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Cape jasmine
(Encyclopedia) Cape jasmine: see madder.Ecnomus, Cape
(Encyclopedia) Ecnomus, Cape: see Licata, Italy.Kinnarodden
(Encyclopedia) Kinnarodden: see Nordkyn, Cape, Norway.African buffalo
(Encyclopedia) African buffalo: see cape buffalo.São Tiago
(Encyclopedia) São Tiago: see Cape Verde.Gibraltar, Strait of
(Encyclopedia) Gibraltar, Strait ofGibraltar, Strait ofjĭbrôlˈtər [key], Lat. Fretum Herculeum or Fretum Gaditanum, passage, c.36 mi (58 km) long, connecting the Atlantic and the Mediterranean,…Makah
(Encyclopedia) MakahMakahmäkôˈ [key], Native North Americans who in the early 19th cent. inhabited Cape Flattery, NW Wash. According to Lewis and Clark they then numbered some 2,000. The Makah are…East India Company, Dutch
(Encyclopedia) East India Company, Dutch, 1602–1798, chartered by the States-General of the Netherlands to expand trade and assure close relations between the government and its colonial enterprises…Beresford, William Carr Beresford, Viscount
(Encyclopedia) Beresford, William Carr Beresford, Viscount, 1768–1854, British general. He served with distinction in Egypt (1801–3) and participated (1806) in the capture of Cape Colony (later Cape…Tordesillas, Treaty of
(Encyclopedia) Tordesillas, Treaty ofTordesillas, Treaty oftōrˌᵺāsēˈlyäs [key], 1494, agreement signed at Tordesillas, Spain, by which Spain and Portugal divided the non-Christian world into two…Trending
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