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335. in Kansas. Corbie (kor-bē'). A town in the department of Somme, France, situated on the Somme 10 miles east of Amiens. Population (1891), commune, 4,782. Corbould (kôr bold), Henry. Born at London, Aug. 11, 1787: died at Roberts bridge, Su ex, Dec 9, 1844. An English landscape and min iature-painter and book-illustrator, son of Richard Corbould. Corbould, Richard. Born at London, April 18, 1757: died at London, July 26, 1831. An English painter and book-illustrator. Argentine Republic, situated about lat. 29° miles. 30′-35° S., long. 62°-66° W. Area, 60,000 square Population (1895), 351,745.-2. The capital of the above province, situated on the Primero in lat. 31° 24' S., long. 64° 13′ 26" W. (observatory). It is an important commercial center, Population (1887), 35,771. and the seat of a university and national observatory. 3. A town in the state of Vera Cruz, Mexico, 55 miles west of Vera Cruz. Population, 6,000. Córdoba, or Cordova, Francisco Hernandez (or Fernandez) de. Date of birth unknown: died at Santo Espíritu, Cuba, May or June, 1517. A Spanish soldier and explorer. He went Cordova, Gonsalvo Hernandez de. Born at Montilla, near Cordova, Spain, March 16, 1453: died at Granada, Spain, Dec. 2, 1515. A celebrated Spanish general, surnamed “The Great Captain." He served with distinction in the wars against Portugal and the Moors, and conducted the negotiations which finally resulted in the union of Granada with Castile. In 1495 he expelled the French from Naples, for which service he was created duke of Sant' Angelo by Ferdinand II. He conquered Ostia for the Pope in 1497, and 1502-03 defended Barletta against the French, whom he defeated at Cerignola and on the Garigliano in 1503. Cordova, Jorge. Born at La Paz, 1822: died there, Oct. 23, 1861. A Bolivian revolutionist. He was an ignorant soldier who acquired some importance by his marriage with the daughter of President Belzú. The revolutionists who drove out Belzú in 1855 proclaimed Cordova in his place, and he held the position until 1858, when he was deposed by another outbreak. His rule was humane, but he showed little energy. He was shot during the disorders of 1861. Cordova, Pedro de. Born in 1483: died at Santo Domingo, June 28, 1525. A Spanish Dominican, vicar of the first colony of his order in Hispaniola in 1510. He and his companions preached against Indian slavery in 1511, and in 1512 Cordova went to Spain to meet the junta which was employed in framing new laws with relation to the services of the Indians. In 1513 he sent a mi ionary colony to the coast of Venezuela, and when the mi ionaries were killed in 1515, Cordova went himself to establish another colony. He was a friend of Las Casas. Cordova y Figueroa (kor'dō-vä ēfē-gā-rō'ä), Pedro de. Born at Concepcion, 1692: died there, probably after 1770. A Chile an historian. He was a soldier, served in Araucania, and was alcalde of Concepcion about 1740. His "Hist or i a de Chile "includes the conquest and settlement to 1717, and was the most mmscript was preserved at Madrid, and it was first pub. complete history of the country up to its date. The lished from a copy in the "Coleccion de Hist or i adores de Chile." Corea. See Korea . Coreal (kō-rā-äl'), Francisco. The name appended to the "Voyage aux Indes Occident a les," published in Paris 1727. The author claimed to have been born in Cart a gena in 1648, and to have traveled over nearly all of Spanish and Portuguese America. The work is generally believed to be fictitious. Coree (kō'rē). A tribe of North American Indians formerly occupying the peninsula south of the Neuse River, North Carolina. The name Coree probably means 'they are separate. They joined in the outbreak of 1711, and the survivors were settled in Hyde County, North Carolina, until they became extinct. Also called Coranine . See Iroquoian . Corelli (kō-rel'i), Marie. Born in England in 1864. A British novelist. She is of Italian and Scotch parentage, and was adopted in her infancy by Charles Mackay, the poet. She has written "A Romance of Two Worlds" (1886), "Thelma" (1887), "Ardath" (1889), "Barabbas” (1893), "The Mighty Atom" (1896), "The Master Christian" (1900), etc. Corentyn (kō-ren-tin'). [ Corantijn of the Dutch colonists.] A river of South America which separates British and Dutch Guiana. It flows into the Atlantic Ocean in lat. 6° N., long. 57° W. Length, Corfe Castle (kôrf kas'l). A castle in Dorset, England, 18 miles east of Dor chester. It was the scene of the murder of Edward the Martyr 400 miles; navigable 150 miles. in 979. Corfinium (kôr-fin'i-um). In ancient geography, a town in central Italy, near the modern Sol mona. It was the capital of the Peligni, and of the confederates in the Social War (90-88 в. с.). Corfu (kor-fö'). 1. A nomarchy of Greece, comprising Corfu, Paxo, etc. Area, 288 square miles. Population (1896), 94,686.-2. The northernmost and largest of the Ionian Islands, situated west of Albania: the ancient Corcyra or Kerkyra. Its surface is mountainous, and its principal exports are olives and wine. Length, 40 miles. Greatest breadth, 20 miles. 