See also:

• CURZOLA (Serbo-Croatian Korcula or Karkar)

CURZOLA (Serbo-Croatian Korcula or Karkar)  , an See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island in the Adriatic See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

Sea, forming See also:

• PART

part of See also:

• DALMATIA (Ger. Dalmatien; Ital. Dalmazia; Serbo-Croatian, Dalmacija)

Dalmatia, See also:

• AUSTRIA
• AUSTRIA, LOWER (Ger. Niederosterreich or Osterreich unter der Enns, " Austria below the river Enns ")
• AUSTRIA, UPPER (Ger. Oberosterreich or Osterreich ob der Enns, " Austria above the river Enns ")

Austria; and lying See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west of the Sabioncello promontory, from which it is divided by a strait less than 2 M. wide . Its length is about 25 m.; its See also:

• AVERAGE

average breadth, 4 M . See also:

• CURZOLA (Serbo-Croatian Korcula or Karkar)

Curzola (Korcula), the See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital and together with the See also:

• LINE

line . See also:

• TEXT (Lat. textum, woven fabric, from texere, to weave)

Text-books:—G . See also:

• SALMON
• SALMON, GEORGE (1819-1904)

Salmon, A See also:

• TREATISE

Treatise on the Higher See also:

• PLANE

Plane Curves (See also:

• DUBLIN

Dublin, 1852, 3rd ed., 1879); translated into See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German by O . W . Fiedler, Analytische Geometric der hoheren ebenen Kurven (See also:

• LEIPZIG

Leipzig, 2te Aufl., 1882) ; L . See also:

• CREMONA
• CREMONA, LUIGI (1830-1903)

Cremona, Introduzione ad una teoria geometrica delle See also:

• CURVE (Lat. curvus, bent)

curve piane (See also:

• BOLOGNA
• BOLOGNA, GIOVANNI DA (1524–1608)

Bologna, 1861); J . H . K . Durege, See also:

• DIE
• DIE (Fr. de, from Lat. datum, given)

Die ebenen Kurven dritter Ordnung (Leipzig, 1871); R . F .

A . Clebsch and C . L . F . Lindemann, Vorlesungen fiber Geometric, See also:

• BAND

Band i. and i2 (Leipzig, 1875—1876) ; H . Schroeter, Die Theorie der ebenen Kurven dritter Ordnung (Leipzig, 1888) ; H . Andoyer, Lecons sur la theorie See also:

• DES

des formes et la geometrie analytique superieure (See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris, 1900) ; Wieleitner, Theorie der ebenen algebraischen Kurven hoherer Ordnung (Leipzig, 1905) . (A . CA.; E . B . EL.) See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal See also:

• PORT

port, is a fortified See also:

• TOWN

town on the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast, and occupies a rocky See also:

• FORELAND, NORTH

foreland almost surrounded by the sea . Besides the interesting See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church (formerly a See also:

• CATHEDRAL

cathedral), dating from the 12th or 13th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century, the loggia or See also:

• COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, from cum, together, and the root cal, to call)

council See also:

• CHAMBERS (the Fr. chambre, from Lat. camera, a room)
• CHAMBERS, EPHRAIM (d. 1740)
• CHAMBERS, GEORGE (1803-1840)
• CHAMBERS, ROBERT (18oz-1871)
• CHAMBERS, SIR WILLIAM (1726-1796)

chambers, and the See also:

• PALACE (Lat. Palatium, the name given by Augustus to his residence on the Palatine Hill)

palace of its former Venetian See also:

• GOVERNORS

governors, it possesses the See also:

• NOBLE, SIR ANDREW (1832- )

noble See also:

• MANSION (through O. Fr. mansion, mod. maison, from Lat. mansio, dwelling-place, stage on a journey; manere, to remain)

mansion of the Arnieri, and other specimens of the domestic See also:

• ARCHITECTURE (Lat. architectura, from the Gr. ap)(LTEKrwv, a master-builder)

architecture of the 15th and 16th centuries, together with the massive walls and towers, erected in 1420, and the 15th-century Franciscan monastery, with its beautiful Venetian See also:

• GOTHIC

Gothic See also:

• CLOISTER (Lat. claustrum; Fr. cloitre; Ital. chiostro; Span. claustro; Ger. Kloster)

cloister .

