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(Encyclopedia) Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, chartered and incorporated (1870) after a decision by the Boston Athenæum, Harvard, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to pool their collections…Cairns
(Encyclopedia) Cairns, city and region, Queensland, NE Australia, on Trinity Bay. It is a principal sugar port of Australia; lumber and other…Vevey
(Encyclopedia) VeveyVeveyvəvāˈ [key], town (1990 pop. 15,968), Vaud canton, W Switzerland, on the Lake of Geneva. It is a popular tourist resort. Various goods are manufactured, including chocolate,…Calixtus II
(Encyclopedia) Calixtus II,&sp;Callixtus II, or Callistus II, d. 1124, pope (1119–24), named Guy of Burgundy, successor of Gelasius II. The son of count William I of Burgundy, he was archbishop…Røros
(Encyclopedia) RørosRørosröˈrōs [key], town (1995 est. pop. 5,400), Sør-Trøndelag co., E Norway, near the Swedish border. It is a tourist spot and a winter sports center. The copper mines in the…Scafell
(Encyclopedia) ScafellScafellskôˈfĕlˈ [key] or Scawfell, mountain group, Cumbria, NW England, in the Lake District, in the Cumbrian Mts. It includes the peaks Scafell Pike (3,210 ft/978 m; highest in…Moosonee
(Encyclopedia) MoosoneeMoosoneem&oomacr;ˈsənē [key], village, NE Ont., Canada, on the Moose River near James Bay. It is the northern terminus of the Ontario Northland RR and Ontario's only…Costa Brava
(Encyclopedia) Costa BravaCosta Bravakōˈstä bräˈvä [key], a strip of coastline, Girona prov., NE Spain, in Catalonia, near the French border on the Mediterranean. One of the most agriculturally rich…Victoria, city, Seychelles
(Encyclopedia) Victoria or Port Victoria, city (2010 pop. 26,450), capital of the Seychelles, in the Indian Ocean. A port on the NE coast of Mahé Island, Victoria is an administrative, commercial,…Rotorua
(Encyclopedia) RotoruaRotoruarōtər&oomacr;ˈə [key], city (1996 pop. 52,953), central North Island, New Zealand. It is a popular tourist area with nearby lakes and hot springs. The area is also…Trending
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