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| Base General Bernardo O’Higgins Riquelme |
Base General Bernardo O'Higgins Riquelme, also Base Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins Riquelme, or shortly Bernardo O'Higgins, named after Bernardo O'Higgins is the main Chilean base in Antarctica. It is located at 63°19' S, 56°54,7' W, 13 m elevation, on the Antarctic Peninsula. It was established on February 18, 1948, and is one of the Antarctic bases with the longest times of continuous operation. The winter population is 16, and the peak population in the Antarctic summer is usually 44, although up to 60 persons can be accommodated. The base is operated by the Chilean Army. The civilian name of the site is Puerto Covadonga, the "capital" of the Chilean sector of Antarctica, which is claimed as a comuna (municipality) of Antártica Chilena Province. (references) |
| Bernardo Accolti |
Bernardo Accolti (1465 - March 1, 1536) was an Italian poet. (references) |
| Bernardo Atxaga |
Bernardo Atxaga (b. 1951, Asteasu, Gipuzkoa) is a Basque Country writer], he writes in basque]. His real name is Joseba Irazu Garmendia. (references) |
| Bernardo Bellotto |
Bernado Bellotto (1720/21 - 1780) was a painter. He was the pupil and nephew of Canaletto, and sometimes also used his name - illegally according to some. (references) |
| Bernardo Bertolucci |
Italian filmmaker (born in 1940). Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Bernardo Buontalenti |
Bernardo Buontalenti (1536-1608) was a painter and architect in the Italian Renaissance who designed the crypt of the Basilica di San Lorenzo for the Medici family. (references) |
| Bernardo Clesio |
Bernardo Clesio (1484 - 1539) was a cardinal, prince, diplomat, humanist and botanist who was born in Cles, Italy, by the noble Clesio family. He graduated from the University of Bologna, and later became Prince-bishop of Trento (1514-1539), cardinal, and chancellor for Emperor Ferdinand I. (references) |
| Bernardo de Gálvez |
Bernardo de Gálvez, Conde de Galvez (23 July, 1746 born in Macharaviaya, a mountain village in the province of Málaga, Spain - 1786) was Spanish governor of Louisiana from 1777 to 1785, and Viceroy of New Spain 1785-1786. He was General of Spanish Colonial forces in North America. He aided the United States quest for independence in the American Revolutionary War. (references) |
| Bernardo de Jesús Saldaña Téllez |
Es autor de las novelas Urbano Calles, Acantilados y Latitud Calafia, además de su reciente obra de análisis político que se encuentra en el I Concurso de novela Alfaguara-UNAM, entre diversos ensayos sobre desarrollo social, combate a la pobreza e idearios políticos que ha publicado con diversos organismos. Pertenece al Think Thank “Proyecto Millennium” que opera en México a través de la Facultad de Ciencias Políticas de la UNAM en Conjunto con la Universidad de las Naciones Unidas. (references) |
| Bernardo de la Garza |
Bernardo de la Garza Herrera (b. October 14, 1970 in Mexico City) is a Mexican politician and candidate for the Partido Verde Ecologista de México (PVEM, "Ecologist Green Party of Mexico") in the 2006 presidential election. He is married to Ana María de la Garza and has one son. (references) |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.
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