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San Antonio: Is it true the story of the Alamo?

There are many historians who deny that the siege was key to the subsequent defeat of Mexican troops by the Texan hosts led by Sam Houston.. Here, according to sources, there are two stories: Americans claim that the siege caused 900 dead and wounded in Mexicans, while Mexican historians encrypt the losses in 60 and 250 wounded.

byJavier Brandoli

12 April, 2016

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The unknown area of ??the Spanish explorers of California

Juan Bautista de Anza was born in 1763 in the current Mexico, near Arizpe. The son of a Spanish soldier killed by Apaches, Young enlisted in the Army. With 24 years and was captain. Featured in what is now Arizona, requested permission from the Viceroy of New Spain to attempt an overland route to California. And 1774 marched 20 soldiers, 3 priests and 140 horses through the desert bare and unknown, Yuma Indian Territory and rattlesnakes.

byMiquel Silvestre

31 May, 2011

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My trip to Africa: Churchill takes his rifle	7,50/10
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“Bangkok”: the adventures of a westerner among prostitutes, bars, massages and excesses	5,50/10