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You could have modeled for the great Spanish painters, such as Valasquez and
2nd November '05 2005
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Valasquez had gone away to be married and had appointed a Spaniard, named Pamfilo de Narvaez, commander in his absence.
Las Casas 'The Apostle of the Indies' Alice J. Knight
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His success so encouraged Valasquez, that he fitted out a much larger expedition the following year, the command of which he gave to Hernando Cortéz, of whom we shall have occasion to speak more at large hereafter.
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The first Spaniard that landed here was Grijalva, [1] in 1518, in a trading expedition fitted out by Valasquez, Governor of Cuba.
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Hastening to execute his purpose, he left Cordova, challenged Valasquez, and slew him.
History of the Moors of Spain M. Florian
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Captain Valasquez, who was in command, warmly welcomed the castaways.
Tom Swift and His Wireless Message: or, the castaways of Earthquake island Victor [pseud.] Appleton
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Not long after this dreadful event Valasquez returned to Cuba, and, the whole island being now subdued, he proceeded to found a number of towns and to divide the land and the Indians among the Spaniards.
Las Casas 'The Apostle of the Indies' Alice J. Knight
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Captain Valasquez refused to receive the large amount of money Mr. Hasbrook and Mr. Jenks would have paid him for the rescue, accepting only a sum he figured that he had lost by the delay, which was not a great deal.
Tom Swift and His Wireless Message: or, the castaways of Earthquake island Victor [pseud.] Appleton
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Valasquez, Ribera and Goya, in Watteau and Teniers, in Millet and Troyon, in Rousseau and Rico, in Turner, Constable and Gainsborough, in Fildes and
Pictorial Composition and the Critical Judgment of Pictures Henry Rankin Poore 1899
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Among these portraits of the illustrious Febrers were a number of women, grand señoras with great hoops filling the whole canvas, like those painted by Valasquez.
The Dead Command From the Spanish Los Muertos Mandan Vicente Blasco Ib����ez 1897
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