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4 hours ago · Steven van der Hagen ( Amersfoort, 1563 – 1621) was the first admiral of the Dutch East India Company (VOC). He made three visits to the East Indies, spending six years in all there. He was appointed to the Council of the Indies. Van der Hagen protested against the harsh administration of the administrators, who wanted a monopoly on the clove ...
1 day ago · Born in Salvador, Bahia, Walace started his youth career with the academy of amateur Simões Filho Futebol Clube.While playing in a cup, he caught the eye of a scout of Avaí Futebol Clube and subsequently joined the club in the next year.
4 hours ago · Peter Wallace (fl. 1638) is commonly held to have been an English or Scottish buccaneer who, in 1638 aboard the Swallow, founded the first English settlement in present-day Belize. Wallace's historicity is debated, first emerging in the 1829 Honduras Almanack ; however, several scholars deem him a legendary protagonist of the country's founding myth , rather than an actual historical figure.
1 day ago · Big Fish is a 2003 American fantasy drama film directed by Tim Burton. It is based on the 1998 novel Big Fish: A Novel of Mythic Proportions by Daniel Wallace. [2] The film stars Ewan McGregor, Albert Finney, Billy Crudup, Jessica Lange, Helena Bonham Carter, Alison Lohman, Robert Guillaume, Marion Cotillard, Steve Buscemi, and Danny DeVito.
