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Caravaggio, Michelangelo Merisi da
(Encyclopedia)Caravaggio, Michelangelo Merisi da äˌmārēˈjē [key], 1571–1610, Italian painter. His surname, Caravaggio, came from his birthplace. After an apprenticeship in Milan, he arrived (1592) in Rome w...Caravaggio, Polidoro Caldara da
(Encyclopedia)Caravaggio, Polidoro Caldara da dä kärävädˈjō [key], c.1496–1543, Italian painter. His surname, Caravaggio, came from his birthplace. A student of Raphael, he was responsible for some of the ...Carmagnola, Francesco Bussone da
(Encyclopedia)Carmagnola, Francesco Bussone da fränchĕsˈkō bo͞os-sôˈnā dä kärmänyôˈlä [key], c.1380?–1432, Italian condottiere. He fought for Filippo Maria Visconti, duke of Milan, in his wars again...Quadros, Jânio da Silva
(Encyclopedia)Quadros, Jânio da Silva zhäˈnyo͝o dä sēlˈvə kwäˈdro͝os [key], 1917–92, president of Brazil (Jan.–Aug., 1961). A schoolteacher and lawyer, he served as mayor of the city of (1953–54) a...Cape Province
(Encyclopedia)Cape Province, former province, S South Africa. Under the South African constitution of 1994 it was divided into Eastern Cape, Western Cape, Northern Cape, and part of a fourth province, North West. T...Costa, António Luís Santos da
(Encyclopedia)Costa, António Luís Santos da, 1961–, Portuguese lawyer and political leader, b. Lisbon. A Socialist, he served on Lisbon's municipal council in the 1980s, then in the national assembly (1991–20...Rondon, Cândido Mariano da Silva
(Encyclopedia)Rondon, Cândido Mariano da Silva känˈdēᵺo͝o mərēäˈno͝o ᵺä sēlˈvə ro͝ondônˈ [key], 1865–1958, Brazilian explorer and founder of the Indian Protection Service. A major in the army...Darién, region, Panama
(Encyclopedia)Darién dârˌēĕnˈ, Span. däryānˈ [key], eastern part of Panama between the Gulf of Darién on the east and the Gulf of San Miguel on the west. Darién province, heavily forested and sparsely po...Acosta, Uriel
(Encyclopedia)Acosta, Uriel dä kōˈstä [key], c.1585–1640, Jewish rationalist, b. Oporto, Portugal. His original name was Gabriel da Costa, and his family had been converted to Roman Catholicism. When he reach...Browse by Subject
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