Infoplease has everything you need to know about St. Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Chunha. Check out our country profile, full of essential information about St. Helena, Ascension and Tristan…
(Encyclopedia) Da LatDa Latdä lät [key], city (1989 pop. 87,136), S Vietnam, in the central highlands, alt. c.5,000 ft (1,520 m). Developed by the French as a health resort and hunting center, it is…
Senate Years of Service: 1981-1999Party: RepublicanDâAMATO, Alfonse Marcello, a Senator from New York; born in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., August 1, 1937; graduated, Syracuse University…
Distributor:Kiki & Associates This humorous animated video smoothly combines the art and life of Leonardo da Vinci. Viewers will both laugh and learn with this adaptation of a book from Mike…
(Encyclopedia) Cunha, Tristão daCunha, Tristão datrēshtouNˈ [key]Cunha, Tristão da dä k&oomacr;ˈnyə [key], c.1460–1514?, Portuguese navigator. His most important voyage was undertaken in 1506,…
(Encyclopedia) Francesca da RiminiFrancesca da Riminifränchĕsˈkä dä rēˈmēnē [key], fl. 13th cent., Italian beauty, daughter of Guido da Polenta of Ravenna. She was married by proxy to the hunchbacked…
(Encyclopedia) Vittorino da FeltreVittorino da Feltrevēt-tōrēˈnō dä fĕlˈtrā [key], 1378–1446, Italian humanist and teacher, b. Feltre. His real name was Vittorino Ramboldini. He studied at Padua and…
