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(Encyclopedia) La Trémoille or La Trimouille, Georges de zhôrzh də lä trāmoiˈyə or trēmo͞oˈyə [key], c.1385–1446, favorite of King Charles VII of France, sometime chamberlain to John the Fearless of Bur...
(Encyclopedia) Palos de la Frontera päˈlōs dā lä frōntāˈrä [key], town Huelva prov., SW Spain, in Andalusia, on the Tinto River near its mouth. From its port (now silted up), Columbus sailed on his first vo...
(Encyclopedia) Noue, François de La: see La Noue, François de.
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(Encyclopedia) La Cruz, Ramón de: see Cruz, Ramón de la.
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(Encyclopedia) La Halle, Adam de: see Adam de la Halle.
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(Encyclopedia) La Huerta, Adolfo de: see Huerta, Adolfo de la.
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(Encyclopedia) La Hyre, Laurent de: see La Hire, Laurent de.
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(Encyclopedia) Bailly, Jean Sylvain zhäN sēlvăNˈ bäyēˈ [key], 1736–93, French astronomer and politician. His works on astronomy and on the history of science (notably the Essai sur la théorie des satellite...
(Encyclopedia) Brébeuf, Jean de, Saint zhäN də brāböfˈ [key], 1593–1649, French Roman Catholic missionary, one of the Jesuit Martyrs of North America. A Norman, he was sent (1625) to Quebec and did missionar...
(Encyclopedia) La Cueva, Juan de: see Cueva, Juan de la.
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