Biography Category
(h n´r kh bärt) (KEY) , 1821–65, German explorer in British service. After traveling (1845–47) through the Levant and N Africa, he entered the s...
(v s ´ly m kh ´l v ch g l vny n´) (KEY) , 1776–1831, Russian explorer and writer. Sent in 1807 to make a geographical survey of Kamchatka and th...
(v ´sk d g ´m , Port. väsh´k dä gä´m ) (KEY) , c.1469–1524, Portuguese navigator, the first European to journey by sea to India. His epoch...
(p ´tr s p ´n s) (KEY) , Latinized from Peter Bienewitz or Bennewitz (p ´t r b ´n v ts, b n´ v ts) (KEY) , 1495–1552, German cosmographer and...
(shûr´m n) (KEY) , 1854–1942, American educator and diplomat, b. Freetown, Prince Edward Island. His education was completed in London, Edinburgh,...
( v s N lôräN´) (KEY) , 1936–, French fashion designer, b. Algeria as Yves Henri Donat Mathieu-Saint-Laurent. He established houses of couture an...