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Camões, Luís de

(Encyclopedia)Camões or Camoens, Luís de both: lo͞oēshˈ dĭ kəmoiNshˈ [key], 1524?–1580, Portuguese poet, the greatest figure in Portuguese literature. Born of a poor family, Camões gained wide familiarit...

Campoamor, Ramón de

(Encyclopedia)Campoamor, Ramón de rämōnˈ dā kämpōämōrˈ [key], 1817–1901, Spanish poet, the first to break with the romantic tradition of long, tragic, and emotional poetry. While no longer generally pop...

Velde, van de

(Encyclopedia)Velde, van de vän də vĕlˈdə [key], 17th-century Dutch family of artists. Jan van de Velde, 1593–1641, was a draftsman and engraver as well as a painter. His cousin Esaias van de Velde, c.1591...

Vere, Edward de

(Encyclopedia)Vere, Edward de: see Oxford, Edward de Vere, 17th earl of. ...

Blondel de Nesle

(Encyclopedia)Blondel de Nesle blŭnˈdəl də nĕl, Fr. blôNdĕlˈ də nĕl [key], fl. late 12th cent., French troubadour, a favorite of Richard I of England. Legend relates that after Richard was captured and im...

Bobadilla, Francisco de

(Encyclopedia)Bobadilla, Francisco de fränthēsˈkō dā bōbädēˈlyä [key], d. 1502, Spanish colonial governor. He superseded Columbus in the West Indies (1500) and sent him home as a prisoner. Recalled in 150...

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