Jacques le Moyne de Morgues artist, cartographer Born: c. 1533Birthplace: Dieppe, France A French cartographer (mapmaker) and painter, Le Moyne de Morgues produced the first map of Florida.…
(Encyclopedia) Lautrec, Odet de Foix, vicomte deLautrec, Odet de Foix, vicomte deôdāˈ də fwä vēkôNtˈ də lōtrĕkˈ [key], 1485–1528, marshal of France. In the Italian Wars he fought at Marignano (1515)…
(Encyclopedia) Gálvez, Matías deGálvez, Matías demätēˈäs [key]Gálvez, Matías de dā gälˈvāth [key], 1717–84, Spanish colonial administrator, captain general of Guatemala (1779), viceroy of New Spain (…
(Encyclopedia) Sully, Maximilien de Béthune, duc deSully, Maximilien de Béthune, duc demäksēmēlyăNˈ də bātünˈ dük də [key]Sully, Maximilien de Béthune, duc de sülēˈ [key], 1560–1641, French statesman…
(Encyclopedia) Mendoza, Pedro deMendoza, Pedro depāˈᵺrō [key]Mendoza, Pedro de dā māndōˈthä [key], b. 1501 or 1502, d. 1537, Spanish conquistador, first adelantado [civil and military governor] of…
(Encyclopedia) Retz or Rais, Gilles de Laval, seigneur deRetz or Rais, Gilles de Laval, seigneur dezhēl də lävälˈ sānyörˈ də rĕts, rĕs [key], 1404–40, marshal of France, a lord of the Breton marches…
(Encyclopedia) Maine de BiranMaine de Biranmĕn də bēräNˈ [key], 1766–1824, French philosopher, member of the Council of Five Hundred (1797), and councilor of state (1816). His real name was Marie…
Niki de Saint PhalleAge: 71 French-born artist and feminist known for her nanas sculptures, papier-mâché figures of enormous, voluptuous women. One of the Nouveaux Réalistes of the early…
