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Tall Sail Ships

Kruzenshtern, Juan Sebastian de Elcano, and Kaiwo Maru II by David Johnson   The Russian ship Kruzenshtern Kruzenshtern For sheer size, few ships can match the Russian…

Savary, Anne Jean Marie René

(Encyclopedia) Savary, Anne Jean Marie RenéSavary, Anne Jean Marie Renéän zhäN märēˈ rənāˈ sävärēˈ [key], 1774–1833, French general in the Napoleonic Wars. He presided (1804) at the trial of the duc…

Iguala

(Encyclopedia) Iguala Iguala ēgwäˈlə [key] or Iguala de la Independencia Iguala de la…

Aviz

(Encyclopedia) AvizAvizävēzhˈ [key], village, Portalegre dist., central Portugal, in Alto Alentejo. The Castilian order of the Knights of Calatrava assisted in driving the Moors from Portugal and in…

Picquart, Georges

(Encyclopedia) Picquart, GeorgesPicquart, Georgeszhôrzh pēkärˈ [key], 1854–1914, French general. As chief of the army intelligence section in 1896, he discovered that the memorandum that had been…

Alba Iulia

(Encyclopedia) Alba Iulia Alba Iulia älˈbä-y&oomacr;ˈlyä [key], Hung. Gyulafehérvár, Ger. Karlsburg, town, W central Romania, in Transylvania, on the Mureşul River. It…

Bologna, Giovanni

(Encyclopedia) Bologna, Giovanni, or GiambolognaGiambolognajōvänˈnē bōlōˈnyä, jämˌbōlōˈnyä [key], 1524–1608, Flemish sculptor, whose real name was Jean Bologne or Boulogne. Though born in Douai,…

Spain: Kings, Queens, Prime Ministers

Kings and Queens Carlos II (1665–1700) Felipe V (1700–1724, 1724–1746) Luis I (1724) Fernando VI (1746–1759) Carlos III (1759–1788) Carlos IV (1788–1808) Joaquín Murat, gran duque de Berg (…

Brewer's: Summons

Peter and John de Carvajal, being condemned to death on circumstantial evidence, appealed without success to Ferdinand IV. of Spain. On their way to execution they declared their innocence…

Brewer's: Feramorz

The young Cashmerian poet, who relates poetical tales to Lalla Rookh, in her journey from Delhi to Lesser Bucharia. Lalla Rookh is going to be married to the young sultan, but falls in…