My name in Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo. I am a mercenary seaman and shipbuilder. I am a navigator and explorer, known for exploring the West Coast of North America on behalf of the Spanish Empire. After the conquest of Mexico, I remained in the Spanish service as an officer under Pedro de Alvarado. With Alvarado, I explored through lower New Spain and into Guatemala. I am the first European explorer to navigate the coast of California in the United States. I also helped find the city of Oaxaca in Mexico
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SOAPSAC: S: The author of this source is a scribe who recorded the testimony of Pedro Naranjo, a Keresan Pueblo man of the Queres Nation from the pueblo of San Felipe. Naranjo was a prisoner of the Spanish during their campaign of reconquest in Latin America. Naranjo was captured during an attack on the pueblo of La Isleta. Naranjo spoke three separate Indian languages but was not proficient in Spanish. Because a scribe recorded this source, the point of view is third person. O: This source was
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Bartolome de las Casas Bartolome de las Casas was a Spanish Dominican who became famous for his defense of the rights of the native people of the Americas. He has been recognized by the history as a great man who stood up to a corrupt system. Bartolome de las Casas decided that he wanted to be a priest so his father sent him to the best schools, the University of Salamanca, and the University of Valladolid. He studied Canon Law and earned two degrees. In 1502, Bartolome de las Casa finally came
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1. Pedro Naranjo was an Indian prisoner, a native of the Pueblo of San Felipe, of the Queres nation. He was captured at the Pueblo of La Isleta. He speaks Castilian, his mother tongue and Tegua. According to Naranjos testimony, in the past, several Indian sorcerers had planned to revolt on several occasions, but because not all the pueblos agreed and the revolts were delayed, but the want for freedom was always in their hearts. Eventually, while Pope was hiding from secretary, Francisco Xavier, he
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Bartolome de Las Casas, a brave and famous explorer. There was not much known about his early life except he was born in a Seville, Spain in 1484 (Issues). He became a missionary, and was quickly inspired to study Latin. After studying, he became a priest and never graduated from any university (Las Casas Facts). Bartolome de Las Casas was an explorer mostly known for working against the cruel behavior and slavery towards Native Americans. This cruel behavior was completed by the Spaniards and Europeans
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business initiatives to capitalize on Account Officers (AO) to boost more sales or will just utilize on the current sales force and deliberately cross-sell product lines. Secondary objective is to come up with target for the following year in: o Total CASA (Current Accounts/Saving Accounts) o Total Loan Portfolio o Total Approved Credit Facilities III SOURCE & COMPANY BACKGROUND China Banking Corporation (CBC) is the first privately-owned local commercial bank in the Philippines. It was incorporated
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Profit | | | Profit before taxes | $ 3,896.95 | The Profit and Loss Statement for 2011, provided by Velít is showed in the Annexes. 2. Sales force and company organizational chart: Velit 3. Company SWOT analysis: Maren Company SWOT analysis Principle issues affecting sales growth potential First of all it is very important that Velit saves and enlarges its market share. To achieve this they must develop their distribution channels and expand their marketing measures
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In the reading of Bartolome de las Casas explains about Las Casa’s testimonial on the events witnessed on the Indies during Christopher Columbus’s voyage to the eastern world. Through writing his brief account of the destruction of Indies, Casa provides documented proof of the atrocities committed by the Spaniards and the devastation of the Indies opened up the Spanish doings in the east , and in this way the main argument in this documentary is that the actions of the Spanish behavior was harsh
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MSIS604/OMIS378 Information Systems Policy & Strategy Spring Quarter, 2013—2 April/13 June Instructor: Dr. Darrel A. (Del) Mank dmank@scu.edu Cell Phone: 408-605-3983 Office Hours: By appointment Office: Room 321W Lucas Hall Class Days: TTh Class Period: 5:45pm—7:00pm Class Room: 310 Lucas Hall Text: Schilling, Melissa A.; STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT of TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION, McGraw-Hill/Irwin, 4th Edition, 2013 ISBN 978-0-07-802923-3 Cases*
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accessed 11.21.2011 PEST Analysis Understanding "Big Picture" Forces of Change Also PESTLE, PESTEL, PESTLIED, STEEPLE & SLEPT. PEST Analysis is a simple but important and widely-used tool that helps you understand the big picture of the Political, Economic, Socio-Cultural and Technological environment you are operating in. PEST is used by business leaders worldwide to build their vision of the future. It is important for these reasons: By making effective use of PEST Analysis, you ensure that what
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