trafficked

beg you to join me here, that you may sample for yourself the delights that surround me.

Vespucci's Indians were most likely representatives of the vast network of Guaraní tribes.

And he was the first person to use the term "British Empire" to describe his vision.

Various news has been current here with regard to them," he wrote to Philip

They vastly overstated the amount of supplies they sold to the fleet

and what they did sell was in poor condition. This type of cheating was common, and very dangerous to the expeditions

who later gave the name to the whole region, known ever since as Patagonia.

This was pure conjecture. The crew found no evidence that John had been killed or ostracized for fraternizing