Vicente Martinez-Ybor
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Vicente Martinez-Ybor was a Spanish-born cigar manufacturer and entrepreneur who founded the cigar industry in Tampa, Florida, leading to the development of the community that became Ybor City.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Vicente Martinez-Ybor canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Vicente Martinez-Ybor Context triple: [Ybor City Historic District, namedAfter, Vicente Martinez-Ybor]
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A.
Arsenio Antonio Dominguez Velasco
Arsenio Antonio Dominguez Velasco is a Panamanian diplomat and maritime policy expert who serves as the current head of the United Nations’ specialized agency responsible for regulating international shipping.
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B.
Demetrio P. Rodriguez
Demetrio P. Rodriguez was the lead plaintiff in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case challenging inequities in public school funding based on local property taxes.
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C.
Rafael Montañez Ortiz
Rafael Montañez Ortiz is a pioneering Puerto Rican-born artist and educator known for his contributions to destruction art and for advancing Latino and Latin American representation in the U.S. art world.
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D.
Pedro Muzquiz
Pedro Muzquiz is the passionate yet conflicted love interest of Tita in Laura Esquivel’s novel "Like Water for Chocolate," whose forbidden romance drives much of the story’s emotional tension.
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E.
Enrique Jurado Barrio
Enrique Jurado Barrio was a Spanish Republican military officer best known for his leadership during the Spanish Civil War, particularly in key engagements such as the Battle of Guadalajara.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: Vicente Martinez-Ybor Target entity description: Vicente Martinez-Ybor was a Spanish-born cigar manufacturer and entrepreneur who founded the cigar industry in Tampa, Florida, leading to the development of the community that became Ybor City.
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A.
Arsenio Antonio Dominguez Velasco
Arsenio Antonio Dominguez Velasco is a Panamanian diplomat and maritime policy expert who serves as the current head of the United Nations’ specialized agency responsible for regulating international shipping.
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B.
Demetrio P. Rodriguez
Demetrio P. Rodriguez was the lead plaintiff in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case challenging inequities in public school funding based on local property taxes.
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C.
Rafael Montañez Ortiz
Rafael Montañez Ortiz is a pioneering Puerto Rican-born artist and educator known for his contributions to destruction art and for advancing Latino and Latin American representation in the U.S. art world.
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D.
Pedro Muzquiz
Pedro Muzquiz is the passionate yet conflicted love interest of Tita in Laura Esquivel’s novel "Like Water for Chocolate," whose forbidden romance drives much of the story’s emotional tension.
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E.
Enrique Jurado Barrio
Enrique Jurado Barrio was a Spanish Republican military officer best known for his leadership during the Spanish Civil War, particularly in key engagements such as the Battle of Guadalajara.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cigar manufacturer
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entrepreneur ⓘ industrialist ⓘ person ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Cuban exile community
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Ybor City cigar industry ⓘ |
| birthCountry | Spain ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1818-09-07 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Valencia ⓘ |
| burialPlace | St. Louis Catholic Cemetery, Tampa ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | complications from a fall ⓘ |
| commemoratedBy | historic markers in Ybor City ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Spain ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1896-12-14 ⓘ |
| ethnicOrigin | Spanish ⓘ |
| familyName | Martinez-Ybor ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork | cigar industry ⓘ |
| founded |
Martinez Ybor & Company
ⓘ
Ybor City historic district ⓘ
surface form:
Ybor City
cigar factories in Tampa, Florida ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Vicente ⓘ |
| hasHeritage | Spanish immigrant to the United States ⓘ |
| hasMonument | statue of Vicente Martinez-Ybor in Ybor City ⓘ |
| industry |
cigar manufacturing
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tobacco industry ⓘ |
| influenced | growth of immigrant communities in Tampa ⓘ |
| knownFor |
attracting Cuban, Spanish, and Italian cigar workers to Tampa
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helping transform Tampa into a major cigar production center ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Spanish ⓘ |
| legacy |
Ybor City historic district
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surface form:
Ybor City National Historic Landmark District
major influence on Tampa’s economic development in the late 19th century ⓘ |
| movedTo |
Cuba
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Key West, Florida ⓘ Tampa, Florida ⓘ |
| name | Vicente Martinez-Ybor self-link ⓘ |
| notableFor |
development of Ybor City
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founding the cigar industry in Tampa, Florida ⓘ |
| occupation |
businessperson
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cigar manufacturer ⓘ |
| partOf | history of Tampa, Florida ⓘ |
| residence |
Cuba
ⓘ
Key West, Florida ⓘ Tampa, Florida ⓘ Ybor City historic district ⓘ
surface form:
Ybor City
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| significantEvent |
established a company town that became Ybor City
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relocated cigar operations from Key West to Tampa in the 1880s ⓘ |
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Referenced by (2)
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subject surface form:
Ybor City Historic District