GAP  , the See also:

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

capital of the See also:

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

French See also:

• DEPARTMENT (Fr. departement, from departir, to separate into parts)

department of the Hautes Alpes . Pop . (1906) See also:

• TOWN

town, 6888; See also:

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

commune, 10,823 . It is built at a height of 2418 ft. on the right See also:

• BANK

bank of the Luye (an affluent of the See also:

• DURANCE (anc. Druentia)

Durance), in an agreeable position, and is dominated afar by snowy peaks on the N.E . The little See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city has the look of a Provencal town, being See also:

• WHITE
• WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
• WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
• WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
• WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
• WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
• WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
• WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
• WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
• WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
• WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
• WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)

white . The 17th-See also:

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

century See also:

• CATHEDRAL

cathedral 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 has been entirely reconstructed (1866-1905) . In the prefecture is the See also:

• TOMB (Gr. Tuµ/3a, Tuµ(3os, probably allied to Lat. tumulus, literally a swelling, tumere, to swell)

tomb of the See also:

• CONSTABLE (0. Fr. connestable, Fr. connetable, Med. Lat. comestabilis, conestabilis, constabularius, from the Lat. comes stabuli, count of the stable)
• CONSTABLE, ARCHIBALD (1774-1827)
• CONSTABLE, HENRY (1562-1613)
• CONSTABLE, JOHN (1776-1837)
• CONSTABLE, SIR MARMADUKE (c. 1455-1518)

constable de See also:

• LESDIGUIERES, FRANCOIS DE BONNE

Lesdiguieres (1543-1626), dating from about 1613, and due to a See also:

• LORRAINE

Lorraine sculptor, See also:

• JACOB
• JACOB, JOHN (1812-1858)

Jacob Richier . The same See also:

• BUILDING

building contains various scientific and archaeological collections, as well as the very See also:

• RICH, BARNABE (c. 1540-1617)
• RICH, CLAUDIUS JAMES (1787-1821)
• RICH, JOHN (1692-1761)
• RICH, PENELOPE, LADY (c. 1562–1607)
• RICH, RICHARD, 1ST BARON RICH (1490?-1567)

rich archives, which include many See also:

• MSS

MSS. from the monastery of Durbon, &c . There are a few small manufactories of purely See also:

• LOCAL

local importance . Gap is connected by railway with See also:

• BRIANCON

Briancon (511 m.) and with See also:

• GRENOBLE

Grenoble (851 m.), while from the railway junction of Veynes . (161 m . W. of Gap) it is 122 M. by See also:

• RAIL

rail to See also:

• MARSEILLES

Marseilles .

The episcopal Bulala See also:

• DYNASTY (Gr. &vvaareta, sovereignty, the position of a hevnori7r, lord, ruler, from SuvaaBay to be able, Suvaµas, power)

dynasty, an offshoot of the royal See also:

• FAMILY

family of Kanem, whose See also:

• RULE

rule in the 15th century extended from the See also:

• SHARI

Shari to See also:

• DARFUR

Darfur . The existence of the See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state was first mentioned by See also:

• LEO
• LEO (THE LION)
• LEO, BROTHER (d. c. 1270)
• LEO, HEINRICH (1799-1878)
• LEO, JOHANNES (c. 1494-1552)
• LEO, LEONARDO (1694–1744)

Leo See also:

• AFRICANUS, SEXTUS JULIUS

Africanus . To the Bornuese it was known as Bulala or See also:

• KUKA, or KUKAWA

Kuka Bulala, a name which persists as that of a See also:

• DISTRICT

district in French See also:

• CONGO

Congo (see See also:

• BORNU

BORNU) . The similarity of the name Gaoga to that of the See also:

• SONGHOI, SONRHAY, SURHAI

Songhoi capital has given rise to much confusion . see of Gap, now in the ecclesiastical See also:

• PROVINCE
• PROVINCE (Lat. provincia; perhaps a contraction of providentia)

province of See also:

• AIX

Aix en See also:

• PROVENCE (Provincia, Proenza)

Provence, is first certainly mentioned in the 6th century, and in 1791 was enlarged by the See also:

• ANNEXATION (Lat. ad, to, and nexus, joining)

annexation of that of See also:

• EMBRUN

Embrun (then suppressed) . Gap is the Vapincum of the See also:

• ROMANS
• ROMANS, EPISTLE TO THE

Romans, and was founded by See also:

• AUGUSTUS (a name 1 derived from Lat. augeo, increase, i.e. venerable, majestic, Gr. Ee0avr6s)

Augustus about 14 B.C . It See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long formed See also:

• PART

part of Provence, but in 1232 most of the region passed by See also:

• MARRIAGE

marriage to the dauphins of Viennois . The town itself, however, remained under the rule of the bishops until 1512, when it was annexed to the See also:

• CROWN

crown of See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France . The bishops continued to See also:

• BEAR
• BEAR, BLACK
• BEAR, BROWN
• BEAR, GRIZZLY
• BEAR, ISABELLINE
• BEAR, WHITE

bear the See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title of See also:

• COUNT (Lat. comes, gen. comitis, Fr. comte, Ital. conte, Span. conde)

count of Gap until the Revolution . The town was sacked by the See also:

• HUGUENOTS

Huguenots in 1567 and 1577, and by the See also:

• DUKE (corresponding to Fr. duc, Ital. duca, Ger. Herzog)

duke of See also:

• SAVOY, HOUSE
• SAVOY, HOUSE OF

Savoy in 1692 . It was the birthplace of the reformer See also:

• GUILLAUME
• GUILLAUME, JEAN BAPTISTE CLAUDE EUGENE (1822-1905)

Guillaume See also:

• FAREL, GUILLAUME (1489-1565)

Farel (1489-x565), who first preached his doctrines there about 1561-1562, but then took See also:

• REFUGE

refuge in See also:

• SWITZERLAND

Switzerland . See J .

See also:

• ROMAN

Roman, Histoire de la vale de Gap (Gap, 1892) . (W . A . B .