San Salvador

(proper noun)

The capital of El Salvador.

Related Terms

Examples of San Salvador in the following topics:

  • The Exploration of Christopher Columbus

    • Columbus called the island San Salvador, although the indigenous residents called it Guanahani; in present day, it is known as the Bahamas or the Turks and Caicos.
    • No one knows which modern day island in the Bahamas or Turks and Caicos this name corresponds to, but the prime candidates are Samana Cay, Plana Cays, Grand Turk, or San Salvador Island.

  • The Expansion of Europe

    • Riding the trade winds westward across the Atlantic Ocean with the Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria, Columbus landed on an island he called San Salvador, in the present-day Bahamas, five weeks after embarking from Spain.

  • Spanish Exploration

    • Land was sighted on October 12, 1492, and Columbus called the island (now The Bahamas) San Salvador, in what he thought to be the "West Indies."

  • Art Movements of the 1920s

    • Other American examples can be found in Chicago, Los Angeles and San Francisco.
    • Spanish painter Salvador Dali, best known for his 1931 work, The Persistence of Memory, was one of the most famous practitioners of Surrealism.
    • Salvador Dali's 1931 painting, The Persistence of Memory, is one of the most well known examples of Surrealism.

  • José de San Martín

  • Introduction

    • Editors: Salvador Treviño and Carlos Ruy Martinez (ITESM, Monterrey Campus, Mexico)

  • Venice

    • Applying this approach in his San Zaccaria Altarpiece (1505), the high viewpoint, the uncluttered and interconnected figures arranged in space, and the subtle gestures all combine to form a tranquil yet majestic image .
    • Antonello's San Cassiano Altarpiece especially influenced Venetian painters, as it was one of the first of the large compositions in the sacra conversazione format which was perfected by Giovanni Bellini .

  • Central America

    • A similar situation existed for El Salvador; even as tens of thousands of civilians were slaughtered by government and government-allied forces in the early 1980s, Reagan stated that El Salvador was making "progress."
    • Army School of the Americas and distributed to thousands of military officers from 11 South and Central American countries, including Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras and Panama, where the U.S. military was heavily involved in counterinsurgency.
    • Reagan provided controversial support to the right-wing El Salvador government and all branches of the security apparatus throughout his term; he feared a takeover by the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN) during the El Salvador Civil War which had begun in 1979.

  • Surrealism

    • The group grew to include Salvador Dalí, Man Ray, Joan Miró, Marcel Duchamp, among other notable artistic figures.
    • Later, Salvador Dalí explained it as: "There is only one difference between a madman and me.

  • Bibliography

    • Applying modern principles of adult education, San Francisco: Jossey Bass.
    • An autobiographical journey, San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. 211 + xxii pages.