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	Pedro de Alvarado - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Alvarado was being appointed to the command of one of the eleven vessels of the fleet.
		Alvarado was subsequently appointed governor of Guatemala by Charles I of Spain and remain governor of Guatemala until his death.
		Alvarado fought to suppress a major revolt by the Mixtón natives of the Nueva Galicia region of Mexico in 1541.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pedro_de_Alvarado (609 words)

	PEDRO DE ALVARADO - LoveToKnow Article on PEDRO DE ALVARADO (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		ALVARADO, PEDRO DE (1405-1541), one of the Spanish leaders in the discovery and conquest of America, was born at Badajoz about 1495.
		When the Spaniards had temporarily to retire before the Mexican uprising, Alvarado led the rear-guard (ist of July 1520), and the Sal to de Alvaradoa long leap with the use of his spear, by which he saved his lifebecame famous.
		He was engaged (1523-24) in the conquest of Guatemala, of which he was subsequently appointed governor by Charles V. In 1534 he attempted to bring the province of Quito under his power, but had to content himself with the exaction of a pecuniary indemnity for the expenses of the expedition.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /A/AL/ALVARADO_PEDRO_DE.htm (244 words)

	Probert Encyclopaedia: People and Peoples (Pav-Philn) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Pedro Antonion de Alarcon was a Spanish poet and novelist.
		The son of Pedro I, he succeeded to the throne at the age of five, on his father' s abdication, and was subject to a regency until he reached his majority in 1840.
		Pedro had a lifelong interest in science and was a patron of the arts.
	www.probertencyclopaedia.com /CB3.HTM (3003 words)

	News & Views (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Alvarado, in addition to working on the problem of representation, problematizes reality, that is, what he considers problematic, or, to put in milder terms, challenging, is not isolated representation or its process of acquiring meaning, but reality itself.
		Alvarado’s painting can be understood as an attempt to solve problems, as a search directed towards the elaboration of transformations of a reality that has become fragile in a meaningless iconic universe.
		Alvarado responds quickly but thoughtfully: he creates paintings that he himself enjoys so that the viewer enjoys them as well, at the very moment when the space for meditation is most needed.
	www.artnexus.com /NewsDetail/13772 (712 words)

	AllRefer.com - Pedro de Alvarado (Latin American History, Biography) - Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		He went to Hispaniola (1510), sailed in the expedition (1518) of Juan de Grijalva, and was the chief lieutenant of HernAn CortEs in the conquest of Mexico.
		While there he was influenced by the viceroy Antonio de Mendoza and by the tales of Marcos de Niza to begin a search for the fabled Cibola.
		Alvarado's wife, Dona Beatriz de la Cueva, succeeded him as governor of Guatemala.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/A/AlvaradoP.html (358 words)

	Encyclopedia: Pedro de Alvarado
		During a visit to Spain, in 1537, Alvarado had the governorship of Honduras conferred upon him in addition to that of Guatemala for next 7 years.
		Four decades later, his daughter Leonor Alvarado Xicotencatl paid to transport his remains to Guatemala for reburial in the cathedral of the city of Santiago (now Antigua Guatemala).
		NuÃ±o BeltrÃ¡n de GuzmÃ¡n, on December 3 1531, hires Juan de OÃ±ate to establish a village in NochistlÃ¡n, (now a town in Zacatecas MÃ©xico) the village would be named Guadalajara to honor GuzmÃ¡n for having been born in Guadalajara.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Pedro-de-Alvarado (1432 words)

	Famous Hispanics: Pedro de Alvarado
		In one of the battles between the Aztecs and the Spaniards in Mexico City (1519), Alvarado at one point found himself cut off from the rest of his troops, separated by a wide body of water.
		Fully armed in the Conquistador's uniform of metal, Alvarado made a running jump across the water (which those who were watching later swore no man could have made) and landed safely on the other side.
		Born in Badajoz, Spain, Alvarado went to the West Indies in 1510.
	coloquio.com /famosos/alvarado.htm (192 words)

	Alvarado - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Alvarado is a city in the state of Veracruz, Mexico.
		Alvarado is bordered by Boca Del Río, Tlalixcoyan, Medellín, Ignacio de la Llave, Ciudad Lerdo De Tejada, Tlacotalpan and Acula.
		It was named in honour of conquistador Pedro de Alvarado.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Alvarado (100 words)

	During the past days Pedro de Alvarado had taken several bridges, and in order to retain,
		During the past days Pedro de Alvarado had taken several bridges, and in order to retain, them he placed sentries of foot soldiers in the day time, and horsemen at night to guard them; the rest of his force repaired to his camp, which was three-quarters of a league distant.
		Pedro de Alvarado then hastened to close up the breach so that the cavalry could pass; and also because I had cautioned him every day in writing and verbally, not to gain an inch of ground without rendering it perfectly safe for the horse[men] to come and go, that they might join in the attacks.
		For this reason Pedro de Alvarado was greatly importuned, and the same thing occurred to me in my camp; for all the Spaniards earnestly solicited me to take three streets that led to the market-place, as we should meet with no resistance, and that being gained, we should have less trouble hereafter.
	faculty.fullerton.edu /nfitch/nehaha/CORTES41.htm (331 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Pedro de Alvarado (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Of the companions of Cortez, and among the superior officers of his army, Pedro de Alvarado became the most famous in history.
		To forestall this, Alvarado, warned of the character of a ceremonial that was going on, as preliminary to an attack upon him, took the offensive, and dispersed the Indians with some bloodshed (the numbers have been considerably exaggerated), but this only caused the Mexicans to begin hostilities at once.
		Alvarado distinguished himself by his military ability and personal bravery during the disastrous sally of Cortez from Mexico in July, 1520 (Noche Triste) and subsequently in the campaign and capture of the Indian stronghold (1521).
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/01372d.htm (702 words)

