William Hickling Prescott (May 4, 1796 – January 28, 1859) was an American historian and Hispanist, who is widely recognized by historiographers to have...
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William Prescott (February 20, 1726 – October 13, 1795) was an American officer in the Revolutionary War best known for his service at the Battle of Bunker...
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Headquarters House (Boston) (redirect from William H. Prescott House)
William Hickling Prescott House, also known as the Headquarters House, is an historic house museum located at 55 Beacon Street on Beacon Hill in Boston...
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Prescott Sheldon Bush Sr. (May 15, 1895 – October 8, 1972) was an American banker and Republican Party politician. After working as a Wall Street executive...
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United States lawyer William Prescott (physician) (1788–1875), United States physician, politician, and naturalist William H. Prescott (1796–1859), American...
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camps.[citation needed] The new town was named in honor of historian William H. Prescott during a public meeting on May 30, 1864. Robert W. Groom surveyed...
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the coast to see if anything of interest could be found. Historian William H. Prescott recounts that after passing through territories they named such as...
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depicts the funeral of the Inca Atahualpa based on the descriptions of William H. Prescott. It was commissioned by the Peruvian government for the 1867 Exposition...
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William Prescott Jr. (October 19, 1762 in Pepperell, Massachusetts – December 8, 1844 in Boston, Massachusetts) was a lawyer, banker, and politician best...
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Robert Carter (editor) (category Articles with hCards)
to 1848 was private secretary to Prescott the historian. His elaborate article on the character and habits of Prescott, written for the New York Tribune...
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dermatitis for some people. The ethnobotany of the agave was described by William H. Prescott in 1843: But the miracle of nature was the great Mexican aloe, or...
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(1971) ISBN 0-7867-0271-0 History of the Conquest of Mexico. by William H. Prescott ISBN 0-375-75803-8 The Rain God cries over Mexico by László Passuth...
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History Of The Conquest Of Peru, written by 19th century author William H. Prescott, recounts the dilemma in which the Spanish force found itself. Any...
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Bush family (redirect from Prescott Bush, Jr.)
including that of U.S. senator (Prescott Bush); governor (Jeb Bush, and President George W. Bush); and President (George H. W. Bush, who had previously served...
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(1971) ISBN 0-7867-0271-0. History of the Conquest of Mexico. by William H. Prescott ISBN 0-375-75803-8. The Rain God cries over Mexico by László Passuth...
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42893; -71.56025 Colegio Anglo Americano Prescott is a school in Arequipa, Peru, named after William H. Prescott an American scientific historian. The school...
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ISBN 0140441239 William H. Prescott, History of the Conquest of Mexico (New York, 1843), vol. 3, p. 206. Prescott, vol. 3, p. 211. Prescott, vol. 3, pp....
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conquest of Mexico and New Spain University of California Press, 1966 Prescott, William H. History of the Conquest of Mexico, with a Preliminary View of Ancient...
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Pedro de Alvarado (category Articles with hCards)
Guatemala as little more than his personal estate." American historian William H. Prescott described Alvarado's character in the following terms: Alvarado was...
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Scholars of the 19th century—in particular Alexander von Humboldt and William H. Prescott—translated the word Azteca, as is shown in the Aubin Codex, to Aztec...
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Harris's expression, have been commonplace from Bernal Díaz to Harris, William H. Prescott and Michael Harner. Harner has accused his colleagues, especially...
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youngest son of US Senator Prescott Sheldon Bush and Dorothy Walker Bush, the youngest brother of former President George H. W. Bush, and an uncle of former...
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took issue with Carlyle's style, and his stance on the revolution. William H. Prescott found Carlyle's "attempt to colour so highly what nature has already...
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Inca flags. In his 1847 book A History of the Conquest of Peru, William H. Prescott says that in the Inca army each company had its particular banner...
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William Prescott (1726–1795), colonel in American Revolutionary War, Battle of Bunker Hill William H. Prescott, American historian W. W. Prescott (William Warren...
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who took part in the navigation of the Amazon. The narrative in William H. Prescott's History of the Conquest of Peru is elaborated on the basis of Garcilaso...
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the Triple Alliance. In 1843, with the publication of the work of William H. Prescott on the history of the conquest of Mexico, the term was adopted by...
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for Foreign Affairs from 1853 and 1854. He was a correspondent of William H. Prescott, the eminent American historian. His second wife was Fanny Calderón...
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1538 during the Battle of Las Salinas.: 263–267 American historian William H. Prescott wrote: "Thus perished as loyal a cavalier, as decided in council...
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footnote 78. ISBN 0333106830. Hemming, John. The Conquest of the Incas. Prescott, William H. The Discovery and Conquest of Peru Visiting Peru – Cajamarca, Embassy...
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