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paragraph: Mamie Francis Hafley

paragraph: Mamie Francis Hafley (1885–1950), born Elba Mae Ghent, was a performer in Wild West shows and rodeos from about 1901 until 1940. She was famous for her daring horse-diving act that involved jumping off a 50-foot tower into a pool of water, for her sharpshooting ability from the back of a galloping horse, and for her high school horse-riding acts.

paragraph: Section::::Early life and family.

paragraph: Elba Mae Ghent or "Mamie Francis" was the youngest child of Charles Edgar Ghent (1854–1909?) and Hannah Street Ghent (1853–1909?) who had married 26 September 1875 in Gratiot, Wisconsin. Her father had come to America as an infant with his parents, Henry and Henriet Ghent (commonly spelled "Gent"), on 16 September 1854 from the port of Liverpool, England. Mamie's mother, Hannah (or "Anna"), the daughter of Samuel Street of New Jersey and his wife, Elizabeth Armstrong, of New York, was a young child when her family moved to Wisconsin (before 1857).

paragraph: After they married, Charles Edgar and Anna Street Ghent moved to Nora, Illinois, where their children Charles H. Ghent (1876-?), Elizabeth B. Ghent Colt (1877–1902), and Elba Mae Ghent (1885–1950) were born. Wisconsin christening records show that the Ghents had to move back to Wisconsin shortly after Elba was born. Both of her siblings died as relatively young adults: Charles to an accidental shooting (witnessed by family) and Elizabeth (wife of Alfred Winston Colt) of unknown causes only three months after giving birth to a daughter, Bessie "Betty" Maretta Colt (1 September 1902). Elba's parents may have divorced or separated prior to the 1900 census. In Janesville, Wisconsin, 15-year-old Elba was living with her mother, Anna Street, who was working as a housekeeper for a farmer named Edmund Jaynes. Also in 1900, there was a "single" man (likely Elba's father) named "Charles E. Gent" living with his mother, H. Campbell in Burlington, Iowa. By 1905, "Charles E. Gent" was a "widower" living in Des Moines, Iowa.

paragraph: When Pawnee Bill's Historical Wild West Indian Museum and Encampment Show came to town in the early 1900s, Elba Mae Ghent joined the show, starting her performing career that spanned over four decades (1901–1940). As "Mamie Francis," she became known for her courage, skill, and beauty, entertaining untold numbers of Americans during the heyday of the Wild West shows and rodeos of the early 20th century.

paragraph: Section::::Wild West shows.

paragraph: What began in the mid-1830s with George Catlin's western art and lectures educating audiences about Indians and the American West, developed into "Wild West" traveling vaudeville performances featuring cowboys and Indians by the 1880s. Buffalo Bill's wild West and others became the most popular form of entertainment in America and remained so until movies gained prominence in the 1930s. The shows went beyond the cowboy sport of rodeo in an effort to preserve a romanticized view of the American West and to entertain those in the East (and later in Europe) who were fascinated with the disappearing frontier of the United States.

paragraph: Section::::Wild West shows.:Pawnee Bill's (1901–1905).

paragraph: One of the contemporaries of Buffalo Bill was Gordon Lillie, or Pawnee Bill. His show included such acts as horse races, bronco riding, trick riding, trick shooting, and historical reenactments. Mamie was fortunate to have joined Pawnee Bill's show when there were other performers who could share their expertise with her or inspire her to try to develop new skills. Lulu Bell Parr, for example, was an expert marksman and bronco rider with the show. Mamie, who had learned to trick shoot as a child, would have seen the sharpshooting performances of Lulu Bell, benefitting directly or indirectly from the star. Lulu Bell's bronc riding was not Mamie's forte, but she did trick riding and participated in the races and historical reenactments of the show.

paragraph: While a performer in Pawnee Bill's show, Mamie met a trick rider named Herbert Harry Skepper (1876–1945) who was a veteran of the Spanish–American War and rode "Roman style" in the show. Harry and Mamie married about 1901 (no known record) and had one daughter, Elba Reine ("REEn") Skepper, 9 November 1902. While their marriage did not last, their daughter, Reine, did inherit much of the athletic ability of her parents, later becoming a trick rider and an accomplished star in the rodeos throughout the 1920 and 1930s (competing with and beating the men in certain rodeo events).

paragraph: Section::::Wild West shows.:California Frank Hafley's Wild West Attractions (1905–1940).

paragraph: After Harry Skepper had left Mamie and Reine on their own, Charles Francis Hafley and his wife, Lillian Smith (who had both performed in the Pan-American Exposition, with Cummins' Indian Congress, with Pawnee Bill and Buffalo Bill), asked Mamie Francis to join their venture called "California Frank's Wild West" in 1905. Lillian, a former competitor of Annie Oakley, and C.F. Hafley, a former sheriff, were renowned sharpshooters. They apparently thought this teenage mother, with her shooting and riding skills, would be a nice addition to their group who came from Pawnee Bill's and other Wild West shows. Lillian and Mamie started a comedy sharpshooting routine together, part of which involved Lillian shooting at targets on Mamie's hat or one sticking out of her mouth - requiring nerves of steel for both ladies. Another performer who likely acted as a mentor for Mamie was Ada Sommerville, a High School horse trainer. Bee Ho Gray (a trick roper who married Ada in 1912), was one of many (like Sam Cross, Julia Allen, Tommy Kirnan, and other vaudevillians) who joined California Frank's for a time or season and went on the perform in other shows (with the Miller Brothers' 101 Ranch Wild West Show, in particular).

paragraph: California Frank's company and the 101 Ranch Wild West Show participated in the Jamestown Exposition in 1907, marking the beginning of their relationship with the larger outfit both at the 101 headquarters in Oklahoma (the Millers were neighbors of Pawnee Bill) and at times performing with the 101 on the road. C.F. Hafley's show was not on as grand a scale as the 101 Ranch Wild West, but they had quality acts excelled by few to none at the time: Lillian Smith was better known as "Princess Wenona," world champion horseback sharpshooter, Ada Sommerville on her magnificent horse, Columbus, danced to the "Merry Widow Waltz," and Mamie Francis began her daring horse diving act in 1908 at Dreamland on Coney Island, New York City, New York.

paragraph: Mamie's performances on the high diving horse probably took more courage than any other act of that era. First, a diving horse named Serpentine would climb a ramp to reach a platform five stories above an audience who watched in quiet amazement as the horse carefully crouched her hind legs on a carpeted cleat before making a soaring leap into the air, plunging into a pool of water below. For the second dive, Mamie would mount the mother of Serpentine, a white Arabian horse named Lurlene (or "Babe"), and hold on tightly as the animal dove off the platform - the rider's long dark hair flying through the air before they hit the water. From 1908–1914, Mamie and Babe jumped 628 times with few incidents. The 1908 and 1909 newspapers recorded occasions where the horse and/or the rider were injured or almost killed: the first known incident was when the diving horse, Babe, was startled by a loud noise as she left the platform, fell sideways into the pool and was knocked unconscious. Had they not gotten her out of the water and resuscitated her, she would have drowned. Mamie was not injured. In the second occurrence, the horse fell on Mamie, breaking her arm. After a third accident, she continued diving with a broken foot 24 September 1908. In June 1909, she nearly met her death when she was knocked unconscious and pinned under her horse in the water at Bayonne Park in Jersey City. While Mamie was badly bruised, she responded to her near drowning by going on with the show. The accident illustrated her mental and physical toughness. She tried to go thank the men who saved her that day, but could not find them.

paragraph: In 1908, Frank and Lillian's marriage ended in divorce, but Lillian stayed on as a performer with the show through 1910. Charles F. Hafley and Miss Elba Skepper married 19 November 1909 in DeKalb County, Georgia. Frank adopted Mamie's daughter, Reine.

paragraph: California Frank's Western Attractions Show traveled all over the United States, entertaining audiences at amusement parks county and state fairs, and carnivals (Dreamland on Coney Island; the Hippodromes of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania;Cincinnati, Ohio; and Indianapolis, Indiana; the Majestic Theater in Kalamazoo, Michigan; the Alabama State Fair; the King's Highway Carnival in Omaha, Nebraska (and many more). According to the 1910 Federal Census for Knoxville, Tennessee, twenty people were traveling with the show. For the "Wild West Show," occupations listed were: Showman, High Diver, Nurse, trainer, bugler, marksman, roper, rider, musician, talker, cook, labor(ers), and gunner. By the end of 1910, Princess Wenona, Ada Sommerville and Bee Ho Gray had left the show (they may have gone back to the Millers Brother's 101 Ranch and did not return to California Frank's). For the next two years, Mamie "wore three hats" as the sharpshooter, high school horse trainer, and the rider for the horse diving act. Her daughter, Reine, who performed in some of the acts as a child, served as the bugler for the grand entries.

