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La Plata, Río de
(Encyclopedia)La Plata, Río de: see Plata, Río de la. ...La Cueva, Juan de
(Encyclopedia)La Cueva, Juan de: see Cueva, Juan de la. ...Pérouse, Jean François de Galaup, comte de La
(Encyclopedia)Pérouse, Jean François de Galaup, comte de La: see La Pérouse. ...Cruz, Juana Inés de la
(Encyclopedia)Cruz, Juana Inés de la: see Juana Inés de la Cruz. ...La Salle, Jean Baptiste de
(Encyclopedia)La Salle, Jean Baptiste de: see John Baptist de la Salle, Saint. ...Puerto la Cruz
(Encyclopedia)Puerto la Cruz, city (1990 pop. 69,556), NE Anzoátegui state, NE Venezuela, on the Caribbean Sea. Puerto la Cruz is a center for the storage, refining, and shipping of petroleum. ...Vega, Garcilaso de la
(Encyclopedia)Vega, Garcilaso de la, called the Inca: see Garcilaso de la Vega. ...Resaca de la Palma
(Encyclopedia)Resaca de la Palma rāsäˈkä ᵺā lä pälˈmä [key], valley, an abandoned bed of the Rio Grande, N of Brownsville, Tex., where the second battle of the Mexican War was fought, May 9, 1846. Mexica...Gérard, Jean Ignace Isidore
(Encyclopedia)Gérard, Jean Ignace Isidore zhäN ēnyäsˈ ēzēdôrˈ zhārärˈ [key], 1803–47, French caricaturist, illustrator, and lithographer, better known as Grandville. He is noted for his spirited caric...Girardin, Émile de
(Encyclopedia)Girardin, Émile de də zhērärdăNˈ [key], 1806–81, French journalist. He was editor of La Presse (1836–56, 1862–66), La Liberté (1866–70), and La France (1874). Actively interested in po...Browse by Subject
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