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Flor do Mar or Flor de la Mar (Flower of the Sea, spelled Frol de la Mar in Portuguese chronicles of the 16th century [ 5]) was a Portuguese nau ( carrack) of 400 tons, which over nine years participated in decisive events in the Indian Ocean until her sinking in November 1511. Nobleman Afonso de Albuquerque was returning from the conquest of ...
Maritime Museum ( Malay: Muzium Samudera) is a museum about maritime activities in Malacca City, Malacca, Malaysia. [1] It was officially opened to the public by Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad on 13 June 1994, began with phase one. [2] The phase two of the museum is housed in the old Guthrie building and was opened by State Committee for ...
The Flower of My Secret. The Flower of My Secret (Spanish: La flor de mi secreto) is a 1995 drama film written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar. It was selected as the Spanish entry for the Best Foreign Language Film category at the 68th Academy Awards, but it was not selected as one of the final five nominees. [ 2][ 3]
122. ISBN. 978-0-14-015754-3. OCLC. 43223288. Chronicle of a Death Foretold ( Spanish: Crónica de una muerte anunciada) is a novella by Gabriel García Márquez, published in 1981. It tells, in the form of a pseudo- journalistic reconstruction, the story of the murder of Santiago Nasar by the Vicario twins.
Flor Contemplacion was born in San Pablo City in the Laguna province of Luzon, and was the second youngest of ten children. Her father died when she was 7 years old, and due to the increased financial pressure on her rural family she moved to Manila to live with an elder sister when she was 10 years old.
João da Nova fought in the Battle of Diu in February 1509, his ship, the Flor de la Mar, being used by the vice-roy Francisco de Almeida as the flagship of the Portuguese battle fleet. In March of that year, Afonso de Albuquerque, by then in Cochin himself, invoked his own secret credentials to relieve Francisco de Almeida as governor of India.
Cathedral of the Sea (Spanish: La catedral del mar) is a 2006 historical novel by Spanish author Ildefonso Falcones.The action takes place in 14th century Barcelona at the height of the city's trade and military power in the Mediterranean, during the construction of Santa Maria del Mar serving as background to the story.
FlordeLiza. FlordeLiza is a 2015 Philippine television drama series broadcast by ABS-CBN. Directed by Wenn V. Deramas, it stars Ashley Sarmiento, Rhed Bustamante, Jolina Magdangal, Marvin Agustin and Desiree del Valle. It aired on the network's Kapamilya Gold line-up replacing Kapamilya Blockbusters and was replaced by All of Me .