Columbia Encyclopedia

Search results

500 results found

Kei Islands

(Encyclopedia)Kei Islands: see Kai Islands, Indonesia. ...

Aroe Islands

(Encyclopedia)Aroe Islands: see Aru Islands, Indonesia. ...

Arru Islands

(Encyclopedia)Arru Islands: see Aru Islands, Indonesia. ...

El Dorado, legendary country of South America

(Encyclopedia)El Dorado ĕlˈdəräˈdō, –rāˈ– [key] [Span.,=the gilded man], legendary country of the Golden Man sought by adventurers in South America. The legend supposedly originated in a custom of the C...

Seran

(Encyclopedia)Seran or Serang: see Seram, Indonesia. ...

Ternate

(Encyclopedia)Ternate tĕrnäˈtā [key], volcanic island (c.40 sq mi/100 sq km), E Indonesia, in the Molucca Sea, one of the Moluccas. Forested and mountainous, the nearly conical Ternate rises to the summit of Ga...

mine, in warfare

(Encyclopedia)mine, in warfare, term formerly applied to a system of tunnels dug under an army fortification and ending in a chamber where either explosives were placed to be detonated at a chosen moment or the sup...
 

Browse by Subject