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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…Eastmain
(Encyclopedia) EastmainEastmainēstˈmān [key], river, c.510 mi (820 km) long, rising in the Otish Mts., central Que., Canada, and flowing W into James Bay. Three miles (4.8 km) from its mouth is East…Great Northern Peninsula
(Encyclopedia) Great Northern Peninsula or Petit Nord Peninsula, comprising NW Newfoundland island, Canada, extending 170 mi (274 km) NE from Bonne Bay on the west to Cape Bauld at the tip; White Bay…Moreton Bay Region
(Encyclopedia) Moreton Bay Region, local government area (2016 pop. 425,302), SE Queensland, Australia, on Moreton Bay N of Brisbane. Encompasing 787 sq mi (2,037 sq km), the region was formed in…Matsushima
(Encyclopedia) MatsushimaMatsushimamäts&oomacr;ˈshĭmä [key], town (1990 pop. 17,431), Miyagi prefecture, N Honshu, Japan, on Ishinomaki Bay. It is a tourist center for the hundreds of scenic pine…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.…Antsiranana
(Encyclopedia) Antsiranana Antsiranana äntˌsēräˈnānä [key], formerly Diégo-Suarez Diégo-Suarez dē-āˈgō-swärˈĕs [key], town, N Madagascar, on Antsiranana Bay…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…James, Thomas, English navigator and explorer
(Encyclopedia) James, Thomas, 1593?–1635?, English navigator and explorer (1631) of James Bay. Financed by Bristol merchants, he sailed in command of the Henrietta Maria in the spring of 1631 to find…Pylos
(Encyclopedia) PylosPylospīˈlŏs [key], ancient harbor, Messenia, SW Greece, on a bay of the Ionian Sea. Excavations have revealed a great Mycenaean palace of the 13th cent. b.c., perhaps the dwelling…Trending
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