Ercilla

American  

[er-thee-lyah, -see-yah] / ɛrˈθi ljɑ, -ˈsi jɑ /

noun

1. Alonso de 1533–94, Spanish epic poet; soldier in the conquest of Chile.

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In a recent interview published by the Santiago newsweekly Ercilla, Frei complained that the junta's rejection of any sort of economic controls would only lead to monopoly.

From Time Magazine Archive

In this poem the descriptive powers of Ercilla are remarkable, and his characters, especially those of the American chiefs, are drawn with force and distinctness.

From Handbook of Universal Literature From the Best and Latest Authorities by Anne C. Lynch Botta

But in a little more than ten years after Camoens glorified Portugal in an historical epic, Don Alonso de Ercilla tried to do the same for Spain.

From The Epic An Essay by Lascelles Abercrombie

In this capacity Ercilla visited Italy, Germany and the Netherlands, and was present in 1554 at the marriage of his master to Mary of England.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" by Various

Ercilla y Zuñiga accompanied Felipe II to England on the occasion of his marriage to Mary Tudor.

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century, Volume XLIII, 1670-1700 by Various

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