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    San José de Barlovento (formerly San José de Río Chico) is a city in the state of Miranda, Venezuela. It is the capital of Andrés Bello Municipality, Miranda...
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    Birongo, Tacarigua de Brión, San José de Barlovento and Cúpira. Acevedo is the largest, and westernmost, town in the Barlovento region, with estimated...
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    Venezuela, the municipality has a population of 25,208. The town of San José de Barlovento is the shire town of the Andrés Bello Municipality. The municipality...
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    San Diego de Alcalá Church. St. Joseph Church in Barlovento. St. Joseph of Chacao Church Sanctuary of Betania Mirador the Butterfly Mirador San José de...
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    2010 estimate 2001 census Largest cities in Venezuela Instituto Nacional de Estadística - Publicaciones/Demografica/Cuadro3 [1] [2] [3] Media related...
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  • Altos San Francisco de Yare San José de Barlovento Santa Lucía Santa Teresa del Tuy Aragua de Maturín Caripito Maturín Punta de Mata Juan Griego La Asunción...
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  • Francisco José de Ovando y Solís Rol de La Cerda, 1st Marquis of Brindisi (Spanish: Francisco José de Ovando y Solís Rol de La Cerda, primer Marqués de Brindisi)...
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    imagery. In Barlovento, the Fiesta of San Juan Bautista (Saint John the Baptist) has been of singular importance since slavery. The three days of San Juan (23...
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    Zea (Zea) Acevedo (Caucagua) Andrés Bello (San José de Barlovento) Baruta (Nuestra Señora del Rosario de Baruta), part of the metropolitan area of Caracas...
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    July 1603 – Coimbra, c. 1659) was the Captain General of the Armada de Barlovento, custodian of the Spanish Treasure Fleet, Seargent Major, Governor of...
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  • Armada de Barlovento searches for the buccaneers base on the island of Roatán off the coast of Honduras. September – The Armada de Barlovento return to...
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    Juncos; Agustín de Soto of San Germán; Carlos Díaz of Trinidad de Barlovento; Carlos Torres of Fajardo; Juan Manuel Fuentes of Havana, and José Rodríguez of...
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    larger one again. Finally, in the autumn of 1679, de Graaf attacked the Spanish Armada de Barlovento and captured a frigate of 24-28 guns, which he renamed...
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    vessel property of the Armada de Barlovento arrived to San Juan. Bertolano told its commander, General José Roche de la Peña, about the situation in Vieques...
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    of Maracaibo and Gibraltar, Morgan was trapped by the Spanish Armada de Barlovento led by Don Alonso del Campo y Espinosa. Despite being outgunned Morgan's...
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    from certain privileges, and making it the capital of the department of Barlovento (or Tierradentro), in recognition for the valor and patriotism displayed...
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    an increase of the sales tax levied to finance the fleet, the Armada de Barlovento. Between 1703 and 1705 Spanish corsair Amaro Pargo began to participate...
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    Señora de la Merced, and the Hospital de Nuestra Señora de Loreto. In 1618, a fire nearly reduced much of the city to ashes. In 1640, the Barlovento Armada...
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  • States. Adios Alma llanera Ayúdame / Cuando no sé de ti / Te necesito / Ansiedad Barlovento / San Juan to' lo tiene Caballo viejo Canchunchú dichoso...
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    shipyard had a minor role in relation to the Armada de Barlovento., but it is with the arrival of Juan de Acosta, considered "one of the most prominent figures...
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    the Battle of the Dunes in 1639 and was Captain General of the Armada de Barlovento and custodian of the New Spain Fleet, but who betrayed the crown in...
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    several posts. He was in charge of collecting taxes for the Armada de Barlovento. He was also knighted in the Order of Santiago. He became the chief bailiff...
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  • The 1900 Venezuelan earthquake also known as the San Narciso earthquake (Spanish: 1900 terremoto de San Narciso), occurred on October 28 at between 4:30...
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    there. To guard against a recurrence, Viceroy Álvarez de Toledo reorganized the Armada de Barlovento (coast guard). He ordered the construction of fast,...
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  • by the Spanish Armada de Barlovento. In May 1680, while at Isla Blanca, Wright and Paine joined French buccaneer Captain Michel de Grammont later capturing...
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    30 San José del Cabo, 30 Nuevo Santander Santa Ana Calnargo, 13 Villa de San Fernando, 10 Villa de San Antonio Padilla, 5 Nuestra Señora De Loreto de Burgos...
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    commanded by Manuel de Velasco in his armed galleon, the Jesús María y José, one of three ships forming the Armada de Barlovento whose task it was to...
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    well-armed, light warships at Coatzacoalcos to reinforce the Armada de Barlovento (coast guard). He bought 600 new muskets in Cantabria for the militia...
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  • over Barlovento massacre - UPI.com". United Press International. Retrieved 12 February 2024. Barráez, Sebastiana (18 September 2020). "Masacre de Barlovento:...
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  • Díez de Armendáriz, born in Quito, Ecuador, was the first Viceroy of New Spain who was born in the 'New World'. He formed the 'Navy of Barlovento' (Armada...
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