paragraph: Sometimes real life proved as exciting as a performance (as in the following story that Mamie Francis shared with her only grandson). As California Frank's show traveled from town to town, they usually went by train. Some of the passenger trains had Pullman cars with sleeping births on them. Mamie Francis Hafley was resting alone in her upper birth when she was startled to hear on the other side of the curtain the porter of the train shouting, "No! No!! OH, please...No!" The would-be assailant growled, "I'm going to cut your black heart out!" Mamie grabbed her .38 pistol from under her pillow, yanked back the curtain, and pointed it betwixt the man's eyes. She cocked the firing pin, making a loud CLICK, and said with a commanding voice, "You're not going to cut anybody's heart out!!" and told the porter to, "Go get the train detective!" Seeing a very STEADY pistol aimed at him with Mamie's very steady focused eyes, "eye to eye," the man folded his knife and put it back in his pocket, impressed that this woman might "sure enough" shoot him between the eyes. The years that she and Wenona had shot pistols in their vaudeville acts prepared Mamie to hold her pistol so the "end of the barrel" was pointed directly at the target. This time it saved a man's life!

paragraph: By 1914, Mamie was no longer diving horses off of towers and seemed to focus more on the high school horses, and sharpshooting on horseback. Her daughter, Reine, was beginning to perform as a trick rider in the shows. They were in a lucrative business for the times and, with the help of their nurse friend, Fannie Liesy, the Hafleys were able to buy a ranch near Ridgway, Colorado, in 1915. It was good to have a place to rest from all of the traveling they had done and continued to do for the show. Edmund Jaynes, the elderly farmer Mamie and her mother used to work for, came to Colorado to help with the place.

paragraph: In the teens and twenties, the acts in California Frank's shows were part western history, part rodeo, part comedy, and part animal circus - all thrilling to audiences who came for miles to see them. Mamie's high school horse, Napoleon, was a real crowd pleaser. Wild West shows and rodeos in general were still quite popular, but were experiencing some competition from silent (and later, "talkie") movies. The Hafleys kept in touch with other producers and performers (including silent western movie star, Tom Mix) and stayed connected with the Miller Brother's 101 Ranch off and on. In fact, C. F. Hafley was the arena director for the 101 Ranch when Mamie's daughter, Reine Skepper Hafley, fell in love with a tall cowboy named Dick Shelton who was working with the 101. Dick Shelton and Reine Hafley parted ways with the 101 Ranch when they eloped to get married. The young talented couple were back with California Frank and Mamie at the time J.C. Miller, their former boss, wrote "Miss Mamie,"

paragraph: "We had a nice visit with Rene and Dick and had quite a talk with them. I told them that I had no ill will toward them or hard feelings against them about staying with you and Frank. I know that I can get along without Dick better than you can without Rene, but any time that business slacks up, or you do not need them, I will always be glad to have them come over with me; or any or all of you, as far as that is concerned. I know of no friends that I hold in higher esteem than I do you and Frank and Rene, as well as the remainder of your bunch, and I trust the friendship will continue to exist." (July 1925)

paragraph: Dick and Rene would go on to star in rodeos and fairs all over the country (they became Pro-rodeo Hall-of-Famers and more). They had Mamie's only grandson, Thomas Richard Shelton, in 1926. Mamie Francis and California Frank continued in their Wild West show without Reine, Mamie was still sharpshooting, and Frank was managing the cowboys and Indians. One would imagine that they were saddened to hear of Joseph Miller's accidental death in October 1927.

paragraph: In the 1930s, California Frank's Rodeo and Wild West Show added an all-girl rodeo band when they performed at Young's Million Dollar Pier in Atlantic City, New Jersey. They also performed in Dorney Park, Allentown, Pennsylvania; and the Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo, and many others. Gone were the bucking donkeys of earlier comedy routines.

paragraph: As the Great Depression drained their funds, the show "downsized" a bit (as did their personal property). In their routine, Frank and Mamie would ride alongside each other while Mamie shot targets Frank threw up in the air. They also trained a horse named "Ranger" to jump over their parked convertible Hudson with passengers in it. When the busy show season was over, the Hafleys would return to their ranch along the Uncompahgre River in Colorado.

paragraph: Section::::Later years and the Hall of Fame.

paragraph: After Frank died in 1940, Mamie sold the ranch and bought a house in Fort Worth, Texas. Mamie Francis spent her last days at her daughter's ranch (where the Sheltons were breeders of Santa Gertrudis cattle) south of San Antonio in McMullen County. Mamie Francis Ghent Skepper Hafley died of cancer in 1950 near Tilden, Texas, and is buried in Handley's Shannon Rose Hill Memorial Park Cemetery in Fort Worth.

paragraph: In 1981, Mamie Francis Hafley was made an honoree at the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame in Fort Worth, Texas. Her Daughter, Reine Hafley Shelton, who had died in 1979, also became an honoree in 1983 for her accomplishments as a star in the Wild West shows and rodeos. The National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame is the only museum in the world dedicated to honoring and celebrating women, past and present, "whose lives exemplify the courage, resilience and independence that helped shape the American West." As entertainers, champion competitors, and ranchers, Mamie Francis and her daughter, Reine Shelton, were both considered well-qualified for the honor.

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Ancestry.com census records for: 1860, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920; New York Passenger Lists 1820–1957; U.S. Army Register of Enlistments 1798–1914; Wisconsin Births and Christening Index 1801–1928; Wisconsin Marriages 1820–1907.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Bayonne Daily Times, N.J. Wednesday evening, June 9, 1909.

paragraph: BULLET::::- The Billboard, New York City, NY, May 30, 1908.

paragraph: BULLET::::- The Brooklyn Eagle, NY, June 10, 1908.

paragraph: BULLET::::- California Frank's Western Attractions, "For Parks, Fairs, and Vaudeville - Every Act a Feature" 1908-1909 program that is part of the Hafley-Shelton Wild West-Rodeo Collection (HSWWRC).

paragraph: BULLET::::- Cowgirls of the Rodeo by Mary Lou LeCompte, University of Illinois Press, Urbana and Chicago, 2000.

paragraph: BULLET::::- The Daily Evening Telegraph – Philadelphia, Friday July 9, 1909.

paragraph: BULLET::::- National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame, Fort Worth, Texas.

paragraph: BULLET::::- The Legendary Life of Bee Ho Gray by Clark Gray, John M Hardy Publishing Co., 2014.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Lillie Smith: The On-Target ‘California Girl’" by Julia Bricklin, Historynet.

paragraph: BULLET::::- The New York American, New York City, NY, June 28, 1908, July 12, 1908.

paragraph: BULLET::::- The New York Times, June 12, 1908.

paragraph: BULLET::::- The Omaha Sunday Bee: September 24, 1908, October 4, 1908.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Pawnee Bill's Historic Wild West by Allen A. Farnum, Schiffer Publishing, West Chester, PA 1992.

paragraph: BULLET::::- The Real Wild West The 101 Ranch and the Creation of the American West by Michael Wallis, St. Martin's Press, 1999.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Thomas Richard Shelton (b. 1926), grandson of Mamie Francis Hafley, owner of the Hafley-Shelton WildWest-Rodeo Collection, Tilden, Texas.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Wild West Shows by Paul Reddin, University of Illinois Press, Urbana and Chicago, 1999.

paragraph: BULLET::::- The World: Sunday - July 12, 1908

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paragraph: Justin Jones (singer-songwriter)

paragraph: Justin Phillip Jones (born August 17, 1979) is an American singer-songwriter. In addition to singing, he plays piano, guitar, and harmonica. His music has been described by "the Washington Post" as "electrified country and roots-rock that leaves plenty of space for Jones to hold court...like Dave Grohl when at full throttle and Townes Van Zandt when at ease." He has toured North America extensively, and with a backing band that has sometimes been referred to as the Driving Rain. He is the first artist signed to 9:30 Records.

paragraph: Section::::Early life.

paragraph: Jones grew up in Rawley Springs, Virginia. His interest in music began as a child hearing bluegrass music at his family’s parties, and when his mother gave him "Music from Big Pink" by The Band. Jones started playing guitar at four or five-years-old, and writing songs at thirteen. His first performances were open-mic nights at bars in Charlottesville, Virginia.

paragraph: Section::::Career.

paragraph: He moved to Washington, D.C. “as a stepping stone to New York,” and with the idea that if he could play a show at the , he would have made it. In D.C. he recorded his first album "Blue Dreams" in 2004. He recorded the album in one day with just himself and his guitar. For a period of a couple years after "Blue Dreams", Jones “got deep into drugs and lived out of my car.” During this time he managed to record his second album, "Love Verses Heroin". He got help from a girlfriend who paid for rehab, despite having been split up. By the time he recorded his third album, "…And I Am the Song of the Drunkards", in 2007 he was clean.

paragraph: Section::::Career.:9:30 Records and The Little Fox EP.

