The Nuttall Encyclopædia / Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge

by P. Austin Nuttall

[Ancillon, Frederick], a Prussian statesman, philosophic man of letters, and of French descent (1766-1837).

[Anco`na] (56), a port of Italy in the Adriatic, second to that of Venice; founded by Syracusans.

[Ancre, Marshal], a profligate minister of France during the minority of Louis XIII.

[Ancus Marcius], 4th king of Rome, grandson of Numa, extended the city and founded Ostia.

[Andalusia] (3,370), a region in the S. of Spain watered by the Guadalquivir; fertile in grains, fruits, and vines, and rich in minerals.

[Andamans], volcanic islands in the Bay of Bengal, surrounded by coral reefs; since 1858 used as a penal settlement.

[Andelys, Les], a small town on the Seine, 20 m. NE. of Evreux, divided into Great and Little.

[Andermatt], a central Swiss village in Uri, 18 m. S. of Altorf.

[Andersen, Hans Christian], a world-famous story-teller of Danish birth, son of a poor shoemaker, born at Odense; was some time before he made his mark, was honoured at length by the esteem and friendship of the royal family, and by a national festival on his seventieth birthday (1805-1875).