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ROBERT SWAIN, an American artist; born in Naushon Island, Mass., Dec. 23, 1840; received a common school education; studied with Albert Van Beest in Rotterdam, Holland; traveled through California and Oregon in 1869, and in Europe and North America in 1870-1871. His principal works include "The Rock of Gibraltar"; "A Lazy Day in Egypt"; etc.
He died in 1905.
GIJON (he-hōn'), a city and seaport of Spain, on the Bay of Biscay, 20 miles N. E. of Oviedo. It manufactures tobacco, glass, and earthenware; exports butter, cheese, fruits, hazelnuts and copper ore; and imports grain, flour, sugar, oil, iron, machinery, spirits, chemicals, and woven goods. Here Jovellanos founded the Collegiate Asturian Institute. Pop. about 55,000. and woven goods.
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