	The Conquest of Cuscatlan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Alvarado and his troops received a hero's welcome when they reached the Cakchiquel capital of Iximche that when translated to the Nahuatl language (derived from the Aztec language spoken by the natives who accompanied Alvarado from other alliances formed during the Hernan Cortes conquest of Mexico) becomes Cuauhtemallan from where the actual name Guatemala originates.
		Alvarado enters the capital of Cuscatlan to his surprise the city had been abandoned thus realizing that the so called treaty offered by the Pipil was nothing more than a tactic to buy time to evacuate the city.
		Alvarado reports to Cortes, deeply frustrated and in terrible physical pain because of his wound,decides to postpone the conquest of Cuscatlan and returns to Guatemala.
	www.geocities.com /vsuvius/conquest.html (810 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Pedro de Alvarado served as the deputy commander under the conquerer of Mexico, Hernán Cortés.
		Though instructed by Cortés to to bring the people "to peace without war", Alvarado employed brutal means in his conquest of Guatemala.
		After his bloody behavior provoked the Cakchiquel people to rise up against the Spanish, Alvarado tracked down the rebel leaders one by one and hanged them in the central plaza.
	www.west.net /~tmiller/gh/era2/alvarado.html (85 words)

	Search Results for "Alvarado"
		After the death of her husband, Pedro de Alvarado, she maneuvered her own election and became the only woman to govern...
		Accompanying Pedro de Alvarado up the west coast of Mexico, he assumed command of the expedition and...
		The city was founded in 1524 by the Spanish conquistador Pedro de Alvarado.
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	Teaching and Learning: Conquest of Mexico: Who’s Who (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Alvarado, Pedro de (1485-1541). A commander in one of Cortés armies, he was responsible for events which led to the revolt of the Mexicas, the death of Moctezuma and the flight of the Spaniards out of Tenochtitlan on La NocheTriste.
		Las Casas, Bartolomé de (1484-1576). Born in Seville, he arrived in Hispaniola in 1511. Upset at a massacre of indigenous people, he became a Dominican friar and devoted the rest of his life to defending and protecting native populations.
		Olid, Cristóbol de (1488-1524). Like Pedro de Alvarado, Olid commanded one of Cortés’s army during the siege of Tenochtitlan. Later went on to conquer Honduras in defiance of Cortés, which led to Cortés’ long and difficult march overland to Central America, only to discover that Olid had long since died and posed no threat.
	www.theaha.org /tl/LessonPlans/ca/Fitch/keywords.htm (1198 words)

	Mayan Archeology - The Conquest - General Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Campeche in the west, Valladolid in the east, Salamanca de Bacalar in the south and Merida in the north.
		Pedro de Alvarado, a lieutenant of Cortes, began his conquest of the Maya of the southern Highlands on December 6th 1523.
		When Pedro de Alvarado attacked the Quiché, they rebelled as much as they could but were soon overwhelmed by the superior tactics and arms of the Spaniards.
	www.isourcecom.com /maya/conquest/conquestgeneral.htm (4130 words)

	Alvarado
		Pedro de Alvarado—who lived from 1495 to 1541—served as second in command to Hernan Cortez during the Spanish conquest of the Aztec empire in Mexico.
		The schooner Alvarado was purchased on 13 August 1861 at Baltimore along with other ships to be filled with stones and then to be sunk in various navigable fairways in the South.
		Alvarado, underway circa 1900; the men on her deck give the reader an idea of the small size of this vessel.
	www.history.navy.mil /danfs/a7/alvarado.htm (455 words)

	Alvarado, Pedro de on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		He went to Hispaniola (1510), sailed in the expedition (1518) of Juan de Grijalva, and was the chief lieutenant of Hernán Cortés in the conquest of Mexico.
		Alvarado's wife, Doña Beatriz de la Cueva, succeeded him as governor of Guatemala.
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	www.encyclopedia.com /html/a/alvaradop1.asp (417 words)

