Francisco Romero (bullfighter) by step towards the modern "muleta" or red cape and "capote" or purple and yellow cape, but it is very plausible that was Romero the one that popularized his use as "the" bullfight essential prop. It seems that the death of a bull by sword was practiced previously, specially by the employees of meat processing factories in Sevilla, but not in a bullring. In any case, if Francisco Romero is not the inventor of the modern bullfight, he is the first matador that became professional and made a living from bull fighting. His success implied a fundamental and radical change
Symzonia: A Voyage of Discovery Symzonia: A Voyage of Discovery Symzonia: A Voyage of Discovery is a piece of fictional travel literature from 1820 of obscure authorship. Though prominent advocate for the existence of a hollow Earth, John Symmes, never published any works under his own name, it is likely that "Symzonia" was authored or influenced by Symmes. The account by the fictional Captain Adam Seaborn details a voyage from the United States in which Captain Seaborn leads a crew of sailors to the center of the Earth. In order to prove the existence of a hollow Earth, first proposed by Captain John Cleve Symmes,