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See Coree. Coray (ko-ra'), Adamant ios. Born at Smyrna, April 7, 1748: died at Paris, April 6, 1833. A noted Greek scholar. He endeavored to bring about the political regeneration of Greece by means of education; and with this object in view published excellent editions of the Greek authors, which have been collected in the "Bibliothèque hellénique," 1805-26. Corazon (kō-rä-thon'). [Sp., 'heart.'] A mountain in the Andes of Ecuador, 15,871 feet high (Whymper). The mountain Corazon has received its name from a resemblance it is supposed to have to a heart. It is a prominent object from Machachi, placed almost exactly midway between Atacazo and Illiniza. Whymper, Travels amongst the Great Andes of the [Equator, p. 108. Corbeil (kōr-bāy'). A town in the department of Seine-et-Oise, France, situated at the junction of the E onne and Seine 17 miles south of Paris. It has a large trade. Population (1891), commune, 8,184. Corbenic. In the "Romance of the Graal," the castle built as a shrine for the Holy Graal by the leper king Galafres after he has been converted and christened Alphas an. Corbet (kôr'bet), Richard. Born at Elwell, Surrey, 1582: died at Norwich, England, July 28, 1635. An English prelate and poet, elected bishop of Oxford in 1624, and translated to the see of Norwich in 1632. He was an intimate friend of Ben Jonson, and was noted for his convivial habits. The first collected edition of his poems was published in 1647; some of them were published separately in 1648, under the title "Poetic a Stromata." Corbett (kôr'bet), Boston. Born at London, 1832. The slayer of the a a in of Abraham Lincoln. He came to the United States in 1839, and took the name of "Boston" from the city in which he was bap tized. He enlisted in the 12th regiment of New York State militia, and later was a sergeant in the 16th New York cavalry. In disobedience of orders, he fired upon John Wilkes Booth at the time of his capture (April 26, 1865), and killed him. For this he was court-martialed. He afterward became insane, and was confined in an asylum in Kansas. Corbie (kor-be'). A town in the department of Somme, France, situated on the Somme 10 miles east of Amiens. Population (1891), commune, 4,782. Corbould (kôr'bōld), 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. Corcoran Art Gallery. An art gallery at Washington, District of Columbia, established and endowed by William Wilson Corcoran. It was conveyed to a board of trustees for the benefit of the public in 1869, and contains a collection of bronzes, casts, and statues, and a gallery of paintings. Coreè to Cuba with Velasquez in 1511, acquired wealth there, and in Feb., 1517, commanded an expedition of 3 ve els with 110 men, fitted out as a private speculation. Sailing westward, he discovered Yucatan, followed the coast around to beyond Campeche, and noticed many signs of a higher civilization than had before been found in America. At Champotan Córdoba was severely wounded Thuc.), or Κόρκυρα (Strabo).] The ancient name for Corfu. Cordara (kor-dä'rä), Giulio Cesare. Born at A le and ria, Italy, Dec. 17, 1704: died at A le and ria, May 6, 1785. An Italian poet, and historiographer of the Jesuits. Cord at us (kôr-da'tus). A character in Jonson's comedy "Every Man out of his Humour" who with Mitis performs the part of a critic with explanation and comment, always present on the scene, but standing aside. thence returned to Cuba, and died of his wounds shortly after. Cordova (kor'dō-vä), officially Córdoba (kor'do-Bä). [F. Cordoue .] 1. The capital of the province of Cordova, Spain, situated on the Guadalquivir in lat. 37° 52′ N., long. 4° 50′ W.: the Punic Karta-tuba, and the Roman Corduba or Patricia. It is famous for its manufac tures of leather and of silverware. It contains many Moorish antiquities, and is celebrated for its cathedral. (See below.) It was rebuilt after its partial destruction by Cæsar, and colonized. It was the birthplace of Seneca, Anne Charlotte (best known as Charlotte Corday). Born at St. Saturn in, Orne, France, July 27, 1768: died at Paris, July 17, 1793. A French heroine. She was of noble birth; was educated in a convent at Caen; and, influenced by the writings of the philosophes , especially Voltaire and the Abbé Raynal, embraced