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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...

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. ...

Padilla, Juan de

(Encyclopedia)Padilla, Juan de hwän dā päᵺēˈlyä [key], c.1490–1521, Spanish revolutionary leader in the war of the comuneros [municipalities] against Holy Roman Emperor Charles V. Charles's conduct and hi...

Vives, Juan Luis

(Encyclopedia)Vives, Juan Luis hwän lo͞oēsˈ vēˈvās [key], 1492–1540, Spanish humanist and philosopher; friend of Erasmus. At the invitation of King Henry VIII he went to England, where he lectured at Oxfor...

Cabrillo, Juan Rodríguez

(Encyclopedia)Cabrillo, Juan Rodríguez hwän rôᵺrēˈgāth käbrēˈlyō [key], Port. João Rodrigues Cabrilho, d. 1543, Spanish conquistador and discoverer of California, b. Portugal. In 1520 he landed in Mexi...