Biography Category
48,419 acres (19,603 hectares), SE Maine, on the Atlantic coast; est. 1919. The park occupies a major portion of Mount Desert Island, Isle au Haut and...
fairly level field adjoining the upper part of the city of Quebec, Canada. There, in 1759, the English under Gen. James Wolfe defeated the French unde...
(hwän d ak ´nyä) (KEY) , 1658?–1734, Spanish-American administrator, viceroy of New Spain (1722–34), marqués de Casa Fuerte, b. Lima, Peru. A...
( k n´th s) (KEY) , common name for a member of the Acanthaceae, a family of chiefly perennial herbs and shrubs, mostly native to the tropics. A few ...
(kr st ´bäl d ak ´nyä) (KEY) , 1597–1676?, Spanish Jesuit missionary and explorer in South America, rector of the Jesuit college at Cuenca, Ecu...
(b n´ ngt n) (KEY) , 1802–28, English painter. Moving to Calais at the age of 15, his first art study was with Louis Francia, who taught him waterc...