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See Acoma. Acuña (ä-kön'yä), Cristoval de. Born at Burgos, Spain, 1597: died at Lima, Peru, probably before 1655. A Jesuit mi ionary and author. He was rector of the College of Cuenca, near Quito. In 1639 he accompanied Pedro Teixeira on his voyage down the Amazon, and in 1641 published at Madrid his "Nuevo descubrimiento del gran rio de las Amazon as," which is the first clear account of that river. The original edition of ones various this work is very rare, but there are later in prius rat or of his province before returning to Peru. Acuña y Bejarano (ä-kön'yä ē bā-Hä-rä'nō), Juan de, Marquis of Casa Fuerte. Born at Lima, Peru, 1657: died at Mexico, 1734. A Spanish-American soldier and administrator. He was governor of Me ina, viceroy of Aragon and Mal lorca, member of the supreme council of war, and vice roy of New Spain from 1722 until his death. Acuña, Hernando de. Died 1580. A Spanish poet and soldier. He served in the expedition of Charles V. against Tunis. At the request of the emperor he translated Olivier de la Marche's "Le chevalier délibéré." His poems were published after his death, under the title "Varias Poesías" (1591). Acusilaus (a-kū-si-lā'us). [Gr. Ἀκουσίλαος .] Αn ancient Greek commentator on, or prose paraphrast of, the Theogony of Hesiod. He was born at Argos probably about the middle of the 6th century B. C., and was by some regarded as one of the seven wise men. Ada (a'da). [The Greek form of the Hebrew name.] See Adah . Adad. See Hadad . Adafudia, or Ada food i a (ä-da-föʻdi-ä). A town in the western part of Sudan, Africa, in lat. 13° 6' N., long. 1° 3′ E. Population, about 25,000 (?). Adah (a'da). [Heb., ornament,' 'beauty'; Gr. Ada , Ada.] 1. In the Old Testament: (a) The first of the two wives of Lamech. Gen. iv. 19-23. (b) One of the wives of Esau and the mother of Eliphaz. Gen. xxxvi.-2. The wife of Cain, a character in "Cain," by Lord Byron. in of saints and martyrs, both of the Roman and Greek churches; specifically, the name of a work begun by the Bollandists, a society of Jesuits, in 1643. It now consists of sixty-one folio volumes, including an index published 1875. Actium (ak's hi-um). [Gr. Άκτιον .] In ancient geography, a promontory on the northwestern coast of A carn an i a, Greece, about lat. 38° 56′ N., long. 20° 46′ E. The ancient peribolos or sacred inclosure, rectangular in plan and built in opus reticula still tum, remains. the seat Recent of the famous excavations Actian have games laid bare of August us, extensive ruins of several succe ive temples, the latest of which is that dedicated by August us after the victory of B. C. 31. A famous naval battle was fought near Actium between Octavius and Mark Antony and Cleopatra Sept. 2, 31 в. с. It was decided by the flight of Cleopatra. Antony's land forces surrendered to Octavius. The victory secured for the latter supreme rule over the Roman dominion. Actius Syncerus. The academical name of