VALLA, LORENZO

(c. 1406-57), Ital. scholar of the Renai ance. His services to learning were exceptional; made excellent Lat, renderings of Xenophon, Hero dot us, and Thucydides, and his Fae a ne was long a standard text4° 40’ W.), province, Old Castile, Spain; traversed by Douro; chief industry, agriculture. Pop. 1920, 282,347. (2) (41° 36’ N., 4°43’ W.), town, at junction of Esgueva and Pisuergo, capital, V. province, Spain; seat of univ. 1346, and archbishopric; has royal palace and an unfinished cathedral, 1585; manufactures cloth; agricultural trade; Columbus died here, 1506, and Philip II. was born, 1527; capital of Spain till 1560. Pop. 1919, 69,799. (3) (20° 37’ N., 88° 18’.) town, Yucatan, Mexico; cotton goods. Pop. 14,500.