paragraph: In January 2010, while working as a bartender at the 9:30 Club in Washington, D.C., Jones recorded a collection of songs he titled "The Little Fox". That June, he traveled to SXSW in Austin, Texas, to give copies of it away and shop it around to record labels. He was approached by Thirty Tigers with a distribution deal, but still needed a record label. This prompted Jones’ manager at the time and 9:30 Club co-owner Seth Hurwitz, who felt strongly about Jones’ music after hearing Jones play at an opening at an art gallery in D.C., to start 9:30 Records to put out Jones’ releases. "The Little Fox EP" was released that year through 9:30 Records to favorable reviews.

paragraph: Section::::Career.:Fading Light (2012).

paragraph: For a week in September 2011, Jones and his band (featuring Tracy Epperson, Wes Lanich, Audrey Hamilton, Mike Smirnoff, and Alex Vans) met with Jamie Candiloro (Ryan Adams, R.E.M.) at White Star Sound outside of Charlottesville, VA to record what would become "Fading Light", his first full-length album with 9:30 Records. In December 2011, Jones and his band previewed the album for an exclusive unplugged performance on the roof of NPR.

paragraph: "Fading Light" was released nationally on May 8, 2012. Jones describes it as “some of the most intense, emotional, and personal work I’ve done to date.” The title track is about his grandmother, her aging, and the pain of the inevitable loss of loved ones. The term “fading light” refers to an experience he had when he was a child walking with her on a gravel road.

paragraph: "Fading Light" has been received with positive reviews. Catherine P. Lewis of "the Washington Post" writes, “Jones’ greatest asset is the worldliness of his voice” and that Jones, “understands the importance of the spaces between notes to create poignant moments.” Bob Boilen of NPR’s "All Songs Considered" describes "Fading Light" as “a powerfully magnificent Americana album.” Trevor Stewart of The Grateful Web says it is “an Americana opus, full of deep emotion, musical mood swings, and heartfelt playing” and “a damn good album.”

paragraph: Success from "Fading Light" landed Justin Jones performing slots at the 2012 Virgin Mobile FreeFest in Columbia, Maryland and the 2012 Austin City Limits Music Festival in Austin, Texas. Speakers in Code called Justin Jones one of the top ten moments of the 2012 Austin City Limits Music Festival.

paragraph: Since the release of "Fading Light", three music videos of songs from the album have premiered. The video for “Miracles” premiered on NPR's "All Songs Considered" blog on May 10, 2012. “As It Turns Out” premiered on American Songwriter on May 30, 2012. Finally, “Fading Light” premiered on "The Huffington Post" on August 14, 2012.

paragraph: Section::::Career.:Outgrown (2016).

paragraph: In August 2016, Justin Jones released his fifth full-length album, "Outgrown". Recorded in Fall and Winter of 2015-16, the album was produced, engineered and mixed entirely by Jones himself. Jones also played lead guitar on the album. The album features John Scoops (bass), Will Waikart (drums), Ryan Walker (organ/backing vocals), Laura Tsaggaris (vocals) and Sarah Curtan (vocals), among others. The album was described by Brightest Young Things as "a full, lived-in record, pulling elements of rock, blues, folk, and country into something entirely its own."

paragraph: Section::::Miscellaneous.

paragraph: The track “My Father's Gun,” from "Fading Light", was originally commissioned by Half Yard Productions for the Versus Network (later NBC Sports Network) television show “Gun It with Bennie Spies.” The song would become the theme song for the show for seasons two and three. Numerous songs from Jones' catalog have appeared in different episodes of the show.

paragraph: Jones’ occasional side project, The Deadmen, originally consisted of Justin Jones, Josh Read (Revival), Conrado Bokoles (Army of Me, The Driving Rain) and Paul Garisto (Ryan Adams, The Psychedelic Furs). The Deadmen went full-time as a band in 2013 with a current line-up of Jones, Read, Justin Hoben (John Bustine), John Hutchins (Army of Me) and Mike Smirnoff. Their debut EP is scheduled for release on March 18, 2014.

paragraph: Section::::Discography.

paragraph: BULLET::::- ""Blue Dreams"," Justin Jones, (2004)

paragraph: BULLET::::- ""Love Verses Heroin"," Justin Jones & The Driving Rain, (2006)

paragraph: BULLET::::- ""…And I Am the Song of the Drunkards"," Justin Jones & The Driving Rain, (2008)

paragraph: BULLET::::- ""The Little Fox EP"," Justin Jones, (2010)

paragraph: BULLET::::- ""Fading Light"," Justin Jones, (2012)

paragraph: BULLET::::- ""Outgrown"," Justin Jones, (2016)

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Official website

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paragraph: Gruffudd ap Dafydd Goch

paragraph: Gruffudd ap Dafydd Goch was a Welsh knight of the 14th century. He lived in Y Fedw Deg, Penmachno and was foreman of the Nantconwy jury that gave evidence to the Crown for the extent of 1352. His stone effigy may be found in the old Church of St. Michael, Betws-y-Coed. He was the son of Dafydd Goch, the father of Gruffudd Fychan ap Gruffudd ap Dafydd Goch and the grandfather of Gruffudd Leiaf.

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paragraph: Roman Brandstaetter

paragraph: Roman Brandstaetter (January 3, 1906 – September 28, 1987) was a Polish writer, poet, playwright, journalist and translator.

paragraph: Section::::Life and career.

paragraph: Section::::Life and career.:Early life: 1906 –1940.

paragraph: Roman Brandstaetter was born in Tarnów, to a religious Jewish family, being the grandson of rabbi Mordechai David Brandstaedter. Roman Brandstaetter graduated from the Jagiellonian University in Kraków with a degree in philosophy and Polish and taught in a Jewish high school in Warsaw.

paragraph: Beginning in 1927, he published poetry and critical essays in the publications "Chwila" and "Nowy Dziennik". In 1928, he published his first volume of poetry, titled "Jarzma" ("Yokes"). He wrote exclusively in Polish and actively participated in literary discussions, and was also interested in history. A particular focus for him was the problem of assimilation, which in the Polish context took on additional dimensions and meaning. In his work "Tragedie Juliana Klaczki" ("The Tragedy of Julian Klaczko") (1933), for example, he described the fate of assimilated Jews in Poland during the partitions. His study titled Legion żydowski Adama Mickiewicza ("Adam Mickiewicz's Jewish Legion") (1932) stirred a great controversy; in it, he depicted the great Polish Romantic poet 's initiative as being the precursor to the Zionist program, and as a result was criticized by Tadeusz Boy-Żeleński, among others.

paragraph: In 1933-35, Brandstaetter was the director of the literary section of a Zionist Polish-language publication called "Opinia", in which he published his programmatic article "Sprawa poezji polsko-żydowskiej" ("The Problem of Polish-Jewish Poetry") (1933). This text remains one of the most important analyses regarding this topic. It launched a discussion about Polish Jewish poets writing in Polish who, according to Brandstaetter, "breathed [...] the Jewish national spirit into the Polish language of poetry".

paragraph: Brandstaetter published the following volumes of poetry: Droga pod górę ("Uphill Road") (1931), Węzły i miecze ("Knots and Swords") (1932), Królestwo trzeciej świątyni ("Kingdom of the Third Temple") (1933) and Jerozolima światła i mroku ("Jerusalem of Light and Darkness") (1935). During the interwar period [1918-1939], they became a pretext for vicious anti-Semitic attacks on their author. The poet's reaction was a brilliant essay titled Zmowa eunuchów ("Conspiracy of the Eunuchs") (1936).

paragraph: Section::::Life and career.:Move to Palestine: 1940–1946.

paragraph: After the start of the Second World War, Brandstaetter was in Vilnius. In 1940, he left that city, and through Moscow, Baku and Iran went to the Middle East; in Palestine, he worked for the Polish Telegraph Agency. This was an unusual period for him in many respects: though he decided to convert to Christianity at that time, it must be emphasized that he never abandoned Jewish traditions, something which he himself often stressed.

paragraph: Section::::Life and career.:In exile: 1946–1948.

paragraph: In 1946, Brandstaetter left Palestine for Rome, where he served as cultural attaché at the Polish embassy and was baptized.

paragraph: During his stay in Rome, Roman Brandstaette married Regina Wiktor.

paragraph: It must be emphasized that he never abandoned his Jewish roots or background, something he often spoke about and was very proud of.

paragraph: Section::::Life and career.:Return to Poland: 1948-1987.

paragraph: In 1948, he returned to Poland, where he settled in Poznań. After the war, he wrote, among other things, the following works: a poetry anthology titled Słowo nad słowami ("The Word Over Words") (1964); Cztery poematy biblijne ("Four Biblical Poems") (1972); and a four-part novel titled Jezus z Nazaretu ("Jesus of Nazareth") (1967–73). As the titles themselves suggest, these works address Biblical themes, interpreted in the context of one individual's experience, which join two different traditions. An excellent example of this is also his biographical novel, Krąg biblijny ("Bible Study Group") (1975). He also draws on the tradition of Chasidic parables, apparent in his work Inne kwiatki świętego Franciszka z Asyżu ("Other Little Flowers of St. Francis of Assisi") (1976).

