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(sälvät r´ rô´zä) (KEY) , 1615–73, Italian baroque painter, etcher, and poet of the Neapolitan school. In 1635, Rosa went to Rome, where he es...
an industrial region, approximately 20 mi (32 km) long, in the Santa Clara Valley between Palo Alto and San Jose, mainly in Santa Clara and San Mateo ...
(p th g´ r s r ´j m) (KEY) , fl. 5th cent. B.C., Greek sculptor. In a signature on a pedestal at Olympia he declares himself a Samian, but the perio...
name for a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in which the characteristic molluscan shell is reduced to a thin plate embedded in the tissues. Like the terr...
(s m´k ) (KEY) , 1752–1806, British army officer, first governor of Upper Canada (Ontario). He served with the British in the American Revolution. ...
national organization in the United States dedicated to the preservation and expansion of the world’s parks, wildlife, and wilderness areas. Founded...