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Corsica
Corsica , Fr. Corse, island (1990 pop. 251,000), 3,352 sq mi (8,682 sq km), a region of metropolitan France, SE of France and N of Sardinia, in the Mediterranean Sea. Ajaccio , the capital, and Bastia are the chief towns and ports. The island is largely mountainous, culminating in Monte Cinto (... Read more
Bastia
Bastia , city (1990 pop. 38,728), Haute-Corse dept., NE Corsica, France, on the Tyrrhenian Sea. It is the island's largest city and chief commercial center. Famous for its wines, it has a thriving export industry and a variety of light manufactures. Founded (14th cent.) as a fort by the Genoese, it ... Read more
Filippo Turati
Filippo Turati 1857-1932, Italian political leader. An advocate of a moderate, nonviolent form of socialism, Turati cofounded the Italian Socialist party in 1892. In 1926, threatened by the growing fascist movement, he fled the country, escaping in a small boat to Corsica. From there, he traveled t... Read more
Tyrrhenian Sea
Tyrrhenian Sea , Ital. Tirreno, part of the Mediterranean Sea, c.475 mi (760 km) long and from 60 to 300 mi (97-483 km) wide, between the Ligurian Sea, the Italian peninsula, Sicily, Sardinia, and Corsica. The Strait of Messina connects it with the Ionian Sea. The sea is named for the Tyrrhenoi (a... Read more
Ajaccio
Ajaccio , town (1990 pop. 59,952), capital of Corse-du-Sud dept., France, on the Isle of Corsica. A year-round tourist attraction, Ajaccio also has manufacturing, fishing, timbering, shipping, and fruit-growing industries. Its present site was established by Genoese colonists in 1492. Ajaccio was th... Read more
French Union
French Union 1946-58, political entity established by the French constitution of 1946. It comprised metropolitan France (the 90 departments of continental France and Corsica); French overseas departments, territories, settlements, and United Nations trusteeships; French colonies, which became overs... Read more
Samuel Hood Hood, 1st Viscount
Samuel Hood Hood, 1st Viscount 1724-1816, British admiral. Entering the navy in 1741, he served with distinction in the Seven Years War. In 1781 he was sent to the West Indies as second in command to Lord Rodney . He fought in many engagements in the American Revolution, including the victory (178... Read more
Andrea Doria
Andrea Doria , b. 1466 or 1468, d. 1560, Italian admiral and statesman, of an ancient family prominent in the history of Genoa . He started his career as a condottiere and in the Italian Wars fought for Francis I of France. In 1528 he fell out with Francis and went over to Charles V, Holy Roman... Read more
Gaiseric
Gaiseric or Genseric , c.390-477, king of the Vandals and Alani (428-77), one of the ablest of the barbarian invaders of the Roman Empire. He led (429) his people from Spain into Africa, possibly at the request of Boniface , and quickly subdued a large territory, which was later (435) ceded to ... Read more
Étienne François Choiseul, duc de
Étienne François Choiseul, duc de , 1719-85, French statesman. After successful service in the army he entered the diplomatic service and gained support from Mme de Pompadour . As ambassador to Vienna (1757) he strengthened the Austrian alliance by conducting first negotiations toward... Read more

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Corsica
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World CORSICA CORSICA. The mountainous island of Corsica is visible from the nearby islands of Elba and Sardinia, themselves not far from Italy. Handicapped by a small population and few economic resources, Corsica during the Middle Ages was ruled...
Corsicans
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures ...inhabitants of the Mediterranean island of Corsica, now part of France. Corsicans consider...Corsican nationalist movement. Location. Corsica lies in the central Mediterranean Sea...kilometer-wide straits of Bonifacio. Corsica is the most mountainous island of the...
Napoleon I
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...nobility. Following the annexation of Corsica by France in 1769, Carlo was granted...on his own, but he was distracted by Corsica. Until 1793 his thoughts, desires...an extended leave (1786) to return to Corsica to settle his family's affairs. After...