The See also:

• MAIN (from the Aryan root which appears in " may " and " might," and Lat. magnus, great)
• MAIN (Lat. Moenus)

main resources of the islanders are See also:

• BOAT (0. Eng. bdt; the true etymological connexion with Dutch and Ger. boot, Fr. bateau, Ital. battello presents great difficulties; Celtic forms are from O. Eng.)

boat-See also:

• BUILDING

building (for which they are celebrated throughout the Adriatic), fishing and sea-faring, the cultivation of the See also:

• VINE

vine, See also:

• CORN (a common Teutonic word; cf. Lat. granum, seed, grain)
• CORN (fromm Lat. corms, horn)

corn and See also:

• OLIVES, MOUNT OF, or MOUNT OLIVET ("Opus 'EXc uwos or riov 'EXauav; mod. Jebel-et-Tur)

olives, and breeding of mules . Pop . (190o) of island, 17,377; of capital (town and See also:

• COMMUNE (Med. Lat. communia, Lat. communis, common)
• COMMUNE, MEDIEVAL

commune), 6486 . Prehistoric See also:

• GRAVE

grave-mounds are See also:

• COMMON

common on the hills of the interior, and in later times Curzola may have been a Phoenician See also:

• SETTLEMENT
• SETTLEMENT, ACT OF

settlement . Its See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early See also:

• HISTORY

history is very obscure, but it was certainly colonized by Greeks from See also:

• CNIDUS (mod. Tekir)

Cnidus . The See also:

• PRESENT

present name is a corruption of the Gr . KEprcvpa MEAatva, or See also:

• LAT

Lat . Corcyra See also:

• NIGRA, COSTANTINO, COUNT (1828-1907)

Nigra, " See also:

• BLACK
• BLACK, ADAM (1784-1874)
• BLACK, JEREMIAH SULLIVAN (1810–1883)
• BLACK, WILLIAM (1841-1898)

Black Corcyra "; and is perhaps due to the dark pines which still partly See also:

• COVER (from the Fr. convert, from couvrir, to cover, Lat. cooperire)

cover the island . In 998 Curzola first came under Venetian See also:

• SUZERAINTY

suzerainty . During the 12th century it was ruled by See also:

• HUNGARY
• HUNGARY (Hungarian Magyarorszdg)

Hungary and See also:

• GENOA (anc. Genua, Ital. Genova, Fr. GPnes)

Genoa in turn, and enjoyed a brief See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period of See also:

• INDEPENDENCE
• INDEPENDENCE, DECLARATION OF
• INDEPENDENCE, WAR OF

independence; but after 1255 its hereditary See also:

• COUNTS

counts again submitted to See also:

• VENICE
• VENICE (continued)
• VENICE (Venezia)

Venice . The See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• CATHOLIC (Gr. KcaBoXuK6s, general, universal)

Catholic see of Curzola, created in 1301, was only suppressed in 18o6 . Curzola surrendered to the Hungarians in 1358, was See also:

• PURCHASED

purchased by See also:

• RAGUSA
• RAGUSA (Serbo-Croatian Dubrovnik)

Ragusa (1413-1417), and finally declared itself subject to Venice in 1420 .

In 1571 it defended itself so gallantly against the See also:

• TURKS

Turks that it obtained the designation fidelissima . From 1776 to 1797 it succeeded See also:

• LESINA (Serbo-Croatian, Hvar)

Lesina as the main Venetian See also:

• ARSENAL

arsenal in this region . During the See also:

• NAPOLEONIC

Napoleonic See also:

• WARS

wars it was ruled successively by Russians, See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French and See also:

• BRITISH

British, ultimately passing to Austria in 1815 .