Laguna, Santa Caterina, Brazil. 28S. 51W. Garibaldi helps in capture of, 1839; native town of Anita Riberas, G.'s wife.
La Navidad, Haiti. Fort built by Columbus, 1493, first Spanish settlement in the New World.
[Lancaster], Ohio. 39N. 82W. Bp. W. T. Sherman, general (1820-91).
Lancaster, Mass. 42N. 71W. Hideous assault on by Indians, 1676 (account of by Mary Rowlandson, a survivor).
[Lancaster Sound]. 74N. 80W. So named by Baffin, 1616.
Lapland. 68N. 25E. Sir Hugh Willoughby and his crew starved to death, 1554.
La Puerto, Venezuela. Bolivar's army almost completely destroyed by the Royalist forces under Boves, 1814 (S. A. W. Ind.).
Las Guasimas, Cuba. Repulse of Americans, campaign of Santiago (Spanish-American W.), 1898.
Las Piedras, Uruguay. Spaniards severely defeated by Gen. Artigas and the Uruguayan [Guachos], 1811.
Las Salinas, near Cuzco. 13S. 72W. Almagro's forces defeated by Hernano Pizarro, 1538. (See Prescott, 'Peru,' op. cit.)