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Las Palmas Las Palmas
Las Palmas , city (1990 pop. 373,846), capital of Las Palmas prov., Spain, on Grand Canary. The harbor nearby, at Puerto de la Luz, is the chief port of the Canary Islands and the busiest in Spain. Industries include fishing, fish processing, and tourism. The city was founded in 1478; still standing... Read more
Las Tunas Las Tunas
Las Tunas, Cuba A province and a city named ‘The Prickly Pears’ from the Spanish tuna ‘prickly pear’. The full name is La Victoria de las Tunas, named by the Spanish in 1869 to commemorate the victory over the Cubans during the first war of independence (1868–78).... Read more
Rolando Hinojosa Rolando Hinojosa
Rolando Hinojosa Rolando Hinojosa is one of the most prolific and well-respected Hispanic novelists in the United States. Not only has he created memorable Mexican American and white characters, but he has completely populated a fictional county in the lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas through his... Read more
Juan de las Roelas Juan de las Roelas
Juan de las Roelas , c.1558-1625, Spanish painter of the school of Seville. He is sometimes called the Spanish Tintoretto ; there are stylistic analogies between the two. In Seville he was first to combine realism and mysticism, an approach prevalent in 17th-century Spain. His most famous works... Read more
Lope de Rueda Lope de Rueda
Lope de Rueda , 1510?-1565, Spanish dramatist. A precursor of the Golden Age of Spanish literature, Rueda was an actor and a manager as well as a playwright. He is said to have created the genre known as pasos (short farces), noted for their use of rustic language and ordinary subjects. One of... Read more
Blasco Nunez Vela Blasco Nunez Vela
Blasco Núñez Vela , d. 1546, first viceroy of Peru (1544-46). Sent to replace Vaca de Castro and to enforce the New Laws of Bartolomé de Las Casas , he had a violent, short career. He antagonized all in command and either ordered a murder or committed it himself. He was... Read more
Bartolome de Las Casas Bartolome de Las Casas
Bartolomé de Las Casas , 1474-1566, Spanish missionary and historian, called the apostle of the Indies. He went to Hispaniola with his father in 1502, and eight years later he was ordained a priest. In 1514 he began to work for the improvement of conditions among the indigenous population,... Read more
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Aguascalientes Aguascalientes
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