12) Acosta, Jose de. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Acosta, José de, (hosa´ tha ako´sta) (KEY) , c.1539-1600, Spanish Jesuit missionary to Peru. He wrote a well-known history of the Spanish colonial period, The Natural...

13) Biringuccio, Vannocio. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Biringuccio, Vannocio, (van-no´cho beren-goot´cho) (KEY) , 1480-c.1539, Italian metallurgist. He is best known for his practical manual of metallurgy, De la pirotechnia...

14) Gringore, Pierre. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Gringore, Pierre, (pyer graNgor´) (KEY) , c.1475-c.1539, French dramatist and poet. He produced ceremonial pageants and mystery plays and wrote the Jeu du prince...

15) Grafton, Richard. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Grafton, Richard, d. c.1572, London publisher and printer. In 1539 with Edward Whitchurch he printed the Great Bible in black letter (see type). He printed the first...

16) de Soto, Hernando. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...Spanish explorer who landed in Florida in 1539 with 600 men and set out to search for the fabled riches of the north. For the next three years he explored much of...

17) Pasto. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...A city of southwest Colombia near the Ecuadorian border. Founded in 1539, it was the site of an 1832 treaty by which Colombia and Ecuador became separate states....

18) Ibarra, Francisco de. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Ibarra, Francisco de, (franthes´ko tha eba´ra) (KEY) , 1539?-1575, Spanish conquistador in Mexico. In 1554, after founding Fresnillo, he headed an expedition to the...

19) Noot, Jan van der. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Noot, Jan van der, (yan van der not) (KEY) , b. 1539 or 1540, d. 1595?, Flemish poet. He wrote sonnets, odes, and other pieces in imitation of Petrarch and especially...

20) Petrucci, Ottaviano dei. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Petrucci, Ottaviano dei, (ot´tavya´no da´e patroot´che) (KEY) , 1466-1539, Venetian printer. Petrucci was the inventor of printing music by movable metal type. His...