Pasquale Paoli
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...of the island. In 1755 he returned to Corsica, led a successful revolt against the...reducing the island to submission, sold Corsica to France. Paoli fought brilliantly against...corresponded with him and visited him in Corsica, introduced him into the circle of Samuel...
Napoleon Bonaparte
Encyclopedia entry from: U*X*L Encyclopedia of World Biography ...Bonaparte Born: August 15, 1769 Ajaccio, Corsica Died: May 5, 1821 Island of St. Helena...French when they took over control of Corsica. Napoleon began his education at a boys...French army, but he often returned to Corsica. In 1792 he took part in a power struggle...
Mrs. Barbauld
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...events on the Mediterranean isle of Corsica, considered the first democratic republic of the Enlightenment Age; Corsica's brief period of sovereignty pre...in 1768. One of her first poems, "Corsica: An Ode," was written a year later...
Joseph Bonaparte
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...was born on Jan. 7, 1768, in Corte, Corsica. He was the third child of Carlo Buonaparte...to survive infancy. He was educated in Corsica and France and studied law at Pisa. In...Five Hundred as a representative from Corsica. Joseph played an insignificant role...
France
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...Mediterranean coast W of the Rhône. Corsica lies off the Mediterranean coast. The...Centre, Champagne-Ardenne, Corse ( Corsica ), Franche-Comté , Haute...Pyrenees, and Corsican on the island of Corsica. Roman Catholicism is by far the largest...
Boswell, James (1740–1795)
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World ...Germany, France, and Italy. Visiting Corsica in 1765, and befriending General Paoli...successful travel book, An Account of Corsica (1768), which established his literary...Boswell, James. The Journal of a Tour to Corsica and Memoirs of Pascal Paoli. Edited by...
Carlo Andrea Pozzo di Borgo
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...and diplomat in Russian service, b. Corsica. In the French Revolution, he allied with Pasquale Paoli against the Jacobins on Corsica and supported the British occupation of...Paoli. After the French reconquest of Corsica (1796), Pozzo di Borgo left the island...

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Corsican
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English Cor·si·can / ˈkôrsikən / • adj. of or relating to Corsica, its people, or their language. • n. 1. a native of Corsica. 2. the language of Corsica, which originated as a dialect of Italian.
Pumpelly, Raphael
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...subsequently, visited Switzerland, France, Italy, and Corsica and observed the grandeur of their mountains, volcanoes...Freiberg until 1860, a period that he interrupted to return to Corsica for several months. Pumpelly ’ s memorialist and...
Van Cleef, Lee
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...Nebraskan (Sears) (as Reno); Private Eyes (Bernds) 1954 Rails into Laramie (Hibbs) (as Ace Winton); The Bandits of Corsica (Nazarro) (as Nerva); The Desperado (Carr) (as Buck/Paul Creyton); Gypsy Colt (Marton) (as Hank); Arrow in...
Barye, Antoine-Louis
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists ...including a stone pediment relief of Napoleon Crowned by History and the Arts (1857) on the Sully Pavilion of the Louvre and a bronze equestrian statue of Napoleon (1860–5) at Ajaccio, the emperor's birthplace in Corsica.
Choiseul, Étienne François, duc de
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...then tried to reform the army and navy, but was dismissed in December 1770 when he tried to persuade LOUIS XV to support Spain against Britain over the FALKLAND ISLANDS. Lorraine and Corsica were both annexed during his period in office.
Martello tower
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture ...built on the coasts of the British Isles from 1804 as a precaution against invasion by the French, named after Cape Mortella, Corsica, where a watch-tower of similar form was occupied by a British garrison in 1794. Good examples can be seen on the Suffolk...
Maquis
Book article from: The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military ...of that year, many of the men of the Maquis joined Gen. de Lattre de Tassigny's First French Army for the subsequent Rhine River crossings and battle for Germany. from the word for the local brushwood found on the island of Corsica.
Etruscans
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...Traditionally, in 510 BC the last Etruscan king of Rome, TARQUIN , was expelled. In the 4th century they were driven out of Elba and Corsica, defeated by the Gauls in 390, and finally allied themselves with Rome after defeat in 283. From this time they came under...
