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Noue, François de La
(Encyclopedia)Noue, François de La: see La Noue, François de. ...Palos de la Frontera
(Encyclopedia)Palos de la Frontera päˈlōs dā lä frōntāˈrä [key], town Huelva prov., SW Spain, in Andalusia, on the Tinto River near its mouth. From its port (now silted up), Columbus sailed on his first vo...Vega, Garcilaso de la
(Encyclopedia)Vega, Garcilaso de la, called the Inca: see Garcilaso de la Vega. ...Castellón de la Plana
(Encyclopedia)Castellón de la Plana kästĕlyōnˈ dā lä pläˈnä [key], city, capital of Caste...Bourdonnais, Louis de la
(Encyclopedia)Bourdonnais, Louis de la (Louis-Charles Mahé de la Bourdonnais), 1795–1840, French chess player, b. La Réunion. A pupil of Alexandre Deschappelles, he defeated his mentor in 1821 and from then unt...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...Cap de la Madeleine
(Encyclopedia)Cap de la Madeleine käp də lä mädlĕnˈ [key], city, S Que., Canada, at the confluence of the St. Maurice and St....Caravaca de la Cruz
(Encyclopedia)Caravaca de la Cruz käräväˈkä dā lä kro͞os [key], town, Murcia prov., SE Spai...Walter of Henley
(Encyclopedia)Walter of Henley or Walter de Henley, fl. 13th cent., English writer on agriculture. His treatise Husbandry, written in Norman French in the mid-13th cent., was the great medieval authority in England...Ceiba, La
(Encyclopedia)Ceiba, La lä sāˈbä [key], city (1997 est. pop. 96,000), N Honduras, capital of Atlántida dept., on the Caribbean Sea. It is the commercial and processing center of a rich agricultural region domi...Browse by Subject
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