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    Barlovento is a sub-region of Miranda state, Venezuela. During Spanish colonization of the Americas, Barlovento was developed as estate owners founded...
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  • Barlovento (Spanish for "windward") may refer to: Barlovento, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands Barlovento, Venezuela, Miranda "Barlovento", a song...
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    Barlovento (Spanish for windward) is a municipality in the northern part of the island of La Palma, one of the Canary Islands, and a part of the province...
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    "leeward". The islands south and east of Puerto Rico were called Islas de Barlovento, meaning "windward islands". When the British gained control of many of...
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  • The Armada de Barlovento (Windward Fleet) was a military formation that consisted of 50 ships created by the Spanish Empire to protect its overseas American...
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    San José de Barlovento (formerly San José de Río Chico) is a city in the state of Miranda, Venezuela. It is the capital of Andrés Bello Municipality, Miranda...
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    Aves de Barlovento, the eastern group, with a fringing reef of 8 km of diameter and with three cays in the southwest Isla Aves de Barlovento Isla Tesoro...
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    Maracaibo and Gibraltar, Morgan was trapped by the Spanish Armada de Barlovento led by Don Alonso del Campo y Espinosa. Despite being outgunned Morgan's...
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    In the 18th century, immense shipments of slaves were transported to Barlovento to aid the burgeoning cacao industry, indigo plantations in the Venezuelan...
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    mulata. The children of these they call cholos. Cholo is a word from the Barlovento Islas [later known as Windward Islands]; it means dog, not of the purebred...
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