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    Alexander von Humboldt borrowed the place names Isla de San Luis, Pte. De Culebras, and Bahia de Galveston. Stephen F. Austin followed his predecessors in...
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    The history of Galveston, Texas, begins with the archaeological record of Native Americans who used the island. The first European settlements on the...
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  • Texas State Historical Association (TSHA), online. "GALVESTON.COM: Galveston, Texas History". galveston.com. "Champ D'asile". Texas State Historical Association...
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  • in Galveston Presidio de la Bahía del Espíritu Santo (near Goliad) Presidio de la Virgen de los Dolores de los Tejas (near Nacogdoches) Presidio de San...
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    Spanish, who ambushed the Karankawa after the establishment of Presidio La Bahía in 1722, the Karankawa allegedly felt "deeply betrayed [and] viewed Spanish...
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    Presidio La Bahía in 1781, where they were repulsed. After hearing that Englishman George Gauld had surveyed the Gulf Coast all the way to Galveston Bay in...
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    ISBN 978-0-87611-165-9. La Bahía from the Handbook of Texas Online. Retrieved May 10, 2010. Texas State Historical Association Lukes, Edward D: DeWitt, Green from...
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    at present-day Galveston, Texas. However, other historians have pointed out that there are several inconsistencies between Cabeza de Vaca's description...
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    two crafts with about 40 survivors each, including Cabeza de Vaca, wrecked on or near Galveston Island (now part of Texas). Of the 80 or so survivors, only...
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    September 19, 1821, when Long and 52 men marched inland to capture Presidio La Bahía. The town fell easily on October 4, but four days later Long was forced...
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  • (top left) Dallas Co. (bottom left) Ft. Concho Ft. Davis Ft. Richardson Galveston Co. (bottom left) Garner House Harris Co. (bottom left) HA. 19 JA Ranch...
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    went by the names Espíritu Santo and Costa y Bahía de San Bernardo. Spanish explorer Alonso Álvarez de Pineda's map from the late 1510s appears to be...
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    Mission Nuestra Señora del Espíritu Santo de Zúñiga, also known as Aranama Mission or Mission La Bahía, was a Roman Catholic mission established by Spain...
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    1745 Presidio La Bahía Goliad 1749 The best preserved Spanish presidio in the United States. Mission Nuestra Señora del Espíritu Santo de Zúñiga Goliad 1749-1758...
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    advance guard and de la Garza's Victoriana Guardes. That same day, Fannin received orders from Houston to destroy Presidio La Bahía (by then renamed Fort...
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  • Elise's Family Fun Center – Winnie Funplex – Houston Galveston Island Historic Pleasure Pier – Galveston Gravity Park – South Padre Island In The Game Funtrackers...
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    3500 colonists lived in Texas, mostly congregated at San Antonio and La Bahia. The Mexican government continued the generous immigration policies in order...
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  • In September 1818, a small military expedition under Jose de Castenada journeyed to Galveston to investigate reports that foreigners had landed. Veramendi...
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  • 000 bbl/d (5,100 m3/d) Bahía Blanca Refinery (Petrobras) 28,975 bbl/d (4,606.7 m3/d) Avellaneda Refinery (Destilerías Argentinas de Petróleos, DAPSA) 1,300 bbl/d...
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    Cuba in the approaches of the Port of Veracruz in the approaches to Galveston Bay, (IMO with parts by the US Government) the approaches of Cape Fear...
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  • of the bay are accessible to Panamax vessels. Buenos Aires — Argentina Bahía Blanca — Argentina Quequén — Argentina Santos — Brazil Port of Tubarão,...
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    of Manila Bay (Filipino: Labanan sa Look ng Maynila; Spanish: Batalla de Bahía de Manila), also known as the Battle of Cavite, took place on 1 May 1898...
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    2019. Retrieved 12 June 2019. "Mardi Gras! Galveston 2019 | February 22nd - March 5th". Mardi Gras! Galveston. Archived from the original on 29 April 2019...
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  • List of mounted police units (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    originally under the name of Regimento Regular de Cavalaria de Minas Polícia Militar da Bahia Esquadrão de Polícia Montada Sofia Metropolitan Directorate...
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  • List of LNG terminals (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    and SK E&S Barcelona (Enagás) Bahía de Bizkaia Gas (BBG) LNG terminal, Bilbao (consortium including Enagás and Ente Vasco de la Energia), see on a map Huelva...
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    Caribbean. In Honduras, a green alert was issued for the Atlántida, Islas de la Bahía, Colón, Cortés, Gracias a Dios, Olancho, and Yoro departments. About...
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  • chain based in the United States. The chain began with a single motel in Galveston, Texas, overlooking the Gulf of Mexico, built in 1940 by W. L. Moody III...
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  • Santa Fe, Seattle, Washington, San Juan de Puerto Rico, United States Military Services Argentina - Bahía Blanca, Buenos Aires, Córdoba, Corrientes...
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    westward, until they reached the mouth of the Mississippi River near to Galveston Island.[citation needed] Later they were enslaved for a few years by various...
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    Grange was the site of an early crossing of the Colorado River along La Bahía (Lower Road) of the El Camino Real (Kings Highway), during the Spanish period...
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