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Bougainville, Louis Antoine de
(Encyclopedia) Bougainville, Louis Antoine deBougainville, Louis Antoine delwē äNtwänˈ də b&oomacr;găNvēlˈ [key], 1729–1811, French navigator. He accompanied Montcalm to Canada as aide-de-camp,…Akashi
(Encyclopedia) Akashi Akashi äˌkäˈshē [key], city, Hyogo prefecture, W Honshu, Japan, on the Harima Sea and the Akashi Strait. Overfishing and marine pollution have hurt…Pas-de-Calais, department, France
(Encyclopedia) Pas-de-CalaisPas-de-Calaispä-də-kälāˈ [key], department (1990 pop. 1,435,000), N France, on the Strait of Dover. Arras is the capital.Pasuruan
(Encyclopedia) Pasuruan or PasoeroeanPasoeroeanboth: päˌs&oomacr;r&oomacr;änˈ [key], city (1990 pop. 152,075), E Java, Indonesia, on Madura Strait. Established by the Dutch in 1707, it…Ungava Bay
(Encyclopedia) Ungava BayUngava Bayŭngˌgäˈvə, –gāˈ– [key], inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, N Que., Canada, extending c.200 mi (320 km) S from Hudson Strait between the N Quebec mainland and the north…Cape Dezhnev
(Encyclopedia) Cape DezhnevCape Dezhnevdĕzhˈnəf, Russ. dyāshˈnyəf [key] or East Cape, northeasternmost point of Asia, Russian Far East, on Chukchi Peninsula and on the Bering Strait. It is named…Southampton Island
(Encyclopedia) Southampton Island, c.15,700 sq mi (40,700 sq km), Nunavut Territory, Canada, at the entrance to Hudson Bay. It is separated from the mainland by Ross Welcome Sound and Frozen Strait.…Foxe Basin
(Encyclopedia) Foxe Basin, a widening of the waterway between Baffin Island and the Melville Peninsula, c.340 mi (550 km) long and c.225 mi (360 km) wide, Nunavut Territory, Canada. The basin is…Caernarvon
(Encyclopedia) Caernarvon Caernarvon kərnärˈvən, kär– [key], Welsh Caernarfon, town, Gwynedd, NW Wales, on…Frobisher, Sir Martin
(Encyclopedia) Frobisher, Sir MartinFrobisher, Sir Martinfrōˈbĭshər [key], 1535?–1594, English mariner. He went to sea as a boy, and spent much of his youth in the African trade. He later gained the…Trending
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