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Vásquez de Coronado, Francisco
(Encyclopedia)Vásquez de Coronado, Francisco: see Coronado. ...Toledo, Francisco , Mexican artist
(Encyclopedia)Toledo, Francisco, 1940–2019, Mexican artist and activist, b. Francisco Benjamín López Toledo. He drew upon his Zapotec heritage for his paintings, drawings, prints, collages, ceramics, and tapest...Sagasti Hochausler, Francisco Rafael
(Encyclopedia)Sagasti Hochausler, Francisco Rafael, 1944–, Peruvian political leader. An industrial engineer by training, he has served as an adviser to Peruvian governments and as a government official, and has ...San Francisco de Macorís
(Encyclopedia)San Francisco de Macorís ᵺā mäkōrēsˈ [key], city (1993 pop. 96,503), N Dominican Republic. It is the commercial and processing center for an agricultural region. Its port is Sanchez. ...Santander, Francisco de Paula
(Encyclopedia)Santander, Francisco de Paula fränsēˈskō dā pouˈlä säntändārˈ [key], 1792–1840, Colombian revolutionist. Given command of the guerrillas of the llanos by Simón Bolívar, Santander materi...Quevedo y Villegas, Francisco de
(Encyclopedia)Quevedo y Villegas, Francisco de fränthēsˈkō gōˈmāth dā kāvāˈᵺō ē vēlyāˈgäs [key], 1580–1645, Spanish satirist, novelist, and wit, b. Madrid. In 1611 he fled to Italy after a duel...Cuzco
(Encyclopedia)Cuzco or Cusco both: ko͞oˈskō [key], city, alt. 11,207 ft (3,416 m), capital of Cuzco dept., S Peru, at ...El Dorado, legendary country of South America
(Encyclopedia)El Dorado ĕlˈdəräˈdō, –rāˈ– [key] [Span.,=the gilded man], legendary country of the Golden Man sought by adventurers in South America. The legend supposedly originated in a custom of the C...De Soto, Hernando
(Encyclopedia)De Soto, Hernando dĭsōˈtō, Span. ĕrnänˈdō dā sōˈtō [key], c.1500–1542, Spanish explorer. After serving under Pedro Arias de Ávila in Central America and under Francisco Pizarro in Peru,...Alvarado, Pedro de
(Encyclopedia)Alvarado, Pedro de älväräˈᵺō [key], 1486–1541, Spanish conquistador. He went to Hispaniola (1510), sailed in the expedition (1518) of Juan de Grijalva, and was the chief lieutenant of Herná...Browse by Subject
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