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Ojeda, Alonso de
(Encyclopedia) Ojeda, Alonso deOjeda, Alonso deälōnˈsō ᵺā ōhāˈᵺä [key], c.1466–1515?, Spanish conquistador. He joined Columbus on his second voyage and in 1499—at first accompanied by Vespucci—…Piura
(Encyclopedia) PiuraPiurapy&oomacr;ˈrä [key], city (1993 pop. 199,484), capital of Piura dept., NW Peru, in the irrigated Piura valley of the Peruvian coastal desert. It is the commercial center…Campeche, city, Mexico
(Encyclopedia) Campeche, city, capital of Campeche state, SE Mexico, on the Yucatán peninsula. It is fortified and surrounded by 18th-century walls.…Mendocino, Cape
(Encyclopedia) Mendocino, CapeMendocino, Capemĕndəsēˈnō [key], westernmost point of California, c.200 mi (320 km) N of San Francisco in Humboldt co. It was discovered and named in 1543 in honor of…Azuela, Mariano
(Encyclopedia) Azuela, MarianoAzuela, Marianomäryäˈnō äswāˈlä [key], 1873–1952, Mexican novelist. Azuela began his medical practice in 1899, writing short stories and novels in his spare time. In…Nueva Galicia
(Encyclopedia) Nueva GaliciaNueva Galicianwāˈvä gälēˈsyä [key], Spanish colonial administrative region, W Mexico, comprising roughly the present states of Jalisco and Nayarit with S Sinaloa.…Escalante, Silvestre Vélez de
(Encyclopedia) Escalante, Silvestre Vélez deEscalante, Silvestre Vélez desēlvāˈstrā vāˈlāth dā āskälänˈtā [key], fl. 1769–79, Spanish explorer in the American Southwest and Far West, a Franciscan…Campeche, state, Mexico
(Encyclopedia) Campeche Campeche kämpāˈchā [key], state, 21,924 sq mi (56,798 sq km), SE Mexico, on the Gulf of…Franco, Francisco
(Encyclopedia) Franco, FranciscoFranco, Franciscofränthēsˈkō frängˈkō [key], 1892–1975, Spanish general and caudillo [leader]. He became a general at the age of 32 after commanding the Spanish…Franco Bahamonde, Francisco
chief of stateBirthplace: El Ferrol, SpainBorn: 1892Died: 1975Trending
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