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Bry, Théodore de
(Encyclopedia) Bry, Théodore deBry, Théodore detēōdôrˈ də brē, brī [key], 1528–98, Flemish engraver and publisher, b. Liège. He spent most of his life in Frankfurt-am-Main. He visited London, where…7 Major Benefits of Shipping Your Car Over Driving Across the Country
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Top of Page Source: iStockRelocating or traveling to different places always comes with a cost especially, if you are traveling with your vehicle. If you are looking for ways to calculate quotes for…Least and Most Polluting Cars
The ACEEE's Green Book®, a buyer's guide to environmentally friendly passenger vehicles, rates cars according to their emissions and fuel consumption, and publishes an annual list of the "greenest"…Brewer's: Nursery Tales
Well-known ones: ARABIAN NIGHTS: Aladdin's Lamp, The Forty Thieves, Sinbad the Sailor, and hundreds more. CARROLL (Lewis): Alice in Wonderland, Hunting the Snark, etc. D'AULNOY (Mme…Stanhope, Lady Hester Lucy
(Encyclopedia) Stanhope, Lady Hester Lucy, 1776–1839, English traveler. Leaving England in 1810, she traveled in the Levant, adopting Eastern male dress and a religion that was a composite of…Balmont, Konstantin Dmitrieyevich
(Encyclopedia) Balmont, Konstantin DmitrieyevichBalmont, Konstantin Dmitrieyevichkənstəntyēnˈ dəmēˈtrēəvĭch bälˈmônt [key], 1867–1943, Russian poet and translator. After first hailing the Bolshevik…Tavernier, Jean Baptiste
(Encyclopedia) Tavernier, Jean BaptisteTavernier, Jean BaptistezhäN bätēstˈ tävĕrnyāˈ [key], 1605–89, French traveler in Asia. He undertook six voyages, which took him as far as the East Indies and…Lear, Edward
(Encyclopedia) Lear, Edward, 1812–88, English humorist and artist. At 19 he was employed as a draftsman by the London Zoological Society; the paintings of parrots that he produced for The Family of…Evans, Lewis
(Encyclopedia) Evans, Lewis, c.1700–1756, colonial surveyor and geographer, b. Wales. Evans carried out several assignments for Benjamin Franklin. His travels and studies of the colonies nearest him…Trending
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