3. A seaport, capital of Corfu, on the eastern coast in lat. 39° 37′ N., long. 19° 56′ E.: the ancient Corcyra or Kerkyra. It has steam communication with Mediterranean ports. Corfu was colonized by Corinth in 734 B. C. It defeated Corinth, in the first recorded naval battle, in 665 B. C.; was an ally of Athens in the Peloponnesian war; was conquered by Rome in 229 B. C., and came under Venetian rule in 1386. The island formed part of the Ionian Republic from 1815 to 1864. The town was defended by the Venetians against the Turks in 1716. Population (1889), commune, 28,372. Cori (kōʻrē). A town in the province of Rome, Italy, situated 30 miles southeast of Rome: the ancient Cora. It contains many Roman antiquities, including Corinthian columns, fragments of walls, and a temple of Hercules, so called, a Roman-Doric structure of the time of Sulla, of unusual grace and artistic feeling. The entire prostyle portico (prost as is) of 4 by 3 columns remains, with its entablature and low pediment. The shafts, with 20 flutes, have a height of 7 diameters with out base or capital; triglyphs occupy the angles of the frieze, in Greek fashion. The doorway of the cella is richly framed and ornamented. Corin (ko'rin). A shepherd in Shakspere's comedy "As you Like it." Corineus. See Gogmagog. Corinium (kō-rin'i-um). An important town in ancient Britain: the modern Cirencester. Corinna (kō-rin'ä). [Gr. Κόριννα .] Born at Tanagra, Bœotia, Greece: lived in the first part of the 5th century B. c. A Greek lyric poet, sometimes called a Theban from her long residence in Thebes. She was a contemporary and instructor of Pindar, from whom she is said to have won the prize five times at the public games. A few frag ments of her poems have been preserved. "There were three of the name of Corinna, all skilled in letters. One was of Thebes, one of Thespis, and the third of Corinth. The last lived at the time, and is supposed to have been the favourite, of Ovid; but the most famous was she who, in a trial of poetry, conquered the great poet Pindar. Her glory seems to have been fully established by the public memorial of her picture exhibited in her native city, and adorned with a symbol of her victory. Pausanias, who saw it, supposes her to have been one of the handsomest women of her age. Time has left us only a few scraps, of Corinna's poetry." Orlando Furioso , bk. xx., note. Corinna. A name given by Dryden to Mrs. Thomas with whom he had a correspondence. She fell into distre and became one of Curll's authors, furnishing him with a fictitious account of Dryden's funeral. Corinne ou l'Italie (ko-ren' ö le-tä-lē'). [F., 'Corinne or Italy.'] A novel by Madame de Staël, published in 1807. Corinth (kor'inth). [Gr. Κόρινθος , L. Cor in thus.] A city of Greece, situated near the Isthmus and Gulf of Corinth in lat. 37° 54′ N., long. 22° 52′ E.: the modern Gortho. It was originally called Ephyre ( Εφύρη ), and was noted in ancient times as a center of commerce, literature, and art. It was founded about 1350 B. C.; was conquered by the Dorians in the 11th century; colonized Corcyra and Syracuse in 734; prospered under the tyrant Per i an der about 600; sided with Sparta in the Peloponnesian war against Athens, and later (395-387) engaged in the "Corinthian war" against Sparta; was defeated by Sparta in 394; was held by the Maced on i ans until 243, when it joined the Achæan League, of which it was the capital; was captured, sacked, and burned by the Romans, under Mummius, in 146; and was rebuilt by Julius Cæsar in 46 B. C. In modern times it has been taken and retaken by Turks and Venetians, was destroyed by an earthquake in 1858, and was rebuilt on a site 3 miles distant (New Corinth). Population (1889), commune, 11,150. Corinth. A city in northeastern Mi is sip an important strategic point in the Civil War, and was besieged by the Federals under Halleck May, 1862, and evacuated by the Confederates under Beau regard May 29. Here, Oct. 3, 4, the Federals (over 20,000) under Rose crans defeated the Confederates (28,000) under Van Dorn and Price. Reported lo of the Federals, 2,520; of the Confederates, 4,838. Population (1900), 3,661. Corinth, Gulf of. See Lepanto , Gulf of . Corinth, Isthmus of. An isthmus which connects the Morea with central Greece. It is now pierced by a canal. Width, 4-8 miles. Corinthia (kō-rin'thi-ä). In ancient geography, a division of Greece, lying between the Gulf of Corinth on the north, Megaris on the northeast, the Saronic Gulf on the east, Argolis on the south, and Argolis and Sicyonia on the west. Corinthians (kō-rinʼthi-anz), First and Second Epistles to the. Epistles of Paul, of which the first was composed at Ephesus in the spring of 57, and the second at some place in Mace donia in the summer or autumn of the same year. Coriolanus (kōri-ō-lānus), the surname of Cnæus (le correctly Caius) Marcius. Lived in the first half of the 5th century B. C. A Roman legendary hero, represented as the champion of the patricians, and afterward as leader of the Volscians against Rome. He was the conqueror of the Volscian Corioli (whence his surname). Coriolanus. 