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(Encyclopedia)map, conventionalized representation of spatial phenomena on a plane surface. Unlike photographs, maps are selective and may be prepared to show various quantitative and qualitative facts, including b...Gérin-Lajoie, Antoine
(Encyclopedia)Gérin-Lajoie, Antoine äNtwänˈ zhārăNˈ-läzhwäˈ [key], 1824–82, French Canadian author and journalist, b. Quebec prov. After serving as an editor (1845–52) on the Minerve, a Montreal newsp...Janet
(Encyclopedia)Janet: see Clouet, Jean.Jehannet
(Encyclopedia)Jehannet: see Clouet, Jean.Bleimor
(Encyclopedia)Bleimor: see Calloc'h, Jean Pierre. ...Chapais, Sir Thomas
(Encyclopedia)Chapais, Sir Thomas shäpāˈ [key], 1858–1946, Canadian politician and historian, b. Quebec prov.; son of Jean Charles Chapais (1811–85). Thomas Chapais became professor of history at Laval Univ....Taeuber-Arp, Sophie
(Encyclopedia)Taeuber-Arp, Sophie, 1889–1943, Swiss textile designer, painter, and sculptor, b. Sophie Henriette Gertrude Taeuber. She taught textile design (1916–29) at the School of Arts and Crafts in Zürich...Grandville, French caricaturist, illustrator, and lithographer
(Encyclopedia)Grandville: see Gérard, Jean Ignace Isidore. ...Clericus, Johannes
(Encyclopedia)Clericus, Johannes: see Le Clerc, Jean. ...Williams, Gwen
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