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Valera y Alcalá Galiano, Juan

(Encyclopedia)Valera y Alcalá Galiano, Juan hwän välāˈrä ē älkäläˈ gälyäˈnō [key], 1824–1905, Spanish writer and diplomat. Of a leading liberal family, Valera was a diplomat until 1858, and he late...

San Juan Islands

(Encyclopedia)San Juan Islands săn wän [key], archipelago of 172 islands constituting San Juan co., NW Wash., E of Vancouver Island. The islands were visited and named c.1790 by Spanish explorers. The islands wer...

Montalvo, Juan

(Encyclopedia)Montalvo, Juan hwän môntälˈvō [key], 1832–89, Ecuadorean essayist and political writer. A champion of liberalism and a master of political invective, he showered fiery anathemas on the tyrant G...

Belmonte, Juan

(Encyclopedia)Belmonte, Juan hwän bĕlmōnˈtā [key], 1892–1962, Spanish matador, b. Seville. He is generally considered the greatest matador of all time, as remarkable for the poetry of his motion in the bullr...

Florida National Scenic Trail

(Encyclopedia)Florida National Scenic Trail: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

California National Historic Trail

(Encyclopedia)California National Historic Trail: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

Masip, Vicente Juan

(Encyclopedia)Masip, Vicente Juan: see Macip, Vicente Juan. ...

Facundo Quiroga, Juan

(Encyclopedia)Facundo Quiroga, Juan: see Quiroga, Juan Facundo. ...

Fernández Navarrete, Juan

(Encyclopedia)Fernández Navarrete, Juan: see Navarrete, Juan Fernández. ...

Enzina, Juan del

(Encyclopedia)Enzina, Juan del: see Encina, Juan del. ...