paragraph: Brandstaetter also wrote historical plays, such as Powrót syna marnotrawnego ("Return of the Prodigal Son") (1944) - a play based on Rembrandt's biography; Noce narodowe ("Nights of the Nation") (1946–48), Znaki wolności ("Signs of Freedom") (1953), Marchołt (1954), and Teatr świętego Franciszka ("Theater of St. Francis") (before 1958). His story Ja jestem Żyd z 'Wesela' ("I am the Jew from 'Wesele' ") (1972; 1981) attracted much attention. The work was a literary dialogue with the text of one of the greatest Polish plays by Stanisław Wyspiański, Wesele ("The Wedding"). Brandstaetter's story was adapted for radio, theater and television. Roman Brandstaetter also translated works from Hebrew, including Psalter (1968), German, English (Shakespeare's works), French, Dutch and Czech.

paragraph: He also wrote extensively for the Polish Catholic press, including the Catholic weekly magazine, "Tygodnik Powszechny", consolidating his reputation as one of Poland’s leading religious writers.

paragraph: Section::::Life and career.:Death.

paragraph: Brandstaetter died in Poznań on September 28, 1987 of a heart attack. He was buried next to his wife Regina, née Brochwicz-Wiktor (who died a year earlier) in the Milostowo Cemetery in Poznań.

paragraph: Section::::Legacy.

paragraph: Brandstaetter’s biography reflects the dramatic experiences and radical ideological choices facing twentieth-century Jewish intelligentsia. His life was shaped by Zionism and, later, Catholicism, while his literary output synthesized Jewish, Polish, Christian, and Greek and Roman traditions. His program for Polish Jewish literature called on writers to serve the cause of Zionism, while his interwar poetry relied on classical poetics to address universal and national Jewish themes, especially biblical ones. Cross-fertilization between Judaism and Christianity is central to Brandstaetter’s postwar works, including his best-known novel, Jezus z Nazarethu—an epic about Christ written in biblical style, exegetic in approach. The figure of Christ, shown against the background of first-century Palestine, is presented in historical context, while the Gospels are interpreted as continuing the tradition of the Old Testament. The novel’s language is rooted in biblical imagery, symbols, and parables, and uses biblical literary techniques.

paragraph: Critics have praised Brandstaetter’s lyric poetry for its function of “hermeneutics of the Judeo-Christian tradition,” as Wojciech Gutowski has termed it, while autobiographical works portray the writer as a bicultural artist, scion of a family rooted in Haskalah. His grandfather, the writer Mordekhai Brandstetter (1844–1928), often appears in Roman Brandstaetter’s work offering insights into values underlying Jewish life.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Stowarzyszenie imienia Romana Brandstaettera (Roman Brandstaetter Society)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Roman Brandstaetter" entry at www.culture.pl of the Adam Mickiewicz Institute

paragraph: BULLET::::- Roman." in "The YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe"

paragraph: BULLET::::- Gimnazjum imienia Romana Brandstaettera w Tarnowie. "Zyciorys Naszego Patrona (Biography of Our Patron)"

paragraph: BULLET::::- '„Ars poetica” pamięci Romana Brandstaettera.' by Sylwia Smoleń

description: Author, writer, poet, playwright, translator

wikidata_label: Roman Brandstaetter

wikipedia_title: Roman Brandstaetter


text:
mosaic
Alexander the Great
Pergamon
Alexandria
Hadrian's Villa
Capitoline Museums
Giuseppe Alessandro Furietti

wikipedia_title:
Mosaic
Alexander the Great
Pergamon
Alexandria
Hadrian's Villa
Capitoline Museums
Giuseppe Alessandro Furietti

categories: 2nd-century BC Greek people,Ancient Greek artists,Mosaic artists

paragraph: Sosus of Pergamon

paragraph: Sosus of Pergamon was a Greek mosaic artist of the second century BC. He is the only mosaic artist whose name was recorded in literature.After the conquests of Alexander the Great, the Greeks of major centers such as Pergamon and Alexandria displayed their wealth in decorations that included mosaics.

paragraph: Section::::Famous Works.

paragraph: The two famous works of Sosus include:

paragraph: Section::::Famous Works.:The Unswept Floor.

paragraph: This depicts the floor of a room covered with the remains of a feast, including fish, fruit and other fragments of food.

paragraph: Section::::Famous Works.:Doves Drinking from a Bowl.

paragraph: A mosaic from Hadrian's Villa, now in the Capitoline Museums, depicts a group of doves on a round bowl.

paragraph: As described by Pliny, one dove is drinking while the others are sunning themselves.

paragraph: "The Doves of Pliny", or the "Capitoline Doves" depicts the doves artistically but realistically.

paragraph: The mosaic is made only of cubes of colored marble, without any colored glass as in other mosaics.

paragraph: It was discovered in 1737 during excavations at Hadrian's Villa led by Cardinal Giuseppe Alessandro Furietti, who thought it was the mosaic that Pliny had described, although other scholars think it is a copy of the original that was made for Hadrian.

paragraph: The Hadrian's villa mosaic has in turn been copied many times in many formats.

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: Citations

paragraph: Sources'

description: Ancient Greek artist

wikidata_label: Sosos

wikipedia_title: Sosus of Pergamon


text: Photograph

categories: Female backstroke swimmers,German female swimmers,European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming,1971 births,Living people

paragraph: Anja Eichhorst

paragraph: Anja Eichhorst (born 1971) is a German backstroke swimmer who won three medals at the European championships in 1989, 1991 and 1992.

paragraph: After retirement from senior swimming she competed in the masters category and won three world titles in backstroke events in 2000.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Photograph

description: swimmer

wikidata_label: Anja Eichhorst

wikipedia_title: Anja Eichhorst


text: Portuguese explorer and naval commander

text: Manuel I of Portugal

text: Pope Leo X

text: Portugal

text: privy council

text: Portugal

text: viceroy

text: Portuguese India

text: Afonso de Albuquerque

text: Socotra

text: Mozambique Channel

text: João da Nova

text: Frol de la mar

text: Tristan da Cunha

text: Ajuran Empire

text: Battle of Barawa

text: Somalis

text: Socotra

text: Barawa

text: Socotra

text: Mogadishu

text: Siege of Cannanore

text: Socotra

text: Pope Leo X

text: Portuguese Empire

text: Garcia de Resende

text: Hanno

text: Castel Sant'Angelo

text: mahout

text: bull

text: indian rhinoceros

text: Albrecht Dürer

text: Rhinoceros

text: Nuno da Cunha

text: Portuguese India

text: Alenquer

text: Rua do Cunha

categories: 15th-century Portuguese people,History of Kerala,1540s deaths,Portuguese diplomats,1460s births,Ambassadors of Portugal to the Holy See,16th-century explorers,Maritime history of Portugal,Portuguese explorers

paragraph: Tristão da Cunha

paragraph: Tristão da Cunha (sometimes misspelled Tristão d'Acunha; ; c. 1460 – c. 1540) was a Portuguese explorer and naval commander. In 1514, he served as ambassador from king Manuel I of Portugal to Pope Leo X, leading a luxurious embassy presenting in Rome the new conquests of Portugal. He later became a member of the Portuguese privy council.

paragraph: Section::::1506 voyage.

paragraph: Da Cunha was born in Portugal, c. 1460. He was nominated as first viceroy of Portuguese India in 1504, but could not take up this post owing to temporary blindness.

paragraph: In 1506 he was appointed commander of a fleet of 15 ships sent to the east coast of Africa and off India. His cousin, Afonso de Albuquerque, was in charge of a squadron of five vessels in this fleet that subsequently detached. Their mission was to conquer Socotra Island and build a fortress there, hoping to close the trade in the Red Sea. They sailed together until they reached Mozambique. In the Mozambique Channel they found his friend captain João da Nova stranded while returning from India. They rescued him and the ship Frol de la mar, both joining the fleet. After a series of successful attacks on Arab cities on the east coast of Africa, they headed to Socotra.

paragraph: Section::::1506 voyage.:Discovery of Tristan da Cunha Archipelago.

paragraph: On this voyage Tristão da Cunha discovered a group of remote islands in the south Atlantic Ocean, from South Africa. Although rough seas prevented a landing then, he named the main island after himself, Ilha de Tristão da Cunha, which was later anglicized to Tristan da Cunha.

paragraph: Section::::1506 voyage.:Battle of Barawa.

paragraph: He then set his eyes on Ajuran Empire territory, where the Battle of Barawa was fought. After a long period of engagement, the Portuguese soldiers burned the city and looted it. However, fierce resistance by the local population and soldiers resulted in the failure of the Portuguese to permanently occupy the city and eventually the Portuguese would be decisively defeated by the Somalis from Ajuran Empire, and the inhabitants who had fled to the interior would eventually return and rebuild the city. Tristão da Cunha was later severely wounded and sought refuge in Socotra islands after losing his men and ships.

