- Cartier by Emma Medina
Jacques. 1491--1557, French navigator and explorer in Canada, who discovered the St Lawrence River (1535 ...
- Sá, Mem de by Bella Hayes
D. 1572, Portuguese colonial official, governor-general of Brazil (1557?–1572). He drove (1567) the French colony from Guanabara Bay and founded the city of Rio de Janeiro at its site.
- Grimald, Nicholas by Taylor Ramos
Grimoald, Nicholas, 1519?–1562?, English poet. He contributed 40 poems to the first edition (1557) of Tottel's miscellany, of which "A Funeral Song upon the Decease of Annes, His Mother" is the most noteworthy. His other works include two Latin dramas and translations of Vergil and Cicero.
- Cartier by WordNet
nounFrench explorer who explored the St. Lawrence river and laid claim to the region for France (1491-1557. ).synonyms: Jacques Cartier
- megawatt year of electricity by Alondra Mendoza
... electricity) A unit of electric energy, equal to the energy from a power of 1,000,000 watts over a period of 1 tropical year, or to 3.1557 × 10 13joules. Abbreviated MWYE.