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Yerba Buena Island
(Encyclopedia)Yerba Buena Island, 300 acres (121 hectares), W Calif., in San Francisco Bay. It is the midpoint of the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge, which crosses the island through a tunnel. There are coast g...Clavijero, Francisco Javier
(Encyclopedia)Clavijero, Francisco Javier fränsēsˈkō hävyĕrˈ klävēhāˈrō [key], 1731–87, Mexican scholar and historian. A Jesuit, he taught in Mexico until the expulsion of the order (1767). From his r...San Bruno
(Encyclopedia)San Bruno săn bro͞oˈnō [key], city (1990 pop. 38,961), San Mateo co., W Calif., a suburb on San Francisco Bay; inc. 1914. There is light manufacturing and petroleum refining. The Golden Gate Natio...Aldana, Francisco de
(Encyclopedia)Aldana, Francisco de fränthēsˈkō ᵺā äldäˈnä [key], 1537–78, Spanish general, diplomat, and poet, b. Alcántara or Naples. He symbolizes the ideal of the Spanish Renaissance. As a soldier ...Gil de Taboada y de Lemos, Francisco
(Encyclopedia)Gil de Taboada y de Lemos, Francisco fränthēsˈkō hēl dā täbōäˈᵺä ē ᵺā lāˈmōs [key], d. 1809, Spanish colonial administrator. After serving as viceroy of New Granada (1789), he was ...Montejo, Francisco de
(Encyclopedia)Montejo, Francisco de fränthēsˈkō dā mōntāˈhō [key], c.1479–c.1548, Spanish conquistador. He served in Cuba under Diego Velásquez, later commanded a vessel in the expedition of Juan de Gri...Daly City
(Encyclopedia)Daly City, city (2020 pop. 104,901), San Mateo co., W Calif., a suburb of San Francisco; inc. 1911. Daly City is primarily residential, its population h...Aymara
(Encyclopedia)Aymara īmäräˈ [key], Native South Americans inhabiting the Lake Titicaca basin in Peru and Bolivia. The originators of the great culture represented by the ruins of Tiahuanaco were very likely Aym...Giner de los Ríos, Francisco
(Encyclopedia)Giner de los Ríos, Francisco fränthēsˈkō hēnārˈ dā lōs rēˈōs [key], 1839–1915, Spanish educator and philosopher. He founded the Institución Libre de Enseñanza, a school that sought to...Pacheco, Francisco
(Encyclopedia)Pacheco, Francisco fränthēsˈkō pächāˈkō [key], c.1564–1654, Spanish portrait and religious painter. Although fine examples of his work are in the galleries of Madrid and Seville, he is best ...Browse by Subject
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