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Constitution Island

(Encyclopedia) Constitution Island, in the Hudson River opposite West Point, SE N.Y.; part of the U.S. Military Academy. The ruins of Fort Constitution, built in 1775, are there. During the American…

Lowe, Sir Hudson

(Encyclopedia) Lowe, Sir HudsonLowe, Sir Hudsonlō [key], 1769–1844, British general. He fought with credit throughout the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, mainly in the Mediterranean region…

From Hattie to <i>The Help</i>

A History of African-Americans at the Oscars by Jennie Wood   Hattie McDaniel, the first African-American to win an Oscar.   RELATED LINKS Minority Oscar Winners in Major…

Rupert's Land

(Encyclopedia) Rupert's Land, Canadian territory held (1670–1869) by the Hudson's Bay Company, named for Prince Rupert, first governor of the company. Under the charter granted (1670) to the company…

Hudson, William Henry

(Encyclopedia) Hudson, William Henry, 1841–1922, English author and naturalist, b. Quilmes, Argentina, of American parents. He spent his childhood on the pampas but developed a heart condition and…

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…

Churchill, town, Canada

(Encyclopedia) Churchill, town, NE Manitoba, Canada, a remote port on Hudson Bay at the mouth of the Churchill River. The northern terminus of the…

Hudson River school

(Encyclopedia) Hudson River school, group of American landscape painters, working from 1825 to 1875. The 19th-century romantic movements of England, Germany, and France were introduced to the United…

Hudson, towns, United States

(Encyclopedia) Hudson. 1 Industrial town (2020 pop. 20,092), Middlesex co., E central Mass., on the Assabet River, in an apple-growing region; settled…

Hudson's Bay Company

(Encyclopedia) Hudson's Bay Company, corporation chartered (1670) by Charles II of England for the purpose of trade and settlement in the Hudson Bay region of North America and for exploration toward…