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Oñate, Juan de

(Encyclopedia)Oñate, Juan de hwän dā ōnyäˈtā [key], fl. 1595–1614, Spanish explorer in the American Southwest, possibly b. New Spain. In 1598 he led an expedition north from New Spain, took possession of N...

Samaranch, Juan Antonio

(Encyclopedia)Samaranch, Juan Antonio (Juan Antonio Samaranch Torello, marqués de Samaranch), 1920–2010, Spanish Olympic official. He was a businessman, an elected public official, and served (1977–80) as Span...

San Juan del Sur

(Encyclopedia)San Juan del Sur dĕl so͞or [key], town, SW Nicaragua, on the Pacific Ocean. It was the Pacific terminus of the transit route across the isthmus during the California gold rush and is today connected...

Jiménez, Juan Ramón

(Encyclopedia)Jiménez, Juan Ramón hwän rämōnˈ hēmāˈnāth [key], 1881–1958, Spanish lyric poet, b. Andalusia, studied at the Univ. of Seville. In his youth Jiménez was influenced by the French symbolists...

Valls Galfetti, Manuel Carlos

(Encyclopedia)Valls Galfetti, Manuel Carlos, 1962–, b. Barcelona, Spain. After his family moved to Paris, he became a member of the Socialist party (1980) and a French citizen (1982). Valls was a Ile-de-France co...

León, Juan Ponce de

(Encyclopedia)León, Juan Ponce de: see Ponce de León, Juan. ...

Montalván, Juan Pérez de

(Encyclopedia)Montalván, Juan Pérez de: see Pérez de Montalván, Juan. ...

Rozas, Juan Martínez de

(Encyclopedia)Rozas, Juan Martínez de: see Martínez de Rozas, Juan. ...

Ruiz de Apodaca, Juan

(Encyclopedia)Ruiz de Apodaca, Juan: see Apodaca, Juan Ruiz de. ...

La Cueva, Juan de

(Encyclopedia)La Cueva, Juan de: see Cueva, Juan de la. ...