Posts on ‘November 8th, 2006’

This day is history

Hi All On this day, in 1519 Hernan Cortes, a Spanish conquistador who won Mexico for Spain. Cortés left Spain for the New World at age 19, joining Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar (b. 1465-d. 1524) in the conquest of Cuba (1511). In 1519, with 508 men and 16 horses, he burned his ships on Mexico’s [...]

Bermuda

Hi All I have added a few pictures of Bermuda to the photo Gallery.  You will find the folder in the Work album. Most of the pictures are taken in the Dockyard area where the ship is berthed.  The Capital of Bermuda is a town called Hamilton.  Not a very big place but it has [...]