paragraph: Section::::1506 voyage.:Mogadishu Campaign.

paragraph: After losing the war with the Ajuran Empire over the fail attempt to capture Barawa, he decided to re-group his men in Socotra islands and set sail for Mogadishu, which was the richest city in Africa. But word had spread of what had happened in Barawa, and a large troop mobilization had taken place. Many horsemen, soldiers and battleships in defense positions were now guarding the city. Nevertheless, Tristão still opted to storm and attempt to conquer the city, although every officer and soldier in his army opposed this, fearing certain defeat if they were to engage their opponents in battle. He decided to leave the Somalis in peace after he realized that they were extremely difficult to subdue and that it would require a larger mobilization thus leaving Ajuran Empire independent.

paragraph: Section::::1506 voyage.:India Actions.

paragraph: After a while, he distinguished himself in India in various actions, such as the Siege of Cannanore: the Portuguese garrison was on the verge of being overwhelmed, when on 27 August the fleet of 11 ships under Tristão da Cunha coming from Socotra appeared and relieved them with 300 men.

paragraph: Section::::Embassy to Pope Leo X.

paragraph: After returning to Europe, Tristão da Cunha was sent as ambassador from king Manuel I to Pope Leo X in 1514 to present the new conquests of the Portuguese Empire, having Garcia de Resende as his secretary.

paragraph: The huge, luxurious embassy of one hundred and forty persons made its way through Alicante and Majorca, arriving at Rome outskirts in February. They walked the streets of Rome on March 12, 1514 in an extravagant procession of exotic wildlife and wealth of the Indies, with many dressed in "Indian style". The procession featured an elephant named Hanno, as a gift to the pope, and forty-two other beasts, including two leopards, a panther, some parrots, turkeys and rare Indian horses. Hanno carried a platform of silver on its back, shaped as a castle containing a safe with royal gifts, including vests embroidered with pearls and gems, and coins of gold minted for the occasion.

paragraph: The pope received the procession in the Castel Sant'Angelo. The elephant knelt down thrice in reverence and then, following a wave of his Indian "mahout" (keeper), used its trunk to suck water from a bucket and sprayed it over the crowd and the Cardinals.

paragraph: By 29 April 1514, the Portuguese had depleted their funds, but they sought a bull signed by the pope, who sent back rich gifts to king Manuel. The king responded with a ship full of spices and, later, an indian rhinoceros sent to him from the sultan Muzaffar Shah II of Gujarat. The boat that transported it was wrecked off Genoa on early February 1516, and the Rhinoceros was portrayed by Albrecht Dürer in his very famous Rhinoceros woodcuts in 1515.

paragraph: Although Tristão da Cunha had never assumed the post of Viceroy of India, his son Nuno da Cunha was the 9th Governor of Portuguese India in 1529. The tomb of Tristão da Cunha is located at the Church of Sra. da Encarnação in Olhalvo (near Alenquer).

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Rua do Cunha

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Tristan da Cunha island article in Italian

description: Portuguese explorer and diplomat

wikidata_label: Tristão da Cunha

wikipedia_title: Tristão da Cunha


text:
Latinised
Byzantine Emperor
Doukid dynasty
Normans
Balkans
Belgrade
Seljuk
Alp Arslan
Paphlagonia
Moesia
Eudokia Makrembolitissa
Michael Keroularios
Isaac I Komnenos
Michael Psellos
Michael VII Doukas
Konstantios Doukas
John Doukas
Caesar
Seljuk Turks
Isaac I Komnenos
Italy
Normans
Robert Guiscard
Bari
Apulia
catepans of Italy
Miriarch
Maruli
Sirianus
Mabrica
Alp Arslan
Asia Minor
Oghuz Turks
Balkans
Belgrade
Constantine Dalassenos
Eudokia Makrembolitissa
Michael VII Doukas
Andronikos Doukas
Konstantios Doukas
Theodora Anna Doukaina
Domenico Selvo
Doge of Venice
Adrianos Komnenos
List of Byzantine emperors
Coins of Constantine X Doukas

categories: 1006 births,1050s in the Byzantine Empire,11th-century Byzantine emperors,1067 deaths,Doukid dynasty

paragraph: Constantine X Doukas

paragraph: Constantine X Doukas or Dukas, Latinised as Ducas (, "Kōnstantinos X Doukas", 1006 – 22 May 1067) was Byzantine Emperor from 1059 to 1067. He was the founder and first ruling member of the short-lived Doukid dynasty. During his reign, the Normans took over much of the remaining Byzantine territories in Italy while in the Balkans the Hungarians occupied Belgrade. He also suffered defeats against the Seljuk sultan Alp Arslan.

paragraph: Section::::Reign.

paragraph: Constantine Doukas was the son of Andronikos Doukas, a Paphlagonian Greek nobleman who may have served as governor of the theme of Moesia. Addicted to endless debates about philosophy and theology, Constantine gained influence after he married, as his second wife, Eudokia Makrembolitissa, a niece of Patriarch Michael Keroularios. In 1057, Constantine supported the usurpation of Isaac I Komnenos, gradually siding with the court bureaucracy against the new emperor's reforms. In spite of this tacit opposition, Constantine was chosen as successor by the ailing Isaac in November 1059, under the influence of Michael Psellos. Isaac abdicated, and on 24 November 1059, Constantine X Doukas was crowned emperor.

paragraph: The new emperor quickly associated two of his young sons in power, Michael VII Doukas and Konstantios Doukas, appointed his brother John Doukas as "kaisar" (Caesar), and embarked on a policy favorable to the interests of the court bureaucracy and the church. Severely undercutting the training and financial support for the armed forces, Constantine X fatally weakened Byzantine defences by disbanding the Armenian local militia of 50,000 men at a crucial point of time, coinciding with the westward advance of the Seljuk Turks and their Turcoman allies. Undoing many of the necessary reforms of Isaac I Komnenos, he bloated the military bureaucracy with highly paid court officials and crowded the Senate with his supporters.

paragraph: His decisions to replace standing soldiers with mercenaries and leaving the frontier fortifications unrepaired led Constantine to become naturally unpopular with the supporters of Isaac within the military aristocracy, who attempted to assassinate him in 1061. He also became unpopular with the general population after he raised taxes to try to pay the army.

paragraph: Constantine lost most of Byzantine Italy to the Normans under Robert Guiscard, except for the territory around Bari, though a resurgence of interest in retaining Apulia occurred under his reign, and he appointed at least four catepans of Italy: Miriarch, Maruli, Sirianus, and Mabrica. He also suffered invasions by Alp Arslan in Asia Minor in 1064, resulting in the loss of the Armenian capital, and by the Oghuz Turks in the Balkans in 1065, while Belgrade was lost to the Hungarians.

paragraph: Already old and unhealthy when he came to power, Constantine died on 22 May 1067. His final act was to demand that only his sons succeed him, forcing his wife Eudokia Makrembolitissa to take a vow not to remarry.

paragraph: Section::::Family.

paragraph: By his first wife, a daughter of Constantine Dalassenos, Constantine X Doukas had no known children. By his second wife, Eudokia Makrembolitissa, he had the following issue:

paragraph: BULLET::::- Michael VII Doukas, who succeeded as emperor.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Andronikos Doukas, co-emperor from 1068 to 1078.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Konstantios Doukas, co-emperor from c. 1060 to 1078, died 1081.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Anna Doukaina, a nun

paragraph: BULLET::::- Theodora Anna Doukaina, who married Domenico Selvo, Doge of Venice.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Zoe Doukaina, who married Adrianos Komnenos, a brother of Emperor Alexios I Komnenos.

