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Pecos National Historical Park
(Encyclopedia) Pecos National Historical Park, 6,671 acres (2,702 hectares), N New Mexico; est. as a national monument 1965, designated a national historical park 1990. The park contains the remains…pantheon
(Encyclopedia) pantheonpantheonpănˈthēŏnˌ, –thēən [key], term applied originally to a temple to all the gods. The Pantheon at Rome was built by Agrippa in 27 b.c., destroyed, and rebuilt in the 2d…Bastidas, Rodrigo de
(Encyclopedia) Bastidas, Rodrigo deBastidas, Rodrigo derôᵺrēˈgō dā bästēˈᵺäs [key], c.1460–1526, Spanish conquistador in Colombia. In 1501, accompanied by Balboa and Juan de la Cosa, he discovered…Cosa, Juan de la
(Encyclopedia) Cosa, Juan de laCosa, Juan de lahwän dā lä kōˈsä [key], c.1460–1510, Spanish navigator. He sailed with Columbus in 1492 (as pilot of the flagship Santa María) and again in 1498. After…Canadian
(Encyclopedia) CanadianCanadiankənāˈdēən [key], river, 906 mi (1,458 km) long, rising in NE New Mexico. and flowing E across N Texas and central Oklahoma into the Arkansas River in E Oklahoma. In the…Benevento
(Encyclopedia) Benevento Benevento bānāvānˈtō [key], city, capital of Benevento prov., in Campania, S Italy. It is a…Bollinger, Lee C.
(Encyclopedia) Bollinger, Lee C., 1947–, American educator, b. Santa Rosa, Calif., grad. Univ. of Oregon (B.A.), Columbia (M.A.; LL.B.). He joined the faculty of the Univ. of Michigan Law School in…Travis, William Barrett
(Encyclopedia) Travis, William BarrettTravis, William Barretttrăvˈĭs [key], 1809–36, hero of the Texas Revolution, b. Edgefield co., S.C. He moved to Claiborne, Ala., where he practiced law. Travis…Big Bend National Park
(Encyclopedia) Big Bend National Park, 801,163 acres (324,471 hectares), W Tex.; authorized 1935, est. 1944. It is a triangle formed where the Rio Grande runs southeast then northeast in a big bend…Armada, Spanish
(Encyclopedia) Armada, SpanishArmada, Spanishärmäˈdə [key], 1588, fleet launched by Philip II of Spain for the invasion of England, to overthrow the Protestant Elizabeth I and establish Philip on the…Trending
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