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Polignac, Melchior de
(Encyclopedia)Polignac, Melchior de də pôlēnyäkˈ [key], 1661–1742, French diplomat, churchman, and author, cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. As ambassador to Poland he directed (1697) the unsuccessful ...Portolá, Gaspar de
(Encyclopedia)Portolá, Gaspar de gäspärˈ dā pôrtōläˈ [key], fl. 1734–84, Spanish explorer in the Far West. After serving in Italy and Portugal, he was sent (1767) to America as governor of the California...Predis, Ambrogio de
(Encyclopedia)Predis, Ambrogio de: see De Predis, Ambrogio. ...Acosta, José de
(Encyclopedia)Acosta, José de hōsāˈ ᵺā äkōˈstä [key], c.1539–1600, Spanish Jesuit missionary to Peru. He wrote a well-known history of the Spanish colonial period, The Natural and Moral History of the ...Porţile de Fier
(Encyclopedia)Porţile de Fier: see Iron Gate, gorge, Romania and Serbia. ...Cerro de Pasco
(Encyclopedia)Cerro de Pasco sĕrˈrō ᵺā päsˈkō [key], city, capital of Pasco dept., central...Céspedes, Pablo de
(Encyclopedia)Céspedes, Pablo de päˈblō dā thāsˈpāᵺās [key], 1538–1608, Spanish artist, poet, and scholar. He studied for the priesthood and subsequently studied painting with Federigo Zuccaro in Rome....Chabot, Philippe de
(Encyclopedia)Chabot, Philippe de brēôNˈ [key], 1480–1543, count of Charny and of Buzançois, admiral of France. After a successful campaign (1536) in Savoy and Piedmont, he was, through the intrigues of Anne,...Cadalso, José de
(Encyclopedia)Cadalso, José de hōsāˈ dā käᵺälˈsō [key], 1741–82, Spanish poet, critic, and satirist. Cadalso's rhapsodic prose autobiography, Noches lúgubres (1798), probably suggested by Edward Young...Aguirre, Lope de
(Encyclopedia)Aguirre, Lope de lōˈpā ᵺā agēˈrā [key], c.1510–1561, Spanish rebel and adventurer in colonial South America. He was often involved in violence and sedition before joining (1560) the expedit...Browse by Subject
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