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    In 1525, the Spanish explorer Francisco Cortés de San Buenaventura arrived to Mascota, who was commanded by Hernán Cortés to conquer the provinces north...
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  • during the time of the Conquest of the Aztec Empire. When Francisco Cortés de San Buenaventura arrived at Tzacoalco in 1524, he could not dominate its inhabitants...
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    Ayutla, Soyatlán, Cuyutlán, and Tepantla. In 1524-1525, Francisco Cortés de San Buenaventura conquered this region, giving orders to Martín Monje and...
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    conquerors came to the land under the commands of Francisco Cortés de San Buenaventura, nephew of Hernán Cortés. However, the Franciscan friars founded the...
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    1527, Francisco Cortés de San Buenaventura moved the city to its present location and gave it the name of San Sebastián de Colima. He was with Cortés in...
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    Coras, and Tecuexes. By March 1525 the conquerors, led by Francisco Cortés de San Buenaventura, had already occupied Xalisco. But when they went down to...
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    The San Francisco Bay Area, commonly known as the Bay Area, is a region of California surrounding and including San Francisco Bay, and anchored by the...
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    as the headboard. The conquest of this region is due to Francisco Cortés de San Buenaventura, in 1525, remaining within the province. Tourist and Cultural...
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    Avalos and Juan Alvarez Chico in 1521, Gonzalo de Sandoval in 1522, and Francisco Cortés de San Buenaventura in 1524. The first area explored now belongs...
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    In 1527, Francisco Cortés de San Buenaventura moved the Spanish settlement to its current located and changing the name to San Sebastián de Colima. Revillagigedo...
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    Tonallan kings. Francisco Cortés de San Buenaventura arrived followed in 1530 by Nuño de Guzman, and Juan de Escárcena. In 1542 San Marcos was visited by...
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    hand and on his face. They were so numerous that Captain Francisco Cortés de San Buenaventura was afraid. He proposed to avoid fighting, since he calculated...
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  • In 1519, Cortés sent the veteran Francisco de Montejo back to Spain with treasure for the king. While he was in Spain, Montejo pleaded Cortés' cause against...
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    Juan Garcia Oliver and Buenaventura Durruti, and soon form the Los Solidarios in response to the execution of the anarchist Francisco Ferrer. The group would...
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    The San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park is located in San Francisco, California, United States. The park includes a fleet of historic vessels...
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    by Gaspar de Portolá. The joint military/missionary expedition traveled into today's U.S. state of California as far north as San Francisco Bay, establishing...
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    tombs and archaeological sites. Conquistador and explorer Francisco Cortés de San Buenaventura first entered the region in 1525, departing from Colima....
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    de Alvarado - Doña Lucía. His great-grandson Captain Don Joaquin Buenaventura de la Paz was the founder of the Tlaxcalan settlement of San Esteban de...
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    subsequently following Colima. Thus this town was subdued by Francisco Cortés de San Buenaventura. The region was very inhabited. Disseminated in it there...
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    crew from a Cortés' ship that wrecked earlier in the bay. This is how the Bahía de Banderas was named. Francisco Cortés de Buenaventura, the nephew of...
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    Solano Mission San Juan Bautista Mission Dulce Nombre de Jesus de Peyotes in Villa Union Mission San Andrés de Nava Mission San Buenaventura de la Consolación...
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    Dolores San Antonio 1 (Balanga) San Antonio 2 (Sapa) San Bartolome (Matang-ag) San Buenaventura (Palakpakin) San Crispin (Lumbangan) San Cristobal San Diego...
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  • Pabellón de Arteaga – José María Artega, 19th century national hero Pabellón de Hidalgo (Aguascalientes) – Miguel Hidalgo San Francisco de los Romo –...
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    Buenaventura Rodriguez was born in Bogo, Cebu on July 14, 1893 and studied at the Ateneo de Manila University, Colegio de San Carlos, and Escuela de Derecho...
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    fortification. The Castillo de San Joaquín was constructed in 1794, subordinate to the nearby Presidio de San Francisco. It was an adobe structure housing...
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    missions, including San Francisco (Mission San Francisco de Asís), San Diego (Mission San Diego de Alcalá), Ventura (Mission San Buenaventura), or Santa Barbara...
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    Pedro de Zubiaur arrived at Lake Petén Itza with 60 soldiers, friar San Buenaventura and allied Yucatec Maya warriors. Although they expected a peaceful...
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    one of them. At Cozumel Cortés heard rumours of bearded men on the Yucatán mainland, who he presumed were Europeans. Cortés sent out messengers to them...
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    resided. San Buenaventura sent lay brother Lucas de San Francisco to convince them to relocate to the Chuntuki mission. Lucas de San Francisco destroyed...
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    Bonaventure (redirect from San Bonaventura)
    named after San Buenaventura and is rung during the Consecration, Angelus and Plegaria. St. Bonaventure chapel or Capilla de San Buenaventura in St. John...
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