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See also:NUNEZ, PEDRO (PETRUS NoNlUS) (1492—1577) , Portuguese mathematician and geographer, was See also:born at Alcacer do Sal, and died at See also:Coimbra, where he was See also:professor of See also:mathematics. He published several See also:works, including a copiously-annotated See also:translation of portions of See also:Ptolemy (1537), and a See also:treatise in two books, De arte atque ratione navigandi (1546). His clear statement of the scientific equipment of the See also:early Portuguese explorers has become famous. A See also:complete edition of all his writings
appeared at See also:Basel in 1592.
See F. de B. Garcao-Stockler, Ensaio historico sobre a origem e progresses das mathematicas em See also:Portugal (See also:Paris, 1819); R. H. See also:Major, See also:Prince See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry the Navigator (See also:London. 1868, p. 55).
NUfif EZ CABEZA DE VACA, ALVARO (c. 1490 — c. 1564),
See also:Spanish explorer, was the See also:lieutenant of Pamfilo de See also:Narvaez in the expedition which sailed from See also:Spain in 1527; when Narvaez was lost in the Gulf of See also:Mexico, Cabeza de Vaca succeeded in reaching the mainland somewhere to the See also:west of the mouths of the See also:Mississippi, and, striking inland with three companions, succeeded, after See also:long wandering and incredible hardship, in reaching the See also:city of Mexico in 1536. Returning to Spain in 1537, he was appointed " adelantado " or See also:administrator of the See also:province of Rio de la See also:Plata in 1540. Sailing from See also:Cadiz in the end of that See also:year, after touching at Cananea (See also:Brazil), he landed at the See also:island of St Catharine in the end of See also:March 1541. Leaving his See also:ships to proceed to Buenos Aires, he set out in See also:November with about 150 men to find his way overland to See also:Ascension (Asunci6n) for the See also:relief of his countrymen there. The little See also:band reached their destination in the following year. After various successes in See also:war and See also:diplomacy in his dealings with the See also:Indians, Nunez was sent See also:home under See also:arrest in 1544, and in 1551 was banished to See also:Africa by. the See also:council of the Indies for eight years. He was recalled in about a year and appointed to a judgeship in See also:Seville,
where he died not later than 1564.
The Naufragios ( Shipwrecks ") of Cabeza de Vaca, which relate to the See also:Florida expedition and his See also:journey to the city of Mexico, appeared at See also:Zamora in 1542; the See also:work has frequently been reprinted, and an annotated See also:English translation was published by T. See also:- BUCKINGHAM
- BUCKINGHAM, EARLS, MARQUESSES AND DUKES OF
- BUCKINGHAM, FIRST DUKE
- BUCKINGHAM, GEORGE VILLIERS, 1ST DUKE 0E1
- BUCKINGHAM, GEORGE VILLIERS, 2ND DUKE 0E1 (1628-1687)
- BUCKINGHAM, HENRY STAFFORD, 2ND DUKE OF3 (1454-1483)
- BUCKINGHAM, JAMES SILK (1786-1855)
Buckingham See also:- SMITH
- SMITH, ADAM (1723–1790)
- SMITH, ALEXANDER (183o-1867)
- SMITH, ANDREW JACKSON (1815-1897)
- SMITH, CHARLES EMORY (1842–1908)
- SMITH, CHARLES FERGUSON (1807–1862)
- SMITH, CHARLOTTE (1749-1806)
- SMITH, COLVIN (1795—1875)
- SMITH, EDMUND KIRBY (1824-1893)
- SMITH, G
- SMITH, GEORGE (1789-1846)
- SMITH, GEORGE (184o-1876)
- SMITH, GEORGE ADAM (1856- )
- SMITH, GERRIT (1797–1874)
- SMITH, GOLDWIN (1823-191o)
- SMITH, HENRY BOYNTON (1815-1877)
- SMITH, HENRY JOHN STEPHEN (1826-1883)
- SMITH, HENRY PRESERVED (1847– )
- SMITH, JAMES (1775–1839)
- SMITH, JOHN (1579-1631)
- SMITH, JOHN RAPHAEL (1752–1812)
- SMITH, JOSEPH, JR
- SMITH, MORGAN LEWIS (1822–1874)
- SMITH, RICHARD BAIRD (1818-1861)
- SMITH, ROBERT (1689-1768)
- SMITH, SIR HENRY GEORGE WAKELYN
- SMITH, SIR THOMAS (1513-1577)
- SMITH, SIR WILLIAM (1813-1893)
- SMITH, SIR WILLIAM SIDNEY (1764-1840)
- SMITH, SYDNEY (1771-1845)
- SMITH, THOMAS SOUTHWOOD (1788-1861)
- SMITH, WILLIAM (1769-1839)
- SMITH, WILLIAM (c. 1730-1819)
- SMITH, WILLIAM (fl. 1596)
- SMITH, WILLIAM FARRAR (1824—1903)
- SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY (1808—1872)
- SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY (1825—1891)
- SMITH, WILLIAM ROBERTSON (1846-'894)
Smith in 1351. His Comentarios (1555) See also:chronicle the events of the See also:South See also:American expedition. See Fanny See also:Bandelier, Journey of A. Nunez Cabeza de Vaca (ed. A. F. Bandelier, New See also:York, 1905).
End of Article: NUNEZ, PEDRO (PETRUS NoNlUS) (1492—1577)
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