Re: 20160920 Magellan Space City Designer Planet Simulation
Posted: Thu Dec 22, 2016 9:59 pm
Re: 20160920 Magellan Space City Designer Planet Simulation
20161220 An unpleasant piece of business occurred on this day, in 1519:
Per Reference #1, Page lx:
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20 December 1519: Trial, conviction, and execution of Antonio Salamone, master of the Victoria, ...
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The fleet departed Rio de Janeiro on 26 December.
Per Google Earth: Rio de Janeiro is located at 22 degrees 54 minutes 24.65 seconds South, 43 degrees, 10 minutes, 22.43 minutes West.
22°54'24.65" S 43°10'22.43" W
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Reference: A Brief History of Brazil, Second Edition.
Teresa A. Meade
Copyright 2010, 2004
Checkmark Books
Per the reference above, on Page 13, the first contact between Europeans and the population of what would become known as Brazil occurred just 19 years before the Magellan expedition stopped at Rio de Janeiro
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The fleet of 13 Portuguese ships that reached Brazil on April 22, 1500, under the command of Pedro Alvares Cabral, was supposedly headed for India.
End Quotation.
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20161220 An unpleasant piece of business occurred on this day, in 1519:
Per Reference #1, Page lx:
Begin Quotation:
20 December 1519: Trial, conviction, and execution of Antonio Salamone, master of the Victoria, ...
End Quotation.
The fleet departed Rio de Janeiro on 26 December.
Per Google Earth: Rio de Janeiro is located at 22 degrees 54 minutes 24.65 seconds South, 43 degrees, 10 minutes, 22.43 minutes West.
22°54'24.65" S 43°10'22.43" W
***
Reference: A Brief History of Brazil, Second Edition.
Teresa A. Meade
Copyright 2010, 2004
Checkmark Books
Per the reference above, on Page 13, the first contact between Europeans and the population of what would become known as Brazil occurred just 19 years before the Magellan expedition stopped at Rio de Janeiro
Begin Quotation:
The fleet of 13 Portuguese ships that reached Brazil on April 22, 1500, under the command of Pedro Alvares Cabral, was supposedly headed for India.
End Quotation.
(th)