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Enzina, Juan del
(Encyclopedia)Enzina, Juan del: see Encina, Juan del. ...Pierino del Vaga
(Encyclopedia)Pierino del Vaga: see Perino del Vaga. ...Fuego, Tierra del
(Encyclopedia)Fuego, Tierra del: see Tierra del Fuego. ...Vaga, Perino del
(Encyclopedia)Vaga, Perino del: see Perino del Vaga. ...Pozzo di Borgo, Carlo Andrea
(Encyclopedia)Pozzo di Borgo, Carlo Andrea kärˈlō ändrĕˈä pôtˈtsō dē bôrˈgō [key], 1764–1842. Corsican politician and diplomat in Russian service, b. Corsica. In the French Revolution, he allied wit...Doria, Andrea
(Encyclopedia)Doria, Andrea ändrāˈä dōˈrēä [key], b. 1466 or 1468, d. 1560, Italian admiral and statesman, of an ancient family prominent in the history of Genoa. He started his career as a condottiere and ...Perino del Vaga
(Encyclopedia)Perino del Vaga pyārēˈnō [key], 1500–1547, Italian mannerist painter, whose real name was Perino or Pierino Buonaccorsi. He worked chiefly in Rome and Genoa. He worked for Raphael in the loggia ...San Benedetto del Tronto
(Encyclopedia)San Benedetto del Tronto sän bĕnədĕˈtō dĕl trŏnˈtō [key], city (1991 pop. 42,693), Marches, central Italy, on the Adriatic. It is an important sea port. ...Concepción del Uruguay
(Encyclopedia)Concepción del Uruguay dĕl o͞oro͞ogwīˈ [key], city, Entre Ríos prov., NE Argentina, a port on the Uruguay ...Cano, Juan Sebastián del
(Encyclopedia)Cano, Juan Sebastián del käˈnō [key], c.1476–1526, Spanish navigator, the first to circumnavigate the globe. Under Magellan he commanded the Concepción and after Magellan's death in the Philipp...Browse by Subject
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