(Encyclopedia) Vespucci, AmerigoVespucci, Amerigoämārēˈgō vāsp&oomacr;tˈchē [key], 1454–1512, Italian navigator in whose honor America was named, b. Florence. He entered the commercial service of…
Prehistorical and Ancient The megalithic passage tomb at Newgrange in Ireland covers over an acre and was constructed around 3200 B.C. Buried for centuries, the mound was rediscovered in 1699 and…
I, too, dislike it—Marianne Moore compiled by Borgna Brunner I don't look on poetry as closed works. I feel they're going on all the time in my head and I occasionally snip…
I, too, dislike it—Marianne Moore compiled by Borgna Brunner I don't look on poetry as closed works. I feel they're going on all the time in my head and I occasionally snip…
(Encyclopedia) Charles VIII, 1470–98, king of France (1483–98), son and successor of Louis XI. He first reigned under the regency of his sister Anne de Beaujeu. After his marriage (1491) to Anne of…
(Encyclopedia) Scarlatti, AlessandroScarlatti, Alessandroälĕs-sänˈdrō skärlätˈtē [key], 1660–1725, Italian composer. He may have studied with Carissimi in Rome, where his first opera was produced in…
(Encyclopedia) Catherine of Siena, SaintCatherine of Siena, Saintsēĕnˈə [key], 1347–80, Italian mystic and diplomat, a member of the third order of the Dominicans, Doctor of the Church. The daughter…
