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Quevedo y Villegas, Francisco de
(Encyclopedia)Quevedo y Villegas, Francisco de fränthēsˈkō gōˈmāth dā kāvāˈᵺō ē vēlyāˈgäs [key], 1580–1645, Spanish satirist, novelist, and wit, b. Madrid. In 1611 he fled to Italy after a duel...Montgomery, Gabriel, seigneur de Lorges, comte de
(Encyclopedia)Montgomery, Gabriel, seigneur de Lorges, comte de gäbrēĕlˈ sānyörˈ də lôrzh kôNt də môNgômərēˈ [key], c.1530–1574, French soldier. Captain of the Scottish guards of King Henry II of ...Santa Cruz de Barahona
(Encyclopedia)Santa Cruz de Barahona bäräōˈnä [key], city (1993 pop. 61,600), SW Dominican Republic, on Neiba Bay, an arm of the Caribbean Sea. Santa Cruz de Barahona is a provincial capital and a port. It has...Vargas Zapata y Luján Ponce de León, Diego de
(Encyclopedia)Vargas Zapata y Luján Ponce de León, Diego de dyāˈgō dā värˈgäs thäpäˈtä ē lo͞ohänˈ pōnˈ thā dā lāōnˈ [key], c.1643–1704, Spanish governor and captain general of New Mexico, ...Campomanes, Pedro Rodríguez de, conde de Campomanes
(Encyclopedia)Campomanes, Pedro Rodríguez de, conde de Campomanes pāˈᵺrō rôᵺrēˈgāth kōnˈdā dā kämpōmäˈnās [key], 1723–1802, Spanish statesman, economist, and author. As president of the counc...Bertrand de Born
(Encyclopedia)Bertrand de Born bĕrträNˈ [key], c.1140–c.1214. French troubadour of Limousin. Some of his 40 surviving poems (in Provençal) tell of his part in the struggles between Henry II of England and his...Cerro de Pasco
(Encyclopedia)Cerro de Pasco sĕrˈrō ᵺā päsˈkō [key], city, capital of Pasco dept., central...Île-de-France, region, France
(Encyclopedia)Île-de-France ēl-də-fräNs [key], region and former province, N central France, in the center of the Paris basin, a fertile depression where the Marne and Ouse rivers join the Seine. Containing par...Sade, Donatien Alphonse François, comte de
(Encyclopedia)Sade, Donatien Alphonse François, comte de dônäsyăNˈ älfôNsˈ fräNswäˈ kôNt də säd [key], 1740–1814, French writer and libertine. He is known as the marquis de Sade —the title he held...Brazilian literature
(Encyclopedia)Brazilian literature, the writings of both the European explorers of Brazil and its later inhabitants. In 1902 Euclides da Cunha wrote his masterly description of an uprising in the Brazilian northe...Browse by Subject
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