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- List of Byzantine emperors

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Coins of Constantine X Doukas

description: Byzantine emperor

wikidata_label: Constantine X Doukas

wikipedia_title: Constantine X Doukas


text: Antwerp

text: Amsterdam

text: Dutch

text: Tierra del Fuego

text: Isla de los Estados

text: Le Maire Strait

text: Cape Horn

text: Tierra del Fuego

text: Isaac Le Maire

text: Tournai

text: Amsterdam

text: Dutch East Indies Company

text: Spice Islands

text: Willem Schouten

text: Texel

text: United Provinces

text: Cape Horn

text: Hoorn

text: Juan Fernández Islands

text: Tuamotus

text: Tonga

text: Tafahi

text: Niuatoputapu

text: Niuafo'ou

text: Hoorn Islands

text: Futuna

text: Alofi

text: New Ireland

text: New Guinea

text: Schouten Islands

text: Ternate

text: Governor-General

text: Laurens Reael

text: Steven Verhagen

text: Ambon

text: Java

text: Batavia

text: Jan Pietersz Coen

text: Spice Islands

text: Joris van Spilbergen

text: Strait of Magellan

text: Dutch West Indies Company

text: Edward Duyker

text: OCLC 64412702

text: Le Maire reports

text: Dutch

categories: 1585 births,1616 deaths,History of Papua New Guinea,Explorers of South America,Circumnavigators of the globe,People from Amsterdam,17th-century Dutch explorers

paragraph: Jacob Le Maire

paragraph: Jacob Le Maire (c. 1585, Antwerp or Amsterdam - 22 December 1616, at sea) was a Dutch mariner who circumnavigated the earth in 1615 and 1616. The strait between Tierra del Fuego and Isla de los Estados was named the Le Maire Strait in his honor, though not without controversy. It was Le Maire himself who proposed to the council aboard "Eendracht" that the new passage should be called by his name and the council unanimously agreed with Le Maire. The author or authors of "The Relation" took "Eendracht" captain Schouten’s side by proclaiming:

paragraph: "Eendracht" then rounded Cape Horn, proving that Tierra del Fuego was not a continent.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: Jacob Le Maire was one of 22 children of Maria Walraven of Antwerp and Isaac Le Maire (1558–1624) of Tournai, who was then already a prosperous merchant in Antwerp. Isaac and Maria married shortly before the Spanish siege of Antwerp in 1585 after which they fled to settle in Amsterdam. Jacob is thought to have been the oldest son, born perhaps the same year. Isaac was very successful in Amsterdam, and became one of the founders of the Dutch East Indies Company (VOC). However, in 1605 Isaac Le Maire was forced to leave the company after a dispute and for the next decade tried to break the company's monopoly on the trade to the East Indies.

paragraph: By 1615 Isaac had established a new company (the "Australian Company") with the goal to find a new route to the Pacific and the Spice Islands, thereby evading the restrictions of the VOC. He contributed to the outfitting of two ships, the "Eendracht" and "Hoorn", and put his son Jacob in charge of trading during the expedition. The experienced ship master Willem Schouten was captain of the "Eendracht" and a participant of the enterprise in equal shares with Isaac Le Maire.

paragraph: On 14 June 1615 Jacob le Maire and Willem Schouten sailed from Texel in the United Provinces. On 29 January 1616 they rounded Cape Horn, which they named for the "Hoorn", which was lost in a fire. The Dutch city of Hoorn was also the birthplace of Schouten. After failing to moor at the Juan Fernández Islands in early March, the ships crossed the Pacific in a fairly straight line, visiting several of the Tuamotus. Between 21 and 24 April 1616 they were the first Westerners to visit the (Northern) Tonga islands: "Cocos Island" (Tafahi), "Traitors Island" (Niuatoputapu), and "Island of Good Hope" (Niuafo'ou). On 28 April they discovered the Hoorn Islands (Futuna and Alofi), where they were very well received and stayed until 12 May. They then followed the north coasts of New Ireland and New Guinea and visited adjacent islands, including, on 24 July, what became known as the Schouten Islands.

paragraph: They reached the Northern Moluccas in August and finally Ternate, the headquarters of the VOC, on 12 September 1616. Here they were enthusiastically welcomed by Governor-General Laurens Reael, admiral Steven Verhagen, and the governor of Ambon, Jasper Jansz.

paragraph: The "Eendracht" sailed on to Java and reached Batavia on 28 October with a remarkable 84 of the original 87 crew members of both ships on board. Although they had opened an unknown route, Jan Pietersz Coen of the VOC claimed infringement of its monopoly of trade to the Spice Islands. Le Maire and Schouten were arrested and the "Eendracht" was confiscated. After being released, they returned from Batavia to Amsterdam in the company of Joris van Spilbergen, who was on a circumnavigation of the earth himself, be it via the traditional Strait of Magellan.

paragraph: Le Maire was aboard the ship "Amsterdam" on this journey home, but died en route. Van Spilbergen was at his deathbed and took Le Maire's report of his trip, which he included in his book "Mirror of the East and West Indies". The rest of the crew arrived in the Netherlands on 1 July 1617, two years and 17 days after they departed. Jacob's father Isaac challenged the confiscation and the conclusion of the VOC, but it took him until 1622 until a court ruled in his favor. He was awarded 64,000 pounds and retrieved his son's diaries (which he then published as well), and his company was allowed trade via the newly discovered route. Unfortunately, by then, the Dutch West Indies Company had claimed the same waters.

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Dirk J. Barreveld (2002), "Tegen de Heeren van de VOC - Isaac Le Maire en de Ontdekking van Kaap Hoorn. SDU.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Edward Duyker (ed.) "Mirror of the Australian Navigation by Jacob Le Maire: A Facsimile of the ‘Spieghel der Australische Navigatie . . .’ Being an Account of the Voyage of Jacob Le Maire and Willem Schouten 1615-1616 published in Amsterdam in 1622", Hordern House for the Australian National Maritime Museum, Sydney, 1999, pp. 202, .

paragraph: BULLET::::- Kemp, Peter (ed.) (1976), "LeMaire, Jacob (1585-1616)." "The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea". Oxford University Press, London. .

paragraph: BULLET::::- Spilbergen, Joris van and Le Maire, Jacob (1619), "Speculum orientalis occidentalisque Indiae navigationum, quarum una Georgii à Spilbergen - altera Jacobi le Maire - directa, Annis 1614 - 18 : exhibens Novi in mare Australe transitus, incognitarumque hactenus terrarum ac gentium inventionem ; praelia aliquot terra marique commissa, expugnationesque urbium, una cum duabus novis utriusque Indiae historiis, Catalogo munitionum Hollandicarum, ducum et reliqui bellici apparatus, tretique quatuor, suis quaeque figuris illustrata" Geelkercke, Lugduni Batavorum. OCLC 64412702.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Le Maire reports, on line thanks to: Universitätsbibliothek Bielefeld (original edition from 1621, in Dutch, with 25 original maps from all over the world, 256 pages).

paragraph: BULLET::::- Robert Kerr (1824): Voyage round the world, in 1615-1617, by William Cornelison Schouten and Jacques le Maire, going round Cape Horn.

description: Dutch explorer

wikidata_label: Jacob Le Maire

wikipedia_title: Jacob Le Maire


text:
Amsterdam
genre pieces
J. Molenaer
Städel
Frankfurt
Jan Ekels the Younger

categories: 1793 deaths,1759 births,Dutch male painters,18th-century Dutch painters,Dutch genre painters,Artists from Amsterdam

paragraph: Jan Ekels the Younger

paragraph: Jan Ekels the Younger (1759 Amsterdam - 1793), was a Dutch painter of genre pieces and an imitator of the old masters, especially of J. Molenaer. Two pictures by him, one representing "A young Man drawing," and the other "A Peasant lighting a Pipe," are in the Städel Gallery at Frankfurt.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Jan Ekels the Younger at PubHist

alias:
Jan Ekels (II)
Jan (II) Ekels
Jan II Ekels
Jan, II Ekels
Jan, the Younger Ekels
Jan, the younger Ekels
Jan, the younger Eakles
Jan, the younger Eckles

description: Dutch painter (1759-1793)

wikidata_label: Jan Ekels the Younger

wikipedia_title: Jan Ekels the Younger


text:
Finnish
motorcycle speedway
Hämeenkyrö
Sweden
Rospiggarna
Poland
Denmark
Mildenhall Fen Tigers
Premier League
Somerset Rebels
Leicester Lions
Ipswich Witches

categories: Ipswich Witches riders,Leicester Lions riders,1990 births,Living people,Finnish speedway riders

paragraph: Jari Mäkinen

paragraph: Jari Mäkinen (born 13 June 1990) is a Finnish motorcycle speedway rider.

paragraph: Born in Hämeenkyrö, Mäkinen took up speedway at the age of eight. He has ridden for several teams in Sweden (including current team Rospiggarna), Poland, and Denmark, and in the UK for Mildenhall Fen Tigers in 2008 and in the Premier League for Somerset Rebels in 2009. In November 2011 he signed with Leicester Lions for the 2012 Premier League season. He joined Ipswich Witches in 2013 but was dropped early in the season.

paragraph: Mäkinen won the Finnish Under-21 Championship in 2007.

paragraph: In 2014 Makinen decided to sit out the UK season and concentrate on his racing commitments in Sweden and his native Finland which proved to be the right decision as his reduced schedule helped him scoop the Finnish National Speedway Title against much more fancied riders.

paragraph: In 2015 Makinen again rides only in Sweden and Finland while trying to secure a reserve berth in the F.I.M Finnish Grand Prix as well as defending his national title.

