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The Enciclopedia universal ilustrada europeo-americana (also called Enciclopedia Espasa, or Enciclopedia Espasa-Calpe, after its publisher, founded by José Espasa Anguera) is a Spanish encyclopedia. It comprises 72 volumes (numbered from 1 to 70, with parts 18 and 28 consisting of two volumes each) published from 1908 to 1930 plus a ten-volume ...
Espasa-Calpe was a Spanish publisher which existed during the 20th century. It was created in 1925, [1] by the union of Editorial Calpe, founded by Nicolás María de Urgoiti in 1918, [2] and Editorial Espasa, founded by José and Pau Espasa i Anguera in 1860. [3] The publisher, named Espasa-Calpe, was owned by Papelera Española.
The magnitude of this enterprise eventually overwhelmed the publishing house and in 1925 they associated with Calpe; the head offices were moved to Madrid, and the direction of the company was given to José Ortega y Gasset. [1] Espasa's legacy lives on today as the Espasa-Calpe publishing house—a major publisher of Spanish reference books.
Royal Calpe Hunt, formerly Civil Hunt, Civil Calpe Hunt and Calpe Hunt, a fox-hunting club based in Gibraltar, which existed during the 19th and 20th centuries; Calpe (Bithynia), a city of ancient Bithynia in Asia Minor; Calpe (river), a river of ancient Bithynia in Asia Minor; HMS Calpe, two ships of the Royal Navy; Espasa Calpe, Spanish book ...
The Diccionario de la lengua española [a] (DLE; [b] English: Dictionary of the Spanish language) is the authoritative dictionary of the Spanish language. [1] It is produced, edited, and published by the Royal Spanish Academy , with the participation of the Association of Academies of the Spanish Language .
The company Espasa Hermanos y Salvat, a forerunner of the publishing houses Espasa i Salvat, was created in 1869 by Manuel Salvat i Xivixell (1842–1901) and the brothers Pau (1835–1927) and Josep Espasa i Anguera (1840–1911). [3]
Calpe (Spanish:; Valencian: Calp) [2] [3] is a coastal municipality located in the comarca of Marina Alta, in the province of Alicante, Valencian Community, Spain, by the Mediterranean Sea. It has an area of 23.5 km 2 (9.1 sq mi) and a population density of 990 inhabitants per square kilometre (2,600/sq mi).
A photo of Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico de Corominas y Pascual. The Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico is a discursive etymological dictionary of Spanish compiled by Joan Coromines (also spelled Corominas) in collaboration with José Antonio Pascual. It was completed in the late 1970s and ...