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Lispector, Clarice
(Encyclopedia)Lispector, Clarice klârˈĭs lēspĕkˈtər [key], 1920–77, Brazilian author, b. i...Sánchez, Florencio
(Encyclopedia)Sánchez, Florencio flōrānˈsyō sänˈchās [key], 1875–1910, Uruguayan playwright. His many plays concern pastoral life in the region of the Río de la Plata. Sánchez's style owes much to the n...Carrère, John Merven
(Encyclopedia)Carrère, John Merven kərârˈ [key], 1858–1911, American architect, b. Rio de Janeiro. After graduating from the École des Beaux-Arts, Paris, he worked under McKim, Mead, and White in New York Ci...Vuelta Abajo
(Encyclopedia)Vuelta Abajo vwĕlˌtäbäˈhō [key], district, c.90 mi (140 km) long and c.10 mi (16 km) wide, Pinar del Rio prov., W Cuba, along the southern piedmont of the Órganos Mts. Famous for the fine quali...San Antonio
(Encyclopedia)San Antonio săn ăntōˈnēō, əntōnˈ [key], city (1990 pop. 935,933), seat of Bexar co., S central Tex., at the source of the San Antonio River; inc. 1837. The third largest city in Texas, it is ...Vitoria da Conquista
(Encyclopedia)Vitoria da Conquista vētôˈrēə dä ko͝ong-kēˈstə [key], city (1991 pop. 225,091), Bahia state, E Brazil, in the Batalha Mts. It is a major cattle-breeding and marketing center. ...Amapá
(Encyclopedia)Amapá əməpäˈ [key], state, 53,013 sq mi (137,304 sq km), extreme N Brazil, bounded on the N by French Guiana and the Atlantic Ocean. Macapá is the capital. Fishing i...Amazonas
(Encyclopedia)Amazonas äməzōˈnəs [key], state, 604,032 sq mi (1,564,445 sq km), NW Brazil. The capital is Manaus. ...Pinzón, Martín Alonso
(Encyclopedia)Pinzón, Martín Alonso märtēnˈ älōnˈsō pēnthōnˈ [key] d.1493, Spanish navigator. The commander of the Pinta on Columbus's first voyage to the New World in 1492, he was already an experience...Browse by Subject
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