description: Finnish speedway rider

wikidata_label: Jari Mäkinen

wikipedia_title: Jari Mäkinen


text:
Lamy, NM
painting
book illustrations
installation art
San Francisco, California
Sausalito
American Old West
Bonanza
Rawhide
Have Gun – Will Travel
John Wayne
California State University, Chico
Battle of Little Bighorn
American Indian Movement
George Armstrong Custer
Jackson Hole, Wyoming
Vermont
Palm Springs, California
Ballard, Washington
Cowboy
Indians
Indian Wars
Owen Wister
The Virginian
Clint Eastwood
Dirty Harry
Baseball Hall of Fame
legendary catch
Willie Mays
New York City
SAFECO Field
Ken Griffey, Junior
Battle of Little Bighorn
Montana
Cody, Wyoming
Jackson, Wyoming
Sun Valley, Idaho
Buffalo Bill Cody
Cliff House
Ocean Beach
DueWestGallery.com

categories: Artists from San Francisco,Living people,1952 births,Artists from Seattle

paragraph: Thom Ross

paragraph: Thom Ross is an artist based in Lamy, NM, known for painting, book illustrations, and installation art featuring life-sized cutout figures depicting famous people and historical events.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: Ross was born in San Francisco, California in 1952, and raised in Sausalito. As a child he became interested in the history of the American Old West by watching television shows such as "Bonanza", "Rawhide", and "Have Gun – Will Travel", as well as John Wayne films. In 1974 he earned a degree in fine arts from California State University, Chico.

paragraph: Ross had what he describes as an "epiphany" on June 25, 1976, at the hundredth anniversary commemoration of Custer's Last Stand at the Battle of Little Bighorn, after sitting through a windstorm and observing protesters from the American Indian Movement as well as supporters of General George Armstrong Custer. He decided as an artist to portray iconic American people and events in new ways to bring out a more complex story than the traditional historical myths. He soon moved to Jackson Hole, Wyoming. His first of two daughters was born in 1984. He subsequently lived in Vermont and in Palm Springs, California, supporting himself as a waiter in order to paint. He moved to Ballard, Washingtonin 1991. Most recently he has relocated to Santa Fe, New Mexico and opened his own art gallery  Due West Gallery

paragraph: Section::::Works.

paragraph: Ross works in various media including Painting, book illustration, and life-sized recreations of historical scenes. Favorite subjects include Cowboys, Indians, and historical battles in the American Indian Wars. Ross has illustrated at least 20 books, including a history of baseball. In 2001 Ross published a book, "Gunfight at the O.K. Corral in Words and Pictures". In 2002 Ross illustrated the 100th anniversary edition of Owen Wister's novel, "The Virginian".

paragraph: Ross' first plywood installation was a 1976 cutout of Clint Eastwood, which he and a friend placed as a prank above a railroad trestle to recreate a scene from Dirty Harry in the location where the scene had been filmed five years earlier. In 1983 Ross created "154 Nevermore", an installation of 154 plywood ravens on a highway in Jackson, Wyoming (recreated in steel in 2000). In 1984, Ross created "the Catch", a diorama for the Baseball Hall of Fame illustrating a legendary catch with the same nickname, by Willie Mays in the 1954 World Series. He created a new version of the work in 2004, and displayed it in various locations in New York City. In 1998 Ross created "The Defining Moment" for SAFECO Field, a tableau of 11 steel cutouts of a Ken Griffey, Junior play in the 1995 baseball playoffs. Ross' 2005 work, "Custer's Last Stand", was a recreation of life-sized warriors riding life-sized horses the Battle of Little Bighorn at the original site at Medicine Tail Coulee in Montana. That exhibit toured Cody, Wyoming, Jackson, Wyoming, and Sun Valley, Idaho. In September, 2008 Ross recreated a 1902 photograph of Buffalo Bill Cody and his "Wild West Show", his traveling troupe of Native Americans, in front of the Cliff House at Ocean Beach.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::-  - Gallery Representation

paragraph: BULLET::::- DueWestGallery.com - official site retrieved via Archive.org

description: American artist

wikidata_label: Thom Ross

wikipedia_title: Thom Ross


text:
Animax Anison Grand Prix
Ichirou Mizuki
Mitsuko Horie
John Lennon
Official website

categories: People from Saitama (city),Musicians from Saitama Prefecture,21st-century women singers,Japanese female singers,21st-century Japanese singers,Anime musicians,Living people,1974 births

paragraph: Yumi Matsuzawa

paragraph: She is part of the judging panel at the Animax Anison Grand Prix, with fellow noted anime singers Ichirou Mizuki and Mitsuko Horie.

paragraph: Section::::Discography.

paragraph: Section::::Discography.:Albums.

paragraph: Section::::Discography.:Albums.:Best Album.

paragraph: BULLET::::- (February 28, 2007)

paragraph: Section::::Discography.:Albums.:Mini Album.

paragraph: BULLET::::- birth (2011) -self-produced-

paragraph: BULLET::::- My Place ~for my dear~ (2013) -self-produced-

paragraph: Section::::Discography.:Albums.:Cover Album.

paragraph: BULLET::::- (June 6, 2007)

paragraph: Section::::Discography.:Albums.:Various Artists.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Lovers Reggae" (July 23, 2009)

paragraph: Section::::Discography.:Collaborations.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Anison All Stars - imagine (October 16, 2009) -John Lennon cover song-

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Official website

description: Japanese singer

wikidata_label: Yumi Matsuzawa

wikipedia_title: Yumi Matsuzawa


text: American

text: zoologist

text: New York City

text: London

text: Joseph Wolf

text: Joseph Smit

text: John Gould

text: Harriman Alaska Expedition

text: Alaskan

text: American Museum of Natural History

text: New York City

text: American Ornithologists' Union

text: Société zoologique de France

text: Field Museum

text: Chicago

text: National Academy of Sciences

text: Daniel Giraud Elliot Medal

text: "The Deer Family"

text: Theodore Roosevelt

text: Smithsonian Libraries

text: Works by Daniel Giraud Elliot

text: Hathi Trust

text: Daniel Giraud Elliot

categories: American ornithologists,1835 births,American zoologists,1915 deaths

paragraph: Daniel Giraud Elliot

paragraph: Daniel Giraud Elliot (March 7, 1835 – December 22, 1915) was an American zoologist and the founder of the American Ornithologist Union.

paragraph: Section::::Life.

paragraph: He was born in New York City on 7 March 1835 to George and Rebecca Elliot. In 1858, he married Ann Eliza Henderson.

paragraph: From 1869 to 1879 he was in London and established strong links to British ornithologists and naturalists.

paragraph: Elliot used his wealth to publish a series of sumptuous color-plate books on birds and animals. Elliot wrote the text himself and commissioned artists such as Joseph Wolf and Joseph Smit, both of whom had worked for John Gould, to provide the illustrations. The books included "A Monograph of the Phasianidae (Family of the Pheasants)" (1870–72), "A Monograph of the Paradiseidae or Birds of Paradise" (1873), "A Monograph of the Felidae or Family of Cats" (1878) and "Review of the Primates" (1913).

paragraph: In 1890 he was President of the American Ornithologists' Union.

paragraph: In 1899, Elliot was invited to join the elite Harriman Alaska Expedition to study and document wildlife along the Alaskan coast.

paragraph: Elliot was one of the founders of the American Museum of Natural History in New York City, of the American Ornithologists' Union and of the Société zoologique de France. He was also curator of zoology at the Field Museum in Chicago.

paragraph: Section::::Death.

paragraph: He died in New York City on December 22, 1915 of pneumonia.

paragraph: Section::::Legacy.

paragraph: The National Academy of Sciences awards the Daniel Giraud Elliot Medal "for meritorious work in zoology or paleontology published in a three- to five-year period. Established through the Daniel Giraud Elliot Fund by gift of Miss Margaret Henderson Elliot."

paragraph: Section::::Selected publications.

paragraph: BULLET::::- A monograph of the Paradiseidae or birds of paradise, by Elliot, Daniel Giraud, 1873

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Catalogue of a Collection of Birds Obtained by the Expedition into Somali-land" (1897).

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Gallinaceous Game Birds of North America, Including the Partridges, Grouse, Ptarmigan, and Wild Turkeys" (1897).

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Catalogue of Mammals from the Olympic Mountains, Washington, with Descriptions of New Species" (1899).

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Description of an Apparently New Species of Mountain Goat" (1900).

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Caribou of the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska" (1901).

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Deer Family" (1902, with Theodore Roosevelt, Theodore S. Van Dyke and A.J. Stone).

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Catalogue of Mammals Collected by E. Heller in Southern California" (1904).

