Cochabamba, 1796, founding a botanical garden

Thence he made various excursions. He published in Spanish a work on the Peruvian tributaries of the Amazon. His botanical writings were printed after his death. Hankel (hänk'el), Wilhelm Gottlieb. Born at Ermsleben, Pru ia, May 17, 1814: died at Leipsic, Feb. 18, 1899. A German physicist, profe or of physics at Leipsic 1849-99, best known for his researches in electricity. His investigations have been principally of the thermoelectric properties of crystals. Hankow, or Han-kau (hän-kou'). A river port in the province of Hu-peh, China, situated at the confluence of the Han with the Yangtse, opposite Hanyang and nearly opposite Wuchang, in lat. 30° 33′ N., long. 114° 20′ E. It was opened to foreign trade in 1861, and exports tea. Population (1896), about 600,000. Hanover shared the defeat of Sabaco in the memorable battle of Raphia (720), and was carried captive to As syria. Hanno (han'ō). Lived probably in the 5th century B. C. A Cart hag in i an navigator who led a colonizing expedition to the western coast of Africa. An account of his voyage is extant in a Greek translation ("Periplus"). "In the flourishing times of Carthage" (no nearer date is known), Hanno and Himilco, two brothers belonging to the dominant clan of Mago, were despatched by the Senate to find new trading stations, and to found new colonies of the half-bred "Liby-Phœnician" population, from whose presence the State was always anxious to be freed. Each admiral was in command of a powerful fleet. Hanno was directed to go south from the Pillars of Hercules, and to skirt the African coast; Himilco was in like manner directed to keep to the coast of Spain. The records of both voyages were long preserved upon tablets in the temple of Moloch; and Hanno's account is still extant in a Greek translation. Himilco's tablet is lost, though it seems to have been extant as late as the fourth century of the Christian era; but its form is known from the "Periplus of Hanno," and its substance is, to some extent, preserved in the extracts of Avienus. Elton, Origins of Eng. Hist., p. 20. Hanno (han'ō), surnamed “The Great.” Lived in the 3d century B. c. A leader of the aristocratic party at Carthage, an opponent of Hamilcar Barca and Hannibal. Hanno, or Anno (an'ō), Saint. Killed 1075. An archbishop of Cologne. He became chancellor of the empire in the reign of Henry III., and was elevated to the see of Cologne in 1056. In 1062, placing himself at the head of the princes disaffected with the administration of the regent Agnes of Poitou, he abducted the young king Henry IV. from Kaiserswerth to Cologne, and usurped the regency. Hannover (hän-no'ver), Eng. Hanover (han'o-ver), F. Hanovre (ä-nov'r). A province of Pru ia. Capital, Hannover. The main portion is bounded by the North Sea, Oldenburg, Schleswig-Holstein, and Hamburg (separated from these two by the Elbe) on the north, Mecklenburg and Brandenburg (separated by the Elbe) on the northeast, the province of Saxony on the east, Brunswick, Waldeck, Lippe, Schaumburg-Lippe, and Westphalia on the south, and the Netherlands and Oldenburg on the west. It is nearly cut in two by Olden burg. South of it is a detached portion, separated by Brunswick, and reaching south to He e-Na au, and there are several minor exclaves. The surface is generally level; the Harz, Weser hills, and Teutoburger Wald are in the south. The chief rivers are the Ems, Weser (with the Aller and Leine), and Elbe. The leading occupation is agriculture. Strange all this difference should be 'Twixt Tweed ledum and Tweedledee!" From 1729-34 he was in partnership with Heidegger at the King's Theatre. In 1737 he became bankrupt. In 1739, when he was about 54, he began to compose the oratorios which made him famous. In 1752 he was attacked by cataract, and was couched three times, but without succe . He was nearly if not entirely blind for the rest of his life, but continued to preside at the organ during his own oratorios. His fame increased, and the animosity which had pursued him during his earlier years died away. He is best known by his oratorios "Esther" (1720), "Saul" (1739), "Israel in Egypt" (1739), "The Me iah" (1742), "Samson" (1743), "Judas Maccabæus" (1747), "Joshua" (1748), "Jephthah" (1752), etc. He wrote 23 oratorios, more than 40 operas, "Acis and Galatea" and "Alexander's Feast" (cantatas), besides a great deal of church and chamber music, odes, songs, etc. See his "Life" by Main waring, Schölcher, and Chrysander. Handel and Haydn Society. An American musical society, founded at Boston in 1815. Handel Society. 1. An English society for the publication of Handel's works, formed in 1843 and di olved in 1848. His works were i ued 1843-58 .-2. [G. Händel - Gesellschaft .] A German society for the publication of Handel's works, formed in 1856. These works have been published since 1859 under the editorship of Chrysander. Handsome Swordsman, The. [F. Le beau sa breur.] A surname given to Murat. Han dynasty. See the extract.