Moore, Sir John
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History Moore, Sir John (1761–1809). Soldier and military reformer. Moore entered the army in 1776. In Corsica, on 10 August 1794, he led the storming party at the siege of Calvi. After an expedition against St Lucia in 1796 he was...
Göpel, Adolph
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...June 1847) mathematics . The son of a music teacher, G ö pel was able, thanks to an uncle, the British consul in Corsica, to spend several years of his childhood in Italy, where in 1825 – 1826 he attended lectures on mathematics and...

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Corsica LT yields cheap, fun driving
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 1/27/1990; ; 700+ words ; ...to-drive family sedan should try Chevrolet's Corsica LT. The Corsica lacks the refinement of some Japanese competitors...options. Missing from the compact, front-drive Corsica are some high-tech items found on lower-priced...
Corsica: Chaste, Without Haste
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 4/14/1989; ; 700+ words ; THE 1989 CHEVROLET Corsica LT hatchback sedan is an ordinary car...ordinary people. Perhaps that's why the Corsica's such a hot seller. Folks identify...understand it. Like most of us, the Corsica LT puts on its best face for public...
Paris tightens grip on Corsica warlords
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 2/1/1997; ; 700+ words ; ...down the law in the rebellious island of Corsica. The turning point came last month...Helene Mattei at Bastia airport in northern Corsica. Since then, all but one of the leaders...the Front for the National Liberation of Corsica (FLNC), have been detained. Francois...
Corsica Strife Challenges Young Gov't.
News Wire article from: AP Online; 10/2/2005; ; 700+ words ; ...Associated Press Writer AP Online 10-02-2005 Dateline: BASTIA, Corsica People jubilate as a ferry boat of the private company Corsica Ferries arrives at the harbour of Bastia, Corsica island, Sunday, Oct. 2, 2005. Around 7,000 stranded tourists...
Chevy Corsica smooth driving with V-6 sizzle
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 8/1/1988; ; 700+ words ; ...high collector prices. Chevrolet's Corsica is one of the best sedate four-door...the performance version of the car, the Corsica LT, is one of the nicest Chevy performance...drive it with great fluidity. I tested a Corsica LT with the LT option package No. 4...
CHEVROLET CORSICA IN BASIC BLACK: A WELCOME TASTE OF PLAIN VANILLA
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 3/27/1988; ; 700+ words ; ...than exotic. So it is with the Chevrolet Corsica, admirably dull, apparently dependable...right; it feels right. It's not that Corsica is like earlier Chevys, but it seems...Maybe it's wishful thinking. The Corsica is the four-door half of a two-car...
Beretta, Corsica: Chevy answer to excitement
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 8/22/1987; ; 700+ words ; ...leave the Beretta's four-door sister car, the Corsica? The Corsica can't be thought of as a poor man's Ferrari because...case, General Motors is breathing easier because Corsica and Beretta sales finally are taking off after a slow...
A troublesome island.(Stateless Peoples--Corsica)
Magazine article from: Canada and the World Backgrounder; 10/1/2003; 700+ words ; ...Colonna hiding in a shepherd's hut in Corsica. He was immediately flown to Paris to...custody just two days before the people of Corsica voted in a referendum on the island's future. The island of Corsica has had a long and turbulent history...
Magnetic fabric of granitoids from Southern Corsica and Northern Sardinia and implications for Late Hercynian tectonic setting
Magazine article from: Journal of the Geological Society; 3/1/2004; ; 700+ words ; ...from Hercynian granitoids from Southern Corsica (France) and Northern Sardinia (Italy...broader context in the Hercynian belt, Corsica has to be back-rotated clockwise by...at about the same period. Keywords: Corsica, Sardinia, Hercynian belt, magnetic...
Corsica `hatch' follows Chevy history
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 12/24/1988; ; 700+ words ; ...approximately $12,000. The Chevy is the new Corsica four-door hatchback with the LT option...6 engine. I found while testing the Corsica LT hatchback that it is in the grand Chevy...low-priced performance autos. The Corsica hatchback is new to the front-wheel...