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Morton, Sarah Wentworth

(Encyclopedia)Morton, Sarah Wentworth, 1759–1846, American author, b. Boston. Under her pseudonym, Philenia, she wrote such works as Ouâbi: Or the Virtues of Nature (1790), a sentimental Native American romance....

Balls Bluff

(Encyclopedia)Balls Bluff, hill on the south bank of the Potomac River, near Leesburg, Va. In the Civil War, Union troops who had crossed the river were severely repulsed there on Oct. 21, 1861. Dissatisfaction wit...

Medina, José Toribio

(Encyclopedia)Medina, José Toribio hōsāˈ tōrēˈbyō māᵺēˈnä [key], 1852–1930, Chilean scholar. He traveled widely in Latin America, Europe, and the United States, collecting documents relevant to Lati...

Maracay

(Encyclopedia)Maracay märäkīˈ [key], city (1990 pop. 354,196), capital of Aragua state, N Venezuela, at the eastern end of Lake Valencia. It is a commercial, agricultural, and industrial city. Its products incl...

García Gutiérrez, Antonio

(Encyclopedia)García Gutiérrez, Antonio äntōˈnyō gärthēˈä go͞otyārˈrĕth [key], 1813?–1884, Spanish romantic playwright. He was a soldier when his best-known play, El trovador, was staged in 1836. Th...

Espronceda, José de

(Encyclopedia)Espronceda, José de hōsāˈ dā āsprōnthāˈᵺä [key], 1808–42, Spanish romantic poet. Involved in radical intrigue from the age of 14, he suffered imprisonment and was twice exiled. His Poes�...

Philip VI, king of Spain

(Encyclopedia)Philip VI, 1968–, king of Spain (2014–). The only son and youngest child of Juan Carlos I, he was created prince of Asturias in 1977. As heir apparent, he traveled widely as a representative of Sp...

Avellaneda

(Encyclopedia)Avellaneda ävāyänāˈᵺä [key], city, Buenos Aires prov., E central Argentina, across the Riachuelo River from the Buenos Aires federal district. It is one of the mos...

Talavera de la Reina

(Encyclopedia)Talavera de la Reina tälävāˈrä ᵺā lä rāˈnä [key], town (1990 pop. 69,215), Toledo prov., central Spain, in Castile–La Mancha, on the Tagus River. It is in an agricultural region and is k...

Giunta Pisano

(Encyclopedia)Giunta Pisano jo͞onˈtä pēzäˈnō [key], fl. 1236–1255, Italian painter of Pisa. Among his signed works are three very large depictions of the Crucifixion executed for the churches of San Ranier...