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Nuevitas

(Encyclopedia) NuevitasNuevitasnwāvēˈtäs [key], city (1995 est. pop. 52,000), Camagüey prov., E Cuba, on the Guincho peninsula on the north coast. Nuevitas is sheltered by a huge harbor, has two…

Navassa Island

(Encyclopedia) Navassa IslandNavassa Islandnəvăˈsə [key], Fr. Navasse, coral and limestone islet, c.1 sq mi (2.6 sq km), in the Caribbean Sea between Haiti and Jamaica. Located c.100 mi (160 km) S of…

Bucareli y Ursúa, Antonio María

(Encyclopedia) Bucareli y Ursúa, Antonio MaríaBucareli y Ursúa, Antonio Maríaäntōˈnyō märēˈä b&oomacr;kärāˈlē ē &oomacr;rs&oomacr;ˈä [key], 1717–79, Spanish colonial administrator. He…

Brooks, Maria Gowen

(Encyclopedia) Brooks, Maria GowenBrooks, Maria Gowengouˈən [key], 1795?–1845, American poet, b. Medford, Mass. Her first collection of verse, Judith, Esther, and Other Poems (1820), was praised by…

Bayamo

(Encyclopedia) BayamoBayamobäyäˈmō [key], city (1995 est. pop. 132,000), Granma prov., SE Cuba. It is a manufacturing and transportation center. Cattle raising and sugar refining are the main…

Santería

(Encyclopedia) SanteríaSanteríasănˌtərēˈə, sänˌ– [key], religion originating in W Africa, developed by Yoruba slaves in Cuba, and practiced by an estimated one million people in the United States.…

Shafter, William Rufus

(Encyclopedia) Shafter, William Rufus, 1835–1906, American general, b. Galesburg, Mich. He served in the Union army during the Civil War and in 1867 joined the regular army, rising to become…

Gonsalves, Ralph Everard

(Encyclopedia) Gonsalves, Ralph Everard, 1946–, Vincentian political leader. Gonsalves practised law in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines for several years, becoming deputy leader of the Unity Labor…