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Echeverría Álvarez, Luis

(Encyclopedia)Echeverría Álvarez, Luis lo͞oēsˈ āchāvār-rēˈä älˈvärās [key], 1922–, president of Mexico (1970–76). A lawyer, he was formerly a law professor. As a member of the ruling Institutiona...

Kearny, Stephen Watts

(Encyclopedia)Kearny, Stephen Watts kärˈnē [key], 1794–1848, American general in the Mexican War, b. Newark, N.J. At the beginning of the Mexican War he was made commander of the Army of the West with the rank...

Santiago, Río Grande de

(Encyclopedia)Santiago, Río Grande de, river, Mexico: see Lerma. ...

Victoria de Durango

(Encyclopedia)Victoria de Durango: see Durango, city, Mexico. ...

Ixtacíhuatl

(Encyclopedia)Ixtacíhuatl or Ixtaccíhuatl: see Iztaccíhuatl, Mexico. ...

Jalapa

(Encyclopedia)Jalapa or Jalapa Enriquez: see Xalapa, Mexico. ...

Mexican art and architecture

(Encyclopedia)Mexican art and architecture, works of art and structures produced in the area that is now the country of Mexico. Such arts were already highly developed in the ancient civilizations flourishing befor...

Florida, Straits of

(Encyclopedia)Florida, Straits of, passage, c.90 mi (145 km) wide, between the Florida Keys in the north and Cuba in the south. It connects the Gulf of Mexico with the Atlantic Ocean. ...

Beauregard, Pierre Gustave Toutant

(Encyclopedia)Beauregard, Pierre Gustave Toutant bōˈrĭgärd [key], 1818–93, Confederate general, b. St. Bernard parish, La., grad. West Point, 1838. As engineer on the staff of Winfield Scott in the Mexican Wa...

Nueva Galicia

(Encyclopedia)Nueva Galicia nwāˈvä gälēˈsyä [key], Spanish colonial administrative region, W Mexico, comprising roughly the present states of Jalisco and Nayarit with S Sinaloa. Conquered (1529–31) by Nuñ...