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Matteson, Tompkins Harrison
(Encyclopedia) Matteson, Tompkins HarrisonMatteson, Tompkins Harrisonmătˈəsən [key], 1813–84, American genre and portrait painter, b. Peterboro, N.Y. His subjects were taken from American history and…Scott, Richard Gilbert
(Encyclopedia) Scott, Richard Gilbert: see under Scott, Sir George Gilbert.Scott, Sir Giles Gilbert
(Encyclopedia) Scott, Sir Giles Gilbert: see under Scott, Sir George Gilbert.Fort Caroline
(Encyclopedia) Fort Caroline, settlement near the mouth of the St. Johns River, NE Fla.; est. 1564 by French Huguenots under René de Laudonnière. A Spanish force led by Pedro Menéndez de Avilés…Tippecanoe
(Encyclopedia) TippecanoeTippecanoetĭpˌəkən&oomacr;ˈ [key], river, c.170 mi (270 km) long, rising in the lake district of NE Ind. and flowing SW to the Wabash River, near Lafayette. U.S. Gen.…Ascension Island
(Encyclopedia) Ascension Island, Caroline Islands: see Pohnpei.Laudonnière, René Goulaine de
(Encyclopedia) Laudonnière, René Goulaine deLaudonnière, René Goulaine derənāˈ g&oomacr;lĕnˈ də lōdônyĕrˈ [key], fl. 1562–82, French colonizer in Florida. After accompanying Jean Ribaut on the…Menéndez de Avilés, Pedro
(Encyclopedia) Menéndez de Avilés, PedroMenéndez de Avilés, Pedropāˈᵺrō mānānˈdĕth dā ävēlāsˈ [key], 1519–74, Spanish naval officer and colonizer, founder of Saint Augustine, Fla. He went to sea as a…Lamb, Lady Caroline
(Encyclopedia) Lamb, Lady Caroline: see under Melbourne, William Lamb, 2d Viscount.Harrison, Wallace Kirkman
(Encyclopedia) Harrison, Wallace Kirkman, 1895–1981, American architect and city planner, b. Worcester, Mass. Harrison designed the Trylon and Perisphere, the structures that came to symbolize the…Trending
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