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Cino da Pistoia

(Encyclopedia) Cino da PistoiaCino da Pistoiachēˈnō dä pēstôˈyä [key], 1270–1337?, Italian jurist and poet, whose full name was Guittoncino dei Sinibaldi, or Sighibuldi. A friend of Dante and…

Gama, Vasco da

(Encyclopedia) Gama, Vasco daGama, Vasco davăˈskō də găˈmə, Port. väshˈkō dä gäˈmə [key], c.1469–1524, Portuguese navigator, the first European to journey by sea to India. His epochal voyage (1497–99…

Ronald D’Emory COLEMAN, Congress, TX (1941)

COLEMAN, Ronald D’Emory, a Representative from Texas; born in El Paso, El Paso County, Tex., November 29, 1941; attended public schools of El Paso; B.A., University of Texas at El Paso, 1963…

Gentile da Fabriano

(Encyclopedia) Gentile da FabrianoGentile da Fabrianodä fäbrēäˈnō [key]Gentile da Fabriano jāntēˈlā [key], c.1370–1427, Italian painter, one of the outstanding exponents of the elegant international…

Roca, Cabo da

(Encyclopedia) Roca, Cabo daRoca, Cabo dakäˈb&oomacr; ᵺə rôˈkə [key], cape, W Portugal, W of Lisbon. It is the western extremity of Europe.