Forming the Kingdom of Spain are 17 autonomous regions, 15 of which lie on the mainland. The other two regions are the Canary Islands and Balearic Islands. There are also two smaller territories in northern Africa. The colonies of Melilla and Ceuta are the gateway from Africa to Europe. The...
With the creation of these colonies, the Spanish language was transferred to the natives of the new world, thus further spreading the influence of the empire. The Spanish empire is best known for its exploration of the Caribbean and Latin America. Spanish is one of the most extensively spoken...
Under pressure from the UN, Spain granted Equatorial Guinea, one of its remaining colonies in Africa, a large degree of autonomy following a referendum in 1963. This led to the bizarre scenario of free elections and a democratic government in a Spanish colony but not in Spain itself. Further...
Launch an Inquisition asSpain A reference to the catchphrase in the Monty Python skit 'The Spanish Inquisition'. Non Sufficit Orbis Win a regular game asPhilip II An inscription on medals given in Philip II's reign, meaning 'the world is not enough'. ...
a part of Italy today. However, he was funded by the Spanish and sailed under it. Another Spanish explorer wasAmerigo Vespucci, who was also born in Italy. He realized that the Americas were not in Asia. In his honor,Martin Waldseemüllernamed the landAmericaafter publishing a map in his...
With the establishment of democracy in 1974, Portugal intended to divest itself of all its colonies. Curiously, the Chinese didn't exactly want Macao back. Like Hong Kong, the colony was a Chinese window on the larger world and a good source of foreign currency. In 1979, there was an agr...
Similarly, Ventura (2022) studied how penal colonies in Zamboanga and Palawan trained convicts to plant and tend coconut trees to prolong and enhance fertility, ultimately producing more nuts. These methods may have been more demanding of soils. However, it is unclear whether these techniques were...
Antonio Armijo blazed a trail between the two colonies that had frustrated explorers for over a century. The Abiquiu party�s woolen blankets and tanned hides were welcomed in textile-starved California. In return, the horses and mules Armijo and his followers on the trail brought east would ...
First Colonies in America France built a fort in Florida so Spain sent 11 ships and 2000 men to found. Big Ten Explorers Columbus Sailed west to Indies Sailed west to Indies Landed on the Bahamas Landed on the Bahamas Sailed for Spain (King Ferdinand and. ...
Social insect societies and more specifically ant colonies, are distributed systems that, in spite of the simplicity of their individuals, present a highly... V Ramos,JJ Merelo 被引量: 292发表: 2004年 Using self-organizing maps to visualize high-dimensional data Understanding relationships in high...