	Trafford Publishing: The Brave Dogs (Los Perros Bravos) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Two of her grandsons would be Valor the Perro Bravo of Pedro de Alvarado, and Amigo, the wonderful and loyal companion of his cousin, and best friend, me, Rodrigo Sosa.
		She and Alvarado looked at each other and came close together for a second, their faces only inches apart, close enough to kiss, then Alvarado swung himself over the side of the balcony and hung on to the side.
		Pedro waved at me and in that same moment I realized it had been his dagger, thrown from over fifteen meters away that had saved me from the man who lay dying at my boots.
	www.trafford.com /robots/02-0438.html (3576 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Pedro de Alvarado (1495--1541) was Cortez's lieutenant during the conquest of Mexico.
		Alvarado, a gunboat, was built in 1895 by Clydebank Engine and Shipbuilding Co., Clydebank, Scotland, for the Spanish Navy.
		Alvarado assisted in the bombardment and capture of Manzanillo, Cuba, 12 August 1898.
	www.hazegray.org /danfs/patrol/alverado.htm (180 words)

	ITINERARY OF THE CORONADO EXPEDITIONS, 1527-1547 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		De Soto finds the remains of the camp of Narvaez at Bahia de los Cavallos.
		Diego de Alcaraz is left in command of the town of San Hieronimo.
		JUNE 24 Pedro de Alvarado is killed at Nochistlan, in New Galicia.
	southwest.library.arizona.edu /jour/front.1_div.4.html (1263 words)

	Handbook of Texas Online: ESCALANTE ALVARADO, GARCIA DE
		García de Escalante Alvarado was born in 1516 in Laredo, on the Bay of Biscay, to the licentiate Escalante (Christian name unknown) and Doña Beatriz Osorio.
		was a nephew of the renowned Pedro de Alvarado of the Mexican Conquest.
		In 1538 Escalante sailed for the Spanish Indies to serve under Pedro de Alvarado, first in Guatemala, then in Nueva Galicia, where he put down the native uprising in which Alvarado was killed in 1541.
	www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/EE/fes21.html (590 words)

	Military Chess Sets
		Pedro de Alvarado and Beatriz de la Cueva are King and Queen.
		Alvarado's cavalry officers and infantry are the horses and pawns.
		A tower of a Spanish castle is the rook.
	www.militarychess.com /tecum.asp (116 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Alonzo de Alvarado
		While charged by some contemporaries with avarice and cruelty, it is undeniable that during the trying period of civil wars in Peru (about 1537 to 1555) Alvarado was an unflinching and determined adherent to the interests of Spain.
		At Chuquinga, in 1554, Alvarado suffered a signal defeat at the hands of the insurgents.
		Alvarado married in Spain while on a short visit, in 1544.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/01372b.htm (350 words)

	El Salvador (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		On June 1524, the Spanish Captain Pedro de Alvarado started a war for the conquest of the Pipiles Indians on the Cuscatlán land.
		Pedro de Alvarado, injured and defeated, left the battle and went to Guatemala, leaving his brother, Gonzalo de Alvarado, in charge to conquer the Cuscatlán land.
		Later, his cousin Diego de Alvarado, built Villa de San Salvador on April 1528 in a place called La Bermuda, near the city of Suchitoto.
	www.imagiverse.org /resources/world/elsalvador/el_salvador.htm (385 words)

	Mixton War
		Pedro de Alvarado did not hear the advice of gobernador of New Galicia for he felt that it was not time to attack Nochistlan because it was the rainy season.
		Since the first entering of Nuño de Guzmán, the native of new Galicia declared their discomfort and inconformidad with verify liftings, not alone by the treatment the conqueror had toward them, but also by their own character of implacable.
		De hecho, su resistencia duradera, probablemente, marca las etapas iniciales de la segunda gran fase de la rebelión, llamada "la guerra de los nayaritas".
	www.freewebs.com /tecpaocelotl/mixtonwar.htm (5425 words)

	Honduras - The Era of the Conquistadores
		The situation was further complicated by the entry into Honduras of expeditions from Guatemala under Pedro de Alvarado and from Nicaragua under Hernando de Soto.
		The decline in population of the province continued, and only the direct intervention of Pedro de Alvarado from Guatemala in 1536 kept Higueras from being abandoned.
		Alvarado was attracted by the prospect of gold in the region, and, with the help of native Guatemalans who accompanied him, he soon developed a profitable gold-mining industry centered in the newly established town of Gracias.
	countrystudies.us /honduras/8.htm (771 words)

	Alvarado and Sandoval
		The ALVARADO, under the command of Teniente de Navio Arauko, was the flagship of the Spanish Navy on Nipe bay.
		ALVARADO was captured by the Americans on 17 of July 1898, and on the 4th of August 1898 she was converted to an American ship with Victor Blue was in command.
		On September 20, 1900 ALVARADO began service as a patrol ship of the North-Atlantic station, but shortly afterward, she was given to the Naval Academy.
	www.spanamwar.com /alvaradosandoval.htm (1771 words)

	Pedro De (al-vah-rah'-do) Alvarado
		ALVARADO, Pedro de (al-vah-rah'-do), one of the conquerors of Spanish America, born in Badajoz, Spain, toward the end of the 15th century; died in New Galicia in 1541.
		Grijalva was so delighted with the aspect of the country that he called it New Spain, and sent Alvarado back to Cuba to report to Governor Velasquez what they had seen and heard, for the first time, about the immense empire of Montezuma.
		The Spaniards were defeated and put to flight, and Alvarado was killed by the falling of his horse.
	www.famousamericans.net /pedrodealvarado (601 words)

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