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Antonio de Berrio, the Glossary

Antonio de Berrío (1527–1597) was a Spanish soldier, governor and explorer in Colonial America.^[1]

35 relations: Adelantado, Battle of Marciano, Berbers, Bogotá, Caracas, Caroní River, Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, Ciudad Bolívar, Ciudad Guayana, Cumaná, El Dorado, Elizabeth I, Encyclopædia Britannica, Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada, Granada, Guiana Shield, James VI and I, List of governors of Trinidad, Margarita Island, Margarita Province, Meta River, Morisco, New Kingdom of Granada, Orinoco, Philip II of Spain, Philip III of Spain, Rebellion of the Alpujarras (1568–1571), Saint Joseph, Trinidad and Tobago, Segovia, Siena, Tomo River, Tower of London, Trinidad, Walter Raleigh, Wet season.
16th-century Spanish military personnel

Adelantado

Adelantado (meaning "advanced") was a title held by some Spanish nobles in service of their respective kings during the Middle Ages.

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Battle of Marciano

The Battle of Marciano (also known as the Battle of Scannagallo) occurred in the countryside of Marciano della Chiana, near Arezzo, Tuscany, on August 2, 1554, during the Italian War of 1551.

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Berbers, or the Berber peoples, also called by their endonym Amazigh or Imazighen, are a diverse grouping of distinct ethnic groups indigenous to North Africa who predate the arrival of Arabs in the Arab migrations to the Maghreb.

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Bogotá

Bogotá (also), officially Bogotá, Distrito Capital, abbreviated Bogotá, D.C., and formerly known as Santa Fe de Bogotá during the Spanish Colonial period and between 1991 and 2000, is the capital and largest city of Colombia, and one of the largest cities in the world.

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Caracas

Caracas, officially Santiago de León de Caracas (CCS), is the capital and largest city of Venezuela, and the center of the Metropolitan Region of Caracas (or Greater Caracas).

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Caroní River

The Caroní River is the second most important river of Venezuela, the second in flow, and one of the longest, from the Kukenan tepui through to its confluence with the Orinoco River.

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Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor

Charles V (Ghent, 24 February 1500 – 21 September 1558) was Holy Roman Emperor and Archduke of Austria from 1519 to 1556, King of Spain from 1516 to 1556, and Lord of the Netherlands as titular Duke of Burgundy from 1506 to 1555.

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Ciudad Bolívar

Ciudad Bolívar (Spanish for "Bolivar City"), formerly known as Angostura and St.

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Ciudad Guayana

Ciudad Guayana (English: Guayana City) is a city in Bolívar State, Venezuela.

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Cumaná

Cumaná is the capital city of Venezuela's Sucre State. It is located east of Caracas. Cumaná was one of the first cities founded by Spain in the mainland Americas and is the oldest continuously-inhabited Hispanic-established city in South America. Its early history includes several successful counters by the indigenous people of the area who were attempting to prevent Spanish incursion into their land, resulting in the city being refounded several times.

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El Dorado

El Dorado (Spanish for "the golden") is commonly associated with the legend of a gold city, kingdom, or empire purportedly located somewhere in the Americas.

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Elizabeth I

Elizabeth I (7 September 153324 March 1603) was Queen of England and Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death in 1603.

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Encyclopædia Britannica

The British Encyclopaedia is a general knowledge English-language encyclopaedia.

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Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada

Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada y Rivera, also spelled as Ximénez and De Quezada, (1509 – 16 February 1579) was a Spanish explorer and conquistador in northern South America, territories currently known as Colombia. Antonio de Berrio and Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada are Spanish conquistadors.

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Granada

Granada is the capital city of the province of Granada, in the autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain.

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Guiana Shield

The Guiana Shield (Plateau des Guyanes, Bouclier guyanais; Hoogland van Guyana, Guianaschild; Planalto das Guianas, Escudo das Guianas; Escudo guayanés) is one of the three cratons of the South American Plate.

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James VI and I

James VI and I (James Charles Stuart; 19 June 1566 – 27 March 1625) was King of Scotland as James VI from 24 July 1567 and King of England and Ireland as James I from the union of the Scottish and English crowns on 24 March 1603 until his death in 1625.

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List of governors of Trinidad

This article lists governors of Trinidad.

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Margarita Island

Margarita Island (Isla de Margarita) is the largest island in the Venezuelan state of Nueva Esparta, situated off the northeastern coast of the country, in the Caribbean Sea.

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Margarita Province

Margarita Province (1525 - 1864) was one of the provinces of the Spanish Empire, then one of the provinces of Gran Colombia, and later one of the Provinces of Venezuela.

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The Meta River is a major left tributary of the Orinoco River in eastern Colombia and southern Venezuela, South America.

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Morisco

Moriscos (mouriscos; Spanish for "Moorish") were former Muslims and their descendants whom the Catholic Church and Habsburg Spain commanded to forcibly convert to Christianity or face compulsory exile after Spain outlawed Islam.

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New Kingdom of Granada

The New Kingdom of Granada (Nuevo Reino de Granada), or Kingdom of the New Granada, was the name given to a group of 16th-century Spanish ultramarine provinces in northern South America governed by the president of the Royal Audience of Santafé, an area corresponding mainly to modern-day Colombia.

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Orinoco

The Orinoco is one of the longest rivers in South America at. Its drainage basin, sometimes known as the Orinoquia, covers ca 1 million km2, with 65% of it in Venezuela and the 35% in Colombia. It is the fourth largest river in the world by discharge volume of water. The nevertheless high volume flow (39,000 m3/s at delta) of the Orinoco can be explained by the high precipitation in almost the entire catchment area (ca 2,300 mm/a).

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Philip II of Spain

Philip II (21 May 152713 September 1598), also known as Philip the Prudent (Felipe el Prudente), was King of Spain from 1556, King of Portugal from 1580, and King of Naples and Sicily from 1554 until his death in 1598. Antonio de Berrio and Philip II of Spain are 1527 births.

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Philip III of Spain

Philip III (Felipe III; 14 April 1578 – 31 March 1621) was King of Spain.

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Rebellion of the Alpujarras (1568–1571)

The second rebellion of the Alpujarras (1568–1571), sometimes called the War of the Alpujarras or the Morisco Revolt, was the second such revolt against the Castilian Crown in the mountainous Alpujarra region and on the Granada Altiplano region, northeast of the city of Granada.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio_de_Berrio

Antonio de Berrio, the Glossary

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