Alamo
THE, a mission church at San Antonio, in what is now Bexar co., Tex.; converted into a fort. In 1836 it was occupied by about 150 of the revolutionists in the Texan War of Independence. Though attacked by 4,000 Mexicans under Santa Ana, the Texans held it from Feb. 23 to March 6, when Santa Ana took it by storm. All but seven of the garrison perished, six of these being murdered after their surrender, and one man escaping to report the affair. In this garrison were the celebrated David Crockett and Col. James Bowie, inventor of the bowie-knife. The memory of this massacre became an incitement to the Texans in subsequent encounters, and "Remember the Alamo!" became a warcry in their struggle for autonomy. ALARCÓN, HERNANDO, a Spanish navigator; flourished in the 16th century; leader of an expedition to Mexico, which set sail in 1540. He proved that California was a peninsula and not an island, as had been previously supposed.
He penetrated in boats a considerable distance up the Colorado river. On his return to New Spain he made a valuable map of the California peninsula.
ALARCÓN Y MENDOZA, DON JUAN RUIZ DE (ä-lär-kōn ē mān-dō'thä), a noted Spanish dramatist, born_at Tasco, Mexico, about 1580 or 1590. He went to Spain in 1600 and became royal attorney in Seville. He was appointed reporter of the royal council of the Indies at Madrid about 1628. The last great dramatist of the old Spanish school, he may be considered also as the creator of the so-called character comedy, His principal works are: "The Weaver of Segovia"; "Suspicious Truth," the model for Corneille's "Liar"; "Walls Have Ears"; "The Proof of Promises"; "The Anti- Christ." He died in Madrid, Aug. 4, 2 66 176° A 180° B 176° 172° 168° E S ALASKA R 50 SCALE OF STATUTE MILES 100 150 200 A 250 300 100 SCALE OF KILOMETERS 200 300 400 500 Important towns are shown in heavy face type Railroads shown thus ARCTIC CIRCLE 1 BER ASI Holy 3 GULF OF ANADIR 4 160° C.Serdze C. Unikin A East Cape A Pt.
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