the principles of the French Revolution. Filled with horror at the exce es of the Reign of Terror, she repaired to Paris July 1, 1793; and July 13, 1793, having gained admi ion to the chamber of Marat, the most bloodthirsty of the Terrorists, stabbed him to death while in his bath. She was tried by the Revolutionary tribunal, and was sent to the guillotine. Shakspere's Cordelia (kôr-dē lia). [F. Cordélie .] The youngest daughter of daughter of King Lear in Shakspere's tragedy of that name. She offends him by the lack violence in her protestations of love for him, and he disinherits her. When, however, he is ill-treated, mad dened, and turned out by his elder daughters, to whom he had given everything, she comes with an army to dethrone them, but is taken captive, and is killed in prison. Lear in a last outburst kills the slave who hung and dies upon her body. Cordes (kord). A small town in the department of Tarn, France, 15 miles northwest of Albi. It has interesting medieval ramparts and buildings. Cordière (kor-dyar'), La Belle. [F., The Beautiful Rope-maker.'] A surname of Louise Labé (see Labé ), wife of one Perrin, a rope-maker. of the western califate. It was the most famous center of learning and literature in western Europe in the middle ages, and had about 1,000,000 inhabitants. It was taken by Ferdinand III. of Castile in 1236, and was stormed by the French under Dupont in 1808. The cathedral, the old mosque of Abd-er-Rahman I., was begun in the 8th century, and finished in 1001. In plan it is nearly square, with 18 ranges of columns, many of them antique, supporting low horseshoe-arcades, above which a second tier of arches carries the modernized vaulting. The original Moorish mihrab and its succe or remain, and present wonderful examples of decoration in sculpture and mosaic. In the middle of the mosque a rich Renai ance choir was built in 1526, but the interpolation is lost in the vastne of the structure. There are many admirable Moorish doors, and other features, all together making this remarkable building one of the finest existing specimens of Mohammedan architecture. The beautiful Court of Oranges, on the north, forms the cloister of the cathedral. Population (1887), 55,614. 2. A province in And alus i a, Spain. Area, 5,190 square miles. Population (1887), 420,714. -3. See Córdoba . Cordova, Diego Fernandez de. See Fernan dez de Cordova. Cordova, Francisco Hernandez de. Born about 1475: died at Leon, Nicaragua, March, 1526. A Spanish soldier and explorer. In 1514 he went to the Isthmus of Panama with Pedrarias, and in 1524 was sent by him to take po e ion of Nicaragua in defiance of the rights of the discoverer, Gil Gonzalez de Avila. Cordova founded Granada, Leon, and other towns, tenant, Hernando de Soto, against Gil Gonzalez in Honduras; but on the arrival of Cortés in Honduras sought to transfer his allegiance to him, and subsequently tried to set up an independent government. Pedrarias, hearing of the defection, came to Nicaragua, seized Cordova, and had him beheaded. ment of a you sand miles east and west, and embraces, besides the Rocky Mountains and the Sierra, a large number of subordinate mountain-chains, some of which are little, if at all, inferior to such chains as the Pyrenees in length and elevation. In course of time it became apparent that the two "parallel Cordilleras," which according to geographers are the great feature of the country, do not exist. The axis of the Andes of Ecuador, part of the backbone of South America, runs nearly north and south; and towards the western edge of the main chain there is a sequence of peaks more or le in a line with each other. On the east of these summits there is a succe ion of basins, of different dimensions and at various elevations, and the nearest mountains on the eastern side occur at irregular distances. There is no such thing as one great valley in the interior of Ecuador. The mountains Pasochoa and Ruminahui are the only two which lie parallel to the others on the western side. The main chain of the Andes was created by upheaval at some remote date, but no one can say when this movement occurred, or whether it was an affair of a year or was spread over you sands of years. All of the Great Andes of the Equator rise out of, or upon and above, the main chain.