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  AllRefer.com - Francisco FernAndez de COrdoba, d. 1526?, Spanish conquistador (Nicaragua History, Biography) - ...
Sent in 1523 by Pedro Arias de Avila to deprive Gil GonzAlez de Avila (d.
In an attempt to seize Nicaragua for himself, he was surprised by his commander and put to death.
The Nicaraguan unit of currency (cOrdoba) is named after him.
reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/F/FernanC2.html   (182 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: The Spanish Armada
The last writer is notoriously inaccurate, but the worst fault of both is their reliance on colored, and even grossly prejudiced evidence.
The older Spanish view is given by F. Strada, De Bello Belico, and L. Carrera de Cordoba, Felipe Segudo, 1619.
Still the chief desideratum at present is a more ample collection of Spanish papers illustrating the whole naval war from the beginning.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/01727c.htm   (2639 words)

  
 Ibn Rushd [Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy]
Despite this tendency, public pressure against perceived liberalizing tendencies in the government led to the formal rejection of Ibn Rushd and his writings in 1195.
He was exiled to Lucena, a largely Jewish village outside of Cordoba, his writings were banned and his books burned.
This period of disgrace did not last long, however, and Ibn Rushd returned to Cordoba two years later only soon after to die the following year.
www.iep.utm.edu /i/ibnrushd.htm   (7398 words)

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