(Encyclopedia) Ayolas, Juan deAyolas, Juan dehwän dā äyōˈläs [key], d. 1537?, Spanish conquistador, explorer of the Río de la Plata country. He accompanied Pedro de Mendoza on his expedition of 1535–…
(Encyclopedia) La Calprenède, Gautier de Costes, sieur deLa Calprenède, Gautier de Costes, sieur degōtyāˈ də kôst syör də lä kälprənĕdˈ [key], 1609?–1663, French novelist and dramatist. His best-…
(Encyclopedia) Montesquieu, Charles Louis de Secondat, baron de la Brède et deMontesquieu, Charles Louis de Secondat, baron de la Brède et deshärl lwē də səkôNdäˈ bärôNˈ də lä brĕd ā də môNtĕskyüˈ […
(Encyclopedia) Montluc or Monluc, Blaise de Lasseran-Massencôme, seigneur deMontluc or Monluc, Blaise de Lasseran-Massencôme, seigneur deblĕz də läsräNˈ-mäsäNkômˈ, sānyörˈ də môNlükˈ [key], c.1502–…
(Encyclopedia) Beauharnois, Charles de la Boische, marquis deBeauharnois, Charles de la Boische, marquis deshärl də lä bwäsh märkēˈ də bōärnwäˈ [key], 1670–1749, French governor of New France (1726–…
(Encyclopedia) Ulloa, Francisco deUlloa, Francisco defränᵺēsˈkō [key]Ulloa, Francisco de ᵺā &oomacr;lyōˈä [key], d. c.1540, Spanish explorer in Mexico. Against the orders of Viceroy Antonio de…
(Encyclopedia) lettre de cachetlettre de cachetlĕˈtrə də käshāˈ [key], formerly in French law, private, sealed document, issued as a communication from the king. Such a letter could order…
(Encyclopedia) Brunhoff, Jean deBrunhoff, Jean dezhäN də brüˈnôf [key], 1899–1937, French author and illustrator of children's books, b. Paris. He wrote and illustrated The Story of Babar, the Little…
(Encyclopedia) Chabot, Philippe deChabot, Philippe defēlēpˈ də shäbōˈ [key], also known as Amiral de BrionChabot, Philippe debrēôNˈ [key], 1480–1543, count of Charny and of Buzançois, admiral of…
(Encyclopedia) Gálvez, José deGálvez, José dehōsāˈ dā [key]Gálvez, José de gälˈvāth [key], 1720–87, Spanish colonial administrator. Appointed as a governor in the Philippines in 1750, he later became…
