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Vicente Juan Macip
Vicente Juan Macip , c.1523-1579, Spanish religious painter of the Valencian school, known as Juan de Juanes and Vicente Joanes. One of the Spanish mannerists, Macip shows the influence of Italian painters, especially Raphael, in his design. Among his chief works are Holy Family (Academy, Madrid);...
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Vicente Fidel López
Vicente Fidel López , 1815-1903, Argentine historian, journalist, and politician; son of Vicente López y Planes . A member of the group that opposed the dictatorship of Juan Manuel de Rosas, he sought refuge in Chile (1840-52), where he founded a political review and aided the educati...
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Juan Vicente Gómez
Juan Vicente Gómez , 1857-1935, caudillo of Venezuela (1908-35). Of indigenous and white parentage, Gómez was born on a ranch in the Western Andes and grew up a nearly illiterate cattle herder. He catapulted into the national scene in 1899 when he led his guerrilla henchmen in support ...
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Martín Alonso Pinzón
Martín Alonso Pinzón d.1493, Spanish navigator. The commander of the Pinta on Columbus's first voyage to the New World in 1492, he was already an experienced seaman and an influential citizen of Palos de la Frontera . The support given to Columbus by Pinzón and his brothers ...
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flamenco
flamenco Spanish music and dance typical of the Gypsy , or gitano. Flamenco dancing is characterized by colorful costumes, intense and erotic movements, stamping of the feet ( zapateado ), and clapping of the hands ( palmada ); its execution is brilliant, noisy, and passionate. Flamenco music is b...
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Gil Vicente
Gil Vicente , 1470?-1536?, Portuguese dramatist and poet, considered second only to Camões. Vicente was attached to the courts of the Portuguese kings Manuel I and John II, and he may have been identical with, or related to, an accomplished goldsmith of the same name at the court. He was a hu...
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San Juan
San Juan , city (1991 pop. 353,476), capital of San Juan prov., W Argentina. It is a commercial and industrial center in an agricultural region. Wine is the chief product, and vineyards dot the picturesque landscape. Fruits and grains are grown, cattle are raised, and the province is rich in mineral...
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José Vicente Ferrer
José Vicente Ferrer , 1912-92, American actor, director, and producer, b. Santurce, Puerto Rico. Ferrer made his debut in 1935 and in 1940 gained acclaim in Charley's Aunt and again in 1943 playing Iago to Paul Robeson's Othello. A versatile actor with a rich and powerful voice, he had appe...
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Juan de la Cierva
Juan de la Cierva , 1895-1936, Spanish aeronautical engineer, inventor of a rotary-wing aircraft called an autogiro. He flew his first autogiro in 1923 and crossed the English Channel in an improved model in 1928.
Bibliography: See his Wings of Tomorrow (1931).
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San Juan Hill
San Juan Hill , Oriente prov., E Cuba, near the city of Santiago de Cuba. It was the scene (July, 1898) of a battle in the Spanish-American War, in which Theodore Roosevelt and the Rough Riders took part.
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