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Land and Sea Mammals of Middle America and the West Indies" (1904).

paragraph: BULLET::::- "A Check List of Mammals of the North American Continent, the West Indies and the Neighboring Seas" (1905).

paragraph: BULLET::::- "A Catalogue of the Collection of Mammals in the Field Columbian Museum" (1907).

paragraph: BULLET::::- Review of the Primates, Volume I : Lemuroidea; Anthropoidea (Seniocebus to Saimiri) NY, 1912 Smithsonian Libraries

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Works by Daniel Giraud Elliot, at Hathi Trust

paragraph: BULLET::::- View works by Daniel Giraud Elliot online at the Biodiversity Heritage Library.

alias:
D. G. Elliot
Daniel Elliot
Daniel Girard Elliot
Elliot

description: American zoologist

wikidata_label: Daniel Giraud Elliot

wikipedia_title: Daniel Giraud Elliot


text:
electropop
singer-songwriter
Los Angeles
EDM
Seven Lions
ATB
Ferry Corsten
Aly & Fila
Gareth Emery
Saving Light
A State of Trance
Armin van Buuren
Cape Cod
Massachusetts
jazz standards
Kanab, Utah
Interlochen Center for the Arts
Los Angeles Lakers
USA Today
NBC
Passions
ABC
One Life to Live
Paul Simon
Razor and Tie
Dave Audé
Aerosmith
Dream On
FMQB
Japan Victor Company
Phil Collins
NBC
Believe
Petals on the Wind (film)
V.C. Andrews
of the same name
NBC
Mark Burnett
A.D. The Bible Continues
Gotham
Seven Lions
Casablanca Records
Illenium
Said The Sky
iTunes
YouTube
Spotify
Webster Hall
Red Rocks Amphitheatre
Bill Graham Civic Auditorium
Hollywood Palladium
San Jose City National Civic Arena
AFAS Live
O2 Academy
Las Vegas Motor Speedway
Electric Daisy Carnival
Illenium
Bill Graham Civic Auditorium
ATB
Blasterjaxx
Seven Lions
Illenium
Danny Avila
Slander
Project 46
Aly & Fila
Ferry Corsten
Ella Fitzgerald
Standerwick
Armin van Buuren
A State of Trance
Monstercat
science fiction-
trance
Ferry Corsten
Flashover Recordings
Campbell Scott
Canadian
Saving Light
Roxanne Emery
Monstercat
Beatport
trance
Ditch the Label
Armin van Buuren
A State of Trance 2017
A State of Trance

categories: 1988 births,Razor & Tie artists,People from Kanab, Utah,People from Barnstable County, Massachusetts,21st-century American singers,Italian-language singers,Singers from Massachusetts,American female singers,Victor Entertainment artists,Monstercat artists,American pop singers,Living people,People from Essex County, New Jersey

paragraph: Kelly Sweet

paragraph: Kelly Sweet (born March 29, 1988), also known professionally as Haliene (; stylized as HALIENE), is an American electropop singer-songwriter currently living in Los Angeles. As Haliene, she is known for her vocal collaborations with EDM artists Seven Lions, ATB, Ferry Corsten, Aly & Fila and her song with Gareth Emery, Saving Light, which won the A State of Trance award, "Tune of the Year," by Armin van Buuren.

paragraph: Section::::Life and career.

paragraph: Kelly Sweet was born in Cape Cod, Massachusetts on March 29, 1988, to pianist Jeffrey Howard Sweet (March 17, 1954 – June 4, 2012) and artist Candace Lynn Sweet (February 2, 1951 – December 16, 2011). Born into a musical household, Sweet was raised on the jazz standards that were part of her father's repertoire. Soon after she could walk, Sweet learned musical notes with her father's help. Her first public performance followed when she was 4 years old at the Cape Cod Conservatory.

paragraph: At the age of 7, following the divorce of her parents, Sweet and her mother moved to Kanab, Utah. Sweet began working regularly with a vocal coach and honed her skills as a performer by singing at state fairs, county festivals, and community theatres. In the summers of 2000 and 2001, Sweet studied musical theatre at Interlochen Center for the Arts Summer Arts Camp in northern Michigan. Sweet and her mother eventually went on the road for two years, travelling back and forth between Kanab, Las Vegas and Los Angeles in search of performance opportunities. After hearing the 14-year-old Sweet's demo CD, the Los Angeles Lakers booked her to sing the National Anthem on three occasions.

paragraph: In July 2006, Sweet was featured in a "USA Today" article on up-and-coming "serious female singers."

paragraph: In October 2006, Sweet released an EP from which the songs "We Are One" and "Ready For Love" have been used on episodes of two daytime dramas, the NBC TV series "Passions" and the ABC TV series "One Life to Live", respectively. "We Are One" was also featured on the NBC series "Las Vegas" in the spring of 2007.

paragraph: Sweet opened for Paul Simon on tour in July and October 2006, and her debut album, "We Are One", was released by the Razor and Tie label on March 6, 2007. Sweet was the highest-charting indie label artist at the AC format in 2007 with airplay audience well exceeding 80 million.

paragraph: Remixes for Sweet's song "We Are One" were done by Dave Audé, Radioactive Sandwich, Matt Piso, and Electronathon. Her cover of the Aerosmith classic "Dream On" was #1 for six weeks in a row on the FMQB AC Chart.

paragraph: Sweet's mother, Candace, died from cancer on December 16, 2011. Less than six months later, June 4, 2012, her father succumbed to bone marrow cancer after eight years with the disease. Sweet was working on her second album during this difficult time and recalls, “I was 23 years old and I felt I stood amongst the ash of the dreams of my life. But, like a phoenix, I can rise again.”

paragraph: In August 2012, Sweet's second album "Ashes Of My Paradise" was released through Japan Victor Company (JVC). In January 2013, she announced an upcoming EP, "Sirens".

paragraph: In January 2014, Kelly self-released a remake of the Phil Collins classic "In The Air Tonight", and it was licensed by NBC Television for the promo adverts for their new show called Believe. The song was also featured in promo adverts for the Lifetime movie Petals on the Wind (film), an adaptation of the V.C. Andrews novel of the same name. In February 2015 the track was licensed for another NBC promo, this time for the Mark Burnett-produced "A.D. The Bible Continues". The remix returns in the 'monsters are coming' TV spot for the television series Gotham.

paragraph: Section::::Life and career.:As Haliene.

paragraph: On March 3, 2015, Sweet released her first feature, "The End" with Seven Lions on Casablanca Records. She later worked with Seven Lions again on "Rush Over Me", a collaboration with Illenium and Said The Sky that peaked at #2 on the Electronic iTunes Singles chart and (as of April 2018) has reached over 8 million views on YouTube and over 18 million on Spotify.

paragraph: She first performed live at Webster Hall, New York, March 5, 2015 with Seven Lions at his "Throes of Winter" release party. Sweet has since performed all over the world at venues such as the Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, Hollywood Palladium, San Jose City National Civic Arena, AFAS Live, O2 Academy, ExchangeLA, the Jakarta Colosseum and the Las Vegas Motor Speedway. In June 2017, she was the only singer to perform two times at the Electric Daisy Carnival with Illenium and Ferry Corsten at the festival which hosted over 400,000 attendees.

paragraph: In March 2018, she performed with Gareth Emery at Bill Graham Civic Auditorium to a sold-out crowd for his show "laserface".

paragraph: Since her debut, Sweet has collaborated with many leading DJs and producers including: ATB, Blasterjaxx, Seven Lions, Illenium, Danny Avila, Slander, Project 46, Aly & Fila, Standerwick, and Ferry Corsten. Sabrina Clark from Dance & Rave named her "dance music's new favourite girl".

paragraph: Sweet cites Ella Fitzgerald and Delerium as some of her inspirations, although her musical interest is "all over the place".

paragraph: On February 2, 2018, Sweet released "Deep End", a collaboration with trance producer Standerwick on Armin van Buuren's imprint Armind Records. It was Tune of the Week on A State of Trance two weeks in a row.

paragraph: Sweet released her first solo record as Haliene, "Dream in Color," on Monstercat, April 3, 2018. This release marked Haliene as the first female artist to release a song on the label without it being a collaboration with another artist.

paragraph: Section::::"Blueprint".

paragraph: On May 26, 2017, Sweet released a collaborative science fiction-influenced trance album, Blueprint with Dutch DJ Ferry Corsten on his label Flashover Recordings. The album contains a storyline narrated by American actor Campbell Scott and illustrations from Canadian visual artist Oska. Sweet also voice-acted, contributing dialogue as the main female protagonist Vee. She collaborated with Corsten, singing on five tracks and contributed songwriting on six.

paragraph: Section::::"Saving Light" and Tune of the Year.

paragraph: In November 2016, Sweet wrote the song Saving Light with Gareth Emery, Roxanne Emery, Karra and Matthew Steeper. It was released January 30, 2017, by the Canadian label, Monstercat. The song reached number one on the Beatport overall chart within a week of its release, becoming the first trance single to do so in 5 years. The artists partnered with the UK's largest anti-bullying charity Ditch the Label, launching a campaign titled after the song to raise money for the victims of bullying.

paragraph: On December 19, 2017, Armin van Buuren chose Saving Light as one of his top 50 tracks to comprise the 2017 trance mix album, A State of Trance 2017. Buuren later concluded 4-hour radio show special with the announcement that Saving Light had won the "Tune of the Year" award by popular vote for his widely syndicated radio show A State of Trance.

paragraph: Section::::Discography.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "We Are One" (2007)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Ashes of My Paradise" (2012)

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- [ Allmusic]

description: American singer

wikidata_label: Kelly Sweet

wikipedia_title: Kelly Sweet