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(Encyclopedia) Encina or Enzina, Juan delEncina or Enzina, Juan delboth: hwän dĕl ānthēˈnä [key], 1469?–c.1530, Spanish dramatist, musician, and poet, b. Encino. He served as court musician to the…
(Encyclopedia) Juan de Fuca StraitJuan de Fuca Straitwän də fy&oomacr;ˈkə [key], inlet of the Pacific Ocean, 100 mi (161 km) long and 11 to 17 mi (18–27 km) wide, between Vancouver Island,…
(Encyclopedia) O'Donojú, JuanO'Donojú, Juanhwän ōᵺōnōh&oomacr;ˈ [key], d. 1821, Spanish colonial administrator. He distinguished himself in the army and became captain general of Andalusia. Sent…
(Encyclopedia) Boscán Almogáver, JuanBoscán Almogáver, Juanhwän bōskänˈ älmôgäˈvĕr [key], c.1495–1542, Spanish poet. A Catalan aristocrat, Boscán was a literary figure at the court of Ferdinand V. He…
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(Encyclopedia) Cano, Juan Sebastián delCano, Juan Sebastián delhwän sābästyänˈ dĕl [key]Cano, Juan Sebastián delkäˈnō [key], c.1476–1526, Spanish navigator, the first to circumnavigate the globe.…
(Encyclopedia) Valdés Leal, Juan deValdés Leal, Juan dehwän ᵺā väldāsˈ [key]Valdés Leal, Juan delāälˈ [key], 1622–90, Spanish baroque painter and etcher, active mainly in Seville and Córdoba. He is…
(Encyclopedia) San JuanSan Juansăn wän [key], river, c.400 mi (640 km) long, rising in the San Juan Mts., SW Colo., and flowing generally W through N.Mex. and Utah to Lake Powell on the Colorado…
(Encyclopedia) Cueva, Juan de laCueva, Juan de lahwän [key]Cueva, Juan de la dā lä kwāˈvä [key], 1550?–1610?, Spanish dramatist, one of the precursors of Lope de Vega. He spent the years from 1574 to…
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