 Discovery of America. -Different boats used -Outcomes of the discovery. o The Peral Submarine. o Autogyro. o Spanish Art. -Literature: Jose Cela,Lorca;Cervantes -Painting:Velazquez,Picasso,Goya -Music:Paco de Lucia o Gastronomy -Tapas -Celler de Can Roca.

 On October 12 th of 1492 an expedition which leader was Colon arrived for the first time in a unknown continent, that years later was going to be called America.  Colon made four trips: The Spanish tripulation of Colon travelled several times to that continent, 1492, 1493, 1498 and In 1502 they started to colonised the continent.

The discovery of America has been considered one of the most important discoveries in the world.

Regions where Spanish is spoken List of languages by number of native speakers… Spanish is the second!

 Since the discovery of America, a lot of products originated there and have spread all around the world.Those products still being so important in our rutinary diet.  Cacao: Tomato: Potato:

o Also known as gyroplane, gyrocopter, or rotaplane. o Similar to a helicopter rotor in appearance, the autogyro's rotor must have air flowing through the rotor disc to generate rotation o Invented by the Spanish engineer Juan de la Cierva to create an aircraft that could fly safely at slow speeds, the autogyro was first flown on 9 January 1923, at Cuatro Vientos Airfield in Madrid

 The term Autogiro was a trademark of the Cierva Autogiro Company.

 Isaac Peral y Caballero (Cartagena, 1 June 1851 – 22 May 1895, Berlin), was a Spanish engineer, naval officer and designer of the Peral submarine.  The Peral Submarine was the first torpedo submarine invented and few years after was sold to the germans.  Nowadays is the base of the actual submarines.

Literature: Cervantes Painting: Goya Music: Paco de Lucía

Camilo José Cela Miguel de Cervantes Federico Garcia Lorca

 Federico del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús García was a Spanish poet, dramatist and theatre director.  He was a self tahouhgt person since he was young.  García Lorca achieved international recognition as an emblematic member of the Generation of '27. He was executed by Nationalist forces during the Spanish Civil War  Known as the most popular author of Spanish literature.  He was executed during the civil war

 Impresiones y paisajes (Impressions and Landscapes 1918)  Libro de poemas (Book of Poems 1921)  Poema del cante jondo (Poem of Deep Song; written in 1921 but not published until 1931)  Suites (written between 1920 and 1923, published posthumously in 1983)

-was a Spanish novelist, short story writer and essayist associated with the Generation of '36 movement. -He was awarded the 1989 Nobel Prize in Literature "for a rich and intensive prose, which with restrained compassion forms a challenging vision of man's vulnerability“. Works: La familia de Pascual Duarte (1942) Pabellón de reposo (1943) Esas nubes que pasan (1945) El bonito crimen del carabinero y otras invenciones (1947)

 One of Spain's most famous writers, Miguel de Cervantes created one of the world's greatest literary masterpieces, Don Quijote, in the early 1600s.  Miguel de Cervantes was born near Madrid in  He became a soldier in 1570 and was badly wounded in the Battle of Lepanto. Captured by the Turks in 1575, de Cervantes spent five years in prison.  Cervantes finally achieved literary success in his later years, publishing the first part of in He died in 1616.

 Was a Spanish painter who was the leading artist in the court of King Philip IV and one of the most important painters of the Spanish Golden Age.  He was an individualistic artist of the contemporary Baroque period, important as a portrait artis.  Famous modern artists, including Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dalí and Francis Bacon, have paid tribute to Velázquez by recreating several of his most famous works.

Meninas recreated by Picasso

 Also known as Pablo Picasso was a Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, stage designer, poet and playwright who spent most of his adult life in France.  One of the greatest and most influential artists of the 20th century, he is known for co- founding the Cubist movement, the invention of constructed sculpturethe co-invention of collage, and for the wide variety of styles that he helped develop and explore.  Famous paintings: Guernica and Les Demoiselles d'Avignon

 Sometimes called the father of modern art, Spanish artist Francisco de Goya painted royal portraits as well as more subversive works in late 1700s and early 1800s

 Francisco de Goya was born on March 30, 1746, Spain. He began his art studies as a teenager and even spent time in Rome, Italy, to advance his skills. In 1770s, Goya began to work for Spanish royal court. He created works that criticized the social and political problems of his era.

 Born in Spain, 1947, Paco de Lucia rose into a musical giant who blended jazz, pop and classical influences with the tradition of flamenco.  De Lucía was noted for his fast and fluent picados (fingerstyle runs). A master of contrast, he often juxtaposed picados and rasgueados (Flamenco strumming) with more sensitive playing and was known for adding abstract chords and scale tones to his compositions with jazz influences.

 Spain is known for its good food, we have the Mediterranean diet is based on very healthy food.  Modern kitchen is famous restaurants like Celler de can Roca'and 'El Bulli' as well as traditional.  To cook in Spain is very typical use fresh products.

 Modern kitchen is well known in our country. The second best restaurant in the world is Spanish, it is called ´El celler de can Roca´. Spain is the only country that can boast of having three restaurants in the list of the ten best restaurants in the world. “El celler de can Roca” is in second place. ”Mugaritz” is in sixth place and “Arzak” is in eighth place.

El Celler de Can Roca is a restaurant in Girona, Catalonia, Spain which was opened in 1986 by the Roca brothers, Joan, Josep and Jordi. The cuisine served by the restaurant is traditional Catalan, but with twists to the extent that the Michelin Guide describes it as "creative”.

 2011: 2.º best worlds restaurant by Restaurant.  2012: 2.ºbest worlds restaurant by Restaurant.  2013: BEST worlds restaurant by Restaurant.  2014: 2º best worlds restaurant by Restaurant.

Tapas are a wide variety of appetizers, or snacks, in Spanish cuisine. They may be cold or hot. In select bars in Spain, tapas have evolved into an entire, and sometimes sophisticated, cuisine.