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Probably he soon returned to Spain. In 1519 he published there his "Suma de geografia," which gives the first account in Spanish of the New World. Encke (eng'ke), Johann Franz. Born at Hamburg, Sept. 23, 1791: died at Spandau, near Berlin, Aug. 26, 1865. A German astronomer. He became in 1825 secretary of the Academy of Sciences and director of the Observatory in Berlin. He is best known from his investigation of the comet named for him. Encke's Comet. A comet discovered by Pons at Marseilles, Nov. 26, 1818, and more fully investigated by J. F. Encke, for whom it was named. Encratites (en'kra-tīts). [Gr. Ἐνκρατῖται , lit. 'the self-disciplined,' 'continent.'] In the early history of the church, especially among the Gnostics, those ascetics who refrained from marriage and from the use of flesh-meat and wine. They were members of various heretical sects, although sometimes spoken of as a distinct body founded by the apologist Tatian of the 2d century. They were also called Continents . Encyclopædia Britannica (en-si-klō-pē'di-a bri-tan'i-kä). An English "dictionary of arts, sciences, and general literature," first published, in parts, at Edinburgh 1768-71. The publication of the last (9th) edition was commenced in 1875 and completed in 1888. Encyclopedia, The. See Encyclopédie . Encyclopédie (on-se-klo-på-de'): full title, "Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers" ('Methodical Dictionary of the Sciences, Arts, and Trades'). A French encyclopedia. See the extract. Encyclopédie It was a French translation, by John Mills, of Chambers's "Cyclopædia" which originally formed the basis of that famous "Encyclopédie" which, becoming in the hands of D'Alembert and Diderot the organ of the most advanced and revolutionary opinions of the time, was the object of the most violent persecution by the conservative party in church and state, and suffered egregious mutilations at the hands not only of hostile censors but of timorous printers. So thoroughly was it identified with the philosophic movement of the time that the term encyclo pédiste became the recognized designation of all attached to a certain form of philosophy. Appearing at Paris in 28 vols. between 1751 and 1772, it was followed by a supplement in 5 vols. (Amst. 1776-77), and an analytical index in 2 vols. (Paris, 1780). Voltaire's "Questions sur l'Encyclopédie" (1770) formed a kind of critical appendix. La Porte's "Esprit de l'Encyclopédie" (Paris, 1768) gave a résumé of the more important articles, and under the same title Hennequin compiled a similar epitome (Paris, 1822-23). Chambers's Encyc., IV. 335. Encyclopedists, or Encyclopædists (en-siklō-pēdists). The collaborators in the encyclopedia of Diderot and D'Alembert (1751-65). The Encyclopedists as a body were the exponents of the French skepticism of the 18th century. Endeavor, The. A British ship commanded by Captain Cook, then lieutenant. It was sent out in 1768 by the Royal Society to the Pacific to observe the transit of Venus. Captain Cook returned in 1771, having made important explorations and discoveries. See Cook , James. Endeavor Strait. [Named from the Endeavor, Captain Cook's ship.] A strait in north Australia, east of the Gulf of Carpentaria, between Cape York and Wolf Island. Ender (en'der), Johann. Born at Vienna, Nov. 3, 1793: died at Vienna, March 16, 1854. An Austrian historical and portrait-painter. Enderby Land (en'der-bi land). (First discovered by Dirk Gherritsz (1599), and named for him: later (1831) named by the English captain Biscoe of the whaler Tula for his employers.] A district in the Antarctic region, about lat. 67° S., long. 50° E. Endicott (en'di-kot), John. Born at Dor chester, England, 1589: died at Boston, Ma ., March 15, 1665. A governor of the Ma achusetts colony. He emigrated to America in 1628; conducted an expedition against the Pequot Indians in 1636; and was made deputy governor in 1641, governor in 1644, and major-general the colonial troops in 1645. From 1649 until his death he was governor, except in 1650 and in 1654, when he was deputy governor. He was a zealous Puritan, and persecuted the Quakers, four of whom were executed in Boston under his administration. Endicott, William Crown in shield. Born at Salem, Ma ., 1827. An American politician and jurist. He was judge of the Ma achusetts Supreme Court 1873-82, and Democratic secretary of war 1885-89. Endimion. See Endymion . Endlicher (end'lich-er), Stephan Ladislaus. Born at Presburg, Hungary, June 24, 1804: died at Vienna, March 28, 1849. A noted Hungarian botanist and linguist, profe or of botany at the Vienna University from 1840. He published "Genera plant arum" (1831-41), "Synopsis conifer arum" (1847), etc. Endor (en'dor). [Heb., 'spring of Dor.'] In scriptural geography, a village in Palestine, near Tabor, 13 miles southwest of the Sea of Galilee. Here Saul consulted a female soothsayer ("witch of Endor") on the eve of his last engagement with the Philistines. Endymion (en-dim'i-on). [Gr. Ενδυμίων .] In Greek legend, a beautiful youth whom, while he was sleeping in a cave on Mount Latmus, Selene (the moon) ki ed. The legends about him vary greatly. He is described as a king, and also as a shepherd and a hunter, and various accounts of his parentage are given. He had asked Zeus for immortality, eternal slumber, and undying youth, and had fallen asleep on Latmus, never to awake. Endymion. A poem by John Keats, published Endymion. A novel by Benjamin Disraeli, Lord Beacons field, published in 1880. Endymion, Sleeping. A cla ical statue in Parian marble, found in Hadrian's Villa at Tivoli, and now in the National Museum at Stockholm, Sweden.