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Vélez de Escalante, Silvestre
(Encyclopedia)Vélez de Escalante, Silvestre: see Escalante, Silvestre Vélez de. ...Escalante, Silvestre Vélez de
(Encyclopedia)Escalante, Silvestre Vélez de sēlvāˈstrā vāˈlāth dā āskälänˈtā [key], fl. 1769–79, Spanish explorer in the American Southwest and Far West, a Franciscan missionary. He was in charge of...Silvestre de Sacy
(Encyclopedia)Silvestre de Sacy: see Sacy, Antoine Isaac, Baron Silvestre de. ...Sacy, Antoine Isaac, Baron Silvestre de
(Encyclopedia)Sacy, Antoine Isaac, Baron Silvestre de äNtwänˈ ēzäkˈ bärôNˈ sēlvĕˈstrə də säsēˈ [key], 1758–1838, French Orientalist. Sacy's works on Arabic were pioneering, and he was one of the ...Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monument
(Encyclopedia)Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monument: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...De Vos
(Encyclopedia)De Vos. For persons thus named, use Vos.De Witt
(Encyclopedia)De Witt, uninc. town (2020 pop. 26,074), Onondaga co., central N.Y., a residential suburb of Syracuse.De-jima
(Encyclopedia)De-jima, island, Japan: see De-shima. ...De Lancey
(Encyclopedia)De Lancey də lănˈsē [key], family of political leaders, soldiers, and merchants prominent in colonial New York. Étienne De Lancey or Stephen De Lancey, 1663–1741, b. Caen, France, was among the...Browse by Subject
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