Portuguese Jews emigrated early to America as well as to other countries to escape persecution in their native land. Mathias de Sousa is the first Portuguese immigrant on record; he arrived in Maryland in 1634. Aaron Lopez, another Portuguese Jew, played an important role in introducing the ...
It is America's western gateway on the shortest route to all Pacific shores, to Alaska and the East—the dream-goal of commerce through ages past".3 Most obviously, the "gateways" through which Europeans arrived in Pacific nations were the "new type of port city", either founded or ...
It is noteworthy that in his mission, Gardiner’s goal was to evangelize native peoples. He maintained the philosophy that Latin America—because it was considered Roman Catholic—was already evangelized. Therefore, the mission aimed to convert the natives. Gardiner had visited Argentina in 1841 ...