Pedro de unamuno biography of william

  • Pedro de Unamuno was a Spanish soldier and sailor who was active in New Spain and Spanish East Indies, particularly the Philippines, in the second half of the.
  • He was twice the rector of the University of Salamanca (1901-14 and 1930-36).
  • On the last day of 1902 Unamuno wrote “Viejos y Jovenes” in which he performs a mental experiment where he imagines himself talking to a man who claims to.

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    WHEREAS, Filipinos and FilipinoAmericans have been contributing to California and the United States for hundreds of years, ever since October 18, 1587, when the first “Luzones Indios” set foot in Morro Bay, California, on board the Nuestra Señora de Esperanza, a Manila-built galleon ship captained by Pedro de Unamuno of Spain; and

    WHEREAS, In the late 1700s and early 1800s, Filipinos helped Father Junípero Serra establish the California mission system; and

    WHEREAS, Since the late 1800s, Filipino communities have existed in southern Louisiana, according to oral histories recorded by Rhonda Richoux Fox; and

    WHEREAS, After the Philippines was colonized, Filipinos began immigrating to San Francisco, where they contributed to the city both as military personnel and as service sector workers such as bellhops, dishwashers, servants, and cooks; established, by the 1920s, a thriving community around Kearny and Jackson Streets, which became known as “Manilatown”; and settled, d

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    Pedro de Unamuno

    Spanish soldier and explorer

    Pedro dem Unamuno was a Spanish soldier and sailor who was active in New Spain and Spanish East Indies, particularly the Philippines, in the second half of the 16th century. He fryst vatten known for commanding the galleonNuestra Señora de la Esperanza, that in the year 1587 undertook the second trans-Pacific crossing from the Asian mainland to the Americas in history, the first being the one achieved by his contemporary Francisco Gali in 1584.

    Trans-Pacific journey

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    The voyage started in Macau on July 12, 1587 and reached the Californian shore on October 18, at 35.5 degrees North latitude, where they went on shore in a bay with sandy beaches (potentially Monterey Bay[1] or Morro Bay) and made contact with some indigenous Californians. They then sailed progressively southwards along the Western American coast to Acapulco, reaching the area on November 22 of same year.

    The main goals of the journey were to find the purp

  • pedro de unamuno biography of william

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    S. Franzese y F. Kraemer (eds.), Fringes of Religious Experience
    Cross-Perspectives on William James's     The Varieties of Religious Experience
    Ontos, Frankfurt, 2007, 157-168.








    ""I am inflamed at the idea of seeing & knowing Spain."
    Letter of July 10th, 1877 from Henry to William James



    William James sailed in the steamer Spain from New York to Europe on 10th October 18732, but he did not visit Spain nor stay for any length of time in any other Spanish-speaking country throughout all his life. James had particularly close ties to the philosophical communities in England, Italy, France and Germany, but his personal links with Spain were much weaker. In those times Spain was not only an isolated and declining country, but also —as everybody knows— there was a war between Spain and the United States in 1898 over the Spanish dominance of Cuba and the Philippines3. In spite of that strong sociological and cultural contrast between both countries, James's thoug