Word: isla
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...THERE, in that high and mountainous land, is the land of God." The date was Sept. 12, 1504, the speaker was Christopher Columbus, and the occasion was his fourth and final departure from the island he discovered in 1492. Columbus named it La Isla Española because it reminded him of Spain. For the Spaniards and French who followed him, for the Indians they slaughtered, for the Negro slaves they imported, and for anyone within a bullet's range last week, Hispaniola was more like hell on earth than the warm, jasmine-scented paradise it might be. Last...
...convicts were Frank Lee Morris, 35, and brothers John Anglin. 32, and Clarence Anglin, 31. With an IQ of 133,* ;Morris was undoubtedly the trio's mastermind-and to escape from Alcatraz he had need for real, if perverted, intelligence. The island got its name-Isla de los Alcatraces, meaning Isle of the Pelicans - from the 18th century Spaniards, and only pelicans have ever been free to come and go easily. At one time Alcatraz held military prisoners; later it became a domicile for such eminent civilians as Al Capone and "Machine Gun" Kelly. Many have tried to escape...
Christopher Columbus was delighted with his discovery, and wrote of the mountainous green Caribbean island he called La Isla Española: "So lovable, so tractable, so peaceable are these people. They love their neighbors as themselves, and their discourse is ever sweet and gentle, and accompanied by a smile...