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Orellana, Francisco de
(Encyclopedia)Orellana, Francisco de fränthēsˈkō ᵺā ōrālyäˈnä [key], d. c.1546, Spanish explorer of the Amazon River. He took part in the conquest of Peru and was a lieutenant of Gonzalo Pizarro on the ...Pachuca de Soto
(Encyclopedia)Pachuca de Soto pächo͞oˈkä ᵺā sōˈtō [key], city (1990 pop. 174,013), capital of Hidalgo state, central Mexico, at the head of a ravine surrounded by foothills of the Sierra Madre Oriental. P...Jouvenel, Henry de
(Encyclopedia)Jouvenel, Henry de äNrēˈ də zho͞ovənĕlˈ [key], 1876–1935, French statesman and journalist. Although from an early age influential in politics, he refused to join a party, claiming that exist...Siger de Brabant
(Encyclopedia)Siger de Brabant sēzhāˈ də bräbäNˈ [key], fl. 1260–77, French theologian, head of the movement known as Latin Averroism. At the Univ. of Paris he taught that the individual soul had no immort...Luteri, Giovanni de
(Encyclopedia)Luteri, Giovanni de: see Dosso Dossi. ...Mabuse, Jan de
(Encyclopedia)Mabuse, Jan de: see Gossart, Jan. ...Medici, Giulio de'
(Encyclopedia)Medici, Giulio de': see Clement VII. ...Lautréamont, Comte de
(Encyclopedia)Lautréamont, Comte de: see Ducasse, Isidore. ...Saumaise, Claude de
(Encyclopedia)Saumaise, Claude de: see Salmasius, Claudius. ...Río de Oro
(Encyclopedia)Río de Oro: see Western Sahara. ...Browse by Subject
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