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Revilla Gigedo, Juan Francisco de Güemes y Horcasitas, conde de
(Encyclopedia)Revilla Gigedo, Juan Francisco de Güemes y Horcasitas, conde de hwän fränthēsˈkō ᵺā gwāˈmās ē ôrkäsēˈtäs kōnˈdā ᵺā rāvēˈlyä hēhāˈᵺō [key], 1682?–1766, Spanish colon...San Fernando, city, Trinidad and Tobago
(Encyclopedia)San Fernando săn fərnănˈdō [key], city (1990 pop. 30,092), Trinidad and Tobago, on the Gulf of Paria. It is the country's second largest city and a commercial center for S Trinidad. ...San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park
(Encyclopedia)San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...San Antonio Missions National Historical Park
(Encyclopedia)San Antonio Missions National Historical Park: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...Castillo de San Marcos National Monument
(Encyclopedia)Castillo de San Marcos National Monument: see Saint Augustine, Fla.; National Parks and Monuments, tablenational parks and monuments, table. ...Veracruz, city, Mexico
(Encyclopedia)Veracruz, city (1990 pop. 303,152), Veracruz state, E central Mexico, on the Gulf of Mexico. Rivaling Tampico as the country's main port, it is also the commercial and industrial center of an importan...Spanish art and architecture
(Encyclopedia)Spanish art and architecture, works of art and architecture produced in what is now the European country of Spain. Open to a wide variety of cultural influences, the art and architecture of Spain have...Mitre, Bartolomé
(Encyclopedia)Mitre, Bartolomé bärˌtōlōmāˈ mēˈtrā [key], 1821–1906, Argentine statesman, general, and author, president of the republic (1862–68). An opponent of Juan Manuel de Rosas, he was forced in...Don Giovanni
(Encyclopedia)Don Giovanni: see Don Juan.Illia, Arturo
(Encyclopedia)Illia, Arturo ärto͞oˈrō ēlˈyä [key], 1900–1983, president of Argentina (1963–66). A country physician, he entered politics after 1930, and from 1948 to 1952 he was one of the few non-Perón...Browse by Subject
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