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Jaime Enciso is the host and headwaiter at Mario's.
bakery 2006
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My waiter, Gabriel Enciso, was actually from a small town two hours south of Lima, Peru, and he bathed me in a sea of Pisco Sours.
Jay Weston: Santa Monica Place: A Worthy L.A. Shopping and Dining Destination Jay Weston 2011
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Gabriel Enciso is a waiter here actually from Peru!
Jay Weston: Santa Monica Place: A Worthy L.A. Shopping and Dining Destination Jay Weston 2011
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From 1519 onwards (the Suma Geográfica, by Fernández de Enciso) a significant number of contributions to this science were written by Spaniards.
Sailing on and on 2008
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From 1519 onwards (the Suma Geográfica, by Fernández de Enciso) a significant number of contributions to this science were written by Spaniards.
Sailing on and on 2008
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Already, in 1518, Fernandez de Enciso (Suma de Geographia), the “theoretical discoverer” of
Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo 2003
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Soon after his return to Darien he received letters from Zamudio, informing him that Enciso had complained to the king, and had obtained a sentence condemning Balboa and summoning him to Spain.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" Various
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Enciso set sail in 1510, and Balboa, whose debts made the town unpleasant to him, managed to accompany him by concealing himself, it is said, in a cask of "victuals for the voyage," which was conveyed from his farm to the ship.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" Various
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His proposal was accepted and a new town was founded, named Sta Maria de la Antigua del Darien; but quarrels soon broke out among the adventurers, and Enciso was deposed, thrown into prison and finally sent off to Spain with Balboa's ally, the alcalde Zamudio.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" Various
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While Enciso was undecided how to act, Balboa proposed that they should sail for Darien, on the Gulf of Uraba, where he had touched when with Bastidas.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" Various
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