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Bassas da India

(Encyclopedia)Bassas da India bäˌsäs də ēndyäˈ [key], uninhabited atoll, 0.1 sq mi (0.2 sq km), in the S Mozambique Channel, W Indian Ocean, about midway between Madagascar and Mozambique, part of the Scatte...

Todi, Jacopone da

(Encyclopedia)Todi, Jacopone da: see Jacopone da Todi. ...

Tommaso da Modena

(Encyclopedia)Tommaso da Modena, c.14th–15th cent., Italian painter. He painted 40 panels for a Dominican chapter house (San Nicolo, Treviso) that depicted monks engaged in reading, writing, and prayer. On a comm...

Bibbiena, Galli da

(Encyclopedia)Bibbiena, Galli da: see Bibiena, Galli da. ...

Bibiena, Galli da

(Encyclopedia)Bibiena or Bibbiena, Galli da gälˈlē dä bēbyāˈnä [key], family of Italian artists of the 17th and 18th cent. Giovanni Maria Galli da Bibiena, 1625–65, studied with Francesco Albani and paint...

Roca, Cabo da

(Encyclopedia)Roca, Cabo da käˈbo͞o ᵺə rôˈkə [key], cape, W Portugal, W of Lisbon. It is the western extremity of Europe. ...

Settignano, Desiderio da

(Encyclopedia)Settignano, Desiderio da: see Desiderio da Settignano. ...

Casanova de Seingalt, Giovanni Giacomo

(Encyclopedia)Casanova de Seingalt, Giovanni Giacomo kăzənōˈvə, Ital. jōvänˈnē jäˈkōmō käzänōˈvä dā sāngältˈ [key], 1725–98, Venetian adventurer, author, and celebrated libertine. He studied...

da Silva, Luiz Inácio

(Encyclopedia)da Silva, Luiz Inácio lo͞oēshˈ ēnäsˈyo͞o dä sēlˈvə [key], 1945–, Brazilian labor leader and politician, known as Lula, b. Vargem Grande (now Caetés), Pernambuco. Born into a poor family...

Costa e Silva, Artur da

(Encyclopedia)Costa e Silva, Artur da ərto͞orˈ dä koŏshˈtə ĕ sēlˈvə [key], 1902–69, president of Brazil (1967–69). An army general, he participated in the 1964 coup that deposed President João Goula...