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Rosminians

(Encyclopedia)Rosminians: see Rosmini-Serbati, Antonio. ...

Lasca, Il

(Encyclopedia)Lasca, Il: see Grazzini, Antonio Francesco. ...

Mor, Antonis

(Encyclopedia)Mor, Antonis: see Moro, Antonio. ...

Moor, Antonis

(Encyclopedia)Moor, Antonis: see Moro, Antonio. ...

More, Sir Anthony

(Encyclopedia)More, Sir Anthony: see Moro, Antonio. ...

Vecchio, Il

(Encyclopedia)Vecchio, Il: see Amato, Giovanni Antonio d'. ...

Frontenac, Louis de Buade, comte de Palluau et de

(Encyclopedia)Frontenac, Louis de Buade, comte de Palluau et de frŏnˈtĭnăk, Fr. lwē də büädˈ koNt də pälüōˈ ā də frôNtənäkˈ [key], 1620–98, French governor of New France. His early military ca...

Saint-Évremond, Charles de Marguetel de Saint-Denis de

(Encyclopedia)Saint-Évremond, Charles de Marguetel de Saint-Denis de shärl də märgətĕlˈ də săN-dənēˈ də săNtāvrəmôNˈ [key], 1616?–1703, French critic, writer, and soldier. He served under Condé...

Madeira, river, Bolivia and Brazil

(Encyclopedia)Madeira mədāˈrə [key], river, c.2,100 mi (3,380 km) long, formed by the junction of the Beni and Mamoré rivers on the Bolivia-Brazil border. It flows north along the border for c.60 mi (100 km), ...

Pessoa, Fernando

(Encyclopedia)Pessoa, Fernando (Fernando António Nogueira Pessoa) pĕsˈwä [key], 1888–1935, Portuguese poet, b. Lisbon. He moved to Durban, South Africa, as a child, becoming bilingual (Portuguese, English); i...