1. A tragedy by Shakspere, produced probably in 1608, and founded on North's "Plutarch." In the play the mother of Caius (Cnæus) Marcius Coriolanus is Volumnia, not Veturia, and his wife is Virgilia, not Volumnia as in the original. John Dennis produced a play in 1705 founded on "Coriolanus," which he called "The Invader of his Country, or the Fatal Resentment." Cornel i us land 218-254, grandson of Conn of the Hun. dred Battles. Cormenin (kor-me-nan'), Vicomte de (Louis Marie de la Haye). Born at Paris, Jan. 6, 1788: died at Paris, May 6,1868. A noted French jurist and political writer. He was the author of numerous books and pamphlets, including "Questions de droit admin is trat if" (1822), "Etudes sur les orateurs parlement a ires" (1838), etc. Cormontaigne (kor-môn-täny), Louis de. Born 1695: died in Lorraine, Oct. 20, 1752. A French military engineer. His works were published 1806-09. Cornaro (kor-näʼrō), Cater in a. Born at Venice, 1454: died at Venice, July 5, 1510. Queen of Cyprus. She married in 1472 James of Lusignan, king of Cyprus, on whose death in 1473 she succeeded to the throne. She abdicated in favor of the Republic of Venice in 1489. Cornaro, Cater in a, at Venice. A sumptuous painting by Hans Makart, in the National Gallery at Berlin. The Queen of Cyprus, enthroned, re ceives the homage of Venetian patricians. There is evident aim to reproduce Titian's grouping and splendor of color. Cornbury, Viscount. See Hyde . Corneille (kor-nāy'), Pierre. Born at Rouen, June 6, 1606: died at Paris, Oct. 1, 1684. A celebrated French dramatist. Hewas graduated with high honors from the Jesuit College of his native city, studied law, and was admitted to the bar June 18, 1624. His first comedy, "Mélite," was intrusted to a comedian who put it on the stage between 1628 and 1630, and scored a marked succe . Corneille immediately wrote a second play, "Cli 2. A tragedy by James Thomson, left in manuscript by him, brought upon upon the stage by Sir George Little ton. It was published in 1748 or 1749. Corioli (kō-rio-li). In ancient geography, a city of Latium, Italy. It gave name to Coriolanus, by whom it was conquered 493 (?) B. C. Its exact site is unknown, but is probably at Monte-Giove, near Ariccia. Corisca. In Guarini's "Pastor Fido," a woman ruined by town life, contrasted with the Arcadian maidens. Coritavi (kō-ri-tā'vī), or Coritani (kō-ri-tā'nī). An ancient British tribe which occupied territory that included the modern Lincoln and Leicester. Strabo also, speaking of the Coritavi, a British tribe in Lincoln shire, after mentioning their yellow hair, says, "to show how tall they are, I saw myself some of their young men at Rome, and they were taller by six inches than any one else in the city." I. Taylor , Aryans, p. 76. Cork (kôrk). 1. The southernmost county of Munster, Ireland. It lies between Limerick on the north, Tipperary on the northeast, Water ford on the east, the Atlantic Ocean on the south, and Kerry on the west. It is the largest county of Ireland, having an area of 2,890 square miles. Population (1891), 438,432. 2. A city, capital of the above county, situated on the Lee, near its mouth, in lat. 51° 54′ N., long. 8° 28′ W. Its lower port is Queens town. It is the third city in Ireland, exports butter, live stock, provisions, leather, etc., and is the seat of Queen's College. It was founded about 600; was fortified by the Danes; was surrendered by its king to Henry II. in 1172; and was besieged and taken by Cromwell in 1649, and by Marl borough in 1690. Population (1901), 99,693. Cork, Earls of. See Boyle. Corleone (kor-la-õ'ne). A town in the province of Palermo, Sicily, 21 miles south of Palermo. Population, 15,000. Corli (kôr lis), George Henry. Born at Easton, N. Y., July 2, 1817: died at Providence, R. I., Feb. 21, 1888. An American inventor and manufacturer, noted as a designer of steam engines. He first patented improvements in engines in 1849. Cormac (kôr'mak). Born 836: died 908. king of Cashel, Ireland, who reigned 900-908. He perished in a battle on the site of the present Bally moon, in the latter year. A glo ary of Irish words called "Sanas Chormaic," "the most venerable monument of the literature of Munster and the earliest Irish dictionary," is attributed to him. The oldest extant fragment of the glo ary is in the "Book of Leinster," a manuscript of about A. D. 1200, and the oldest complete manuscript (Royal Irish Academy, H. and S. No. 224, s. 3167) is of the 15th century. Some Irish writers state that the glo ary was part of a large work known as "Saltair Chaisil." This has been generally attributed to Cormac, but there are no safe grounds for believing it to be his, or indeed for regarding it as anything but an ancient collection of transcripts such as the existing "Lebor na Huidri." The "Sanas Chormaic" was first printed by Whitley Stokes in 1862.