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Canadian literature, French

(Encyclopedia)Canadian literature, French, the body of literature of the French-speaking population of Canada. Except for the narratives of French explorers (such as Samuel de Champlain and Pierre Esprit Radisson) ...

Sindh

(Encyclopedia)Sindh, province, Pakistan: see Sind. ...

Pars

(Encyclopedia)Pars, ancient province, Iran: see Fars. ...

Irian Jaya

(Encyclopedia)Irian Jaya, province, Indonesia: see Papua. ...

Che-chiang

(Encyclopedia)Che-chiang: see Zhejiang, province, China. ...

Lalande, Jean

(Encyclopedia)Lalande, Jean (Saint John Lalande) zhäN läläNdˈ [key], d. 1646, French Jesuit missionary in Canada and New York, one of the Jesuit Martyrs of North America. He came to the New World in 1644. He ac...

Shaba

(Encyclopedia)Shaba: see Katanga, former province, Congo (Kinshasa). ...

Northern Cape

(Encyclopedia)Northern Cape, province (2011 pop. 1,145,861), 144,015 sq mi (372,889 sq km), NW South Africa. In 1994, under South Africa's post-apartheid constitution, Northern Cape was created from the northern po...

Agra

(Encyclopedia)Agra äˈgrə, ăgˈrə [key], former province, N central India. The presidency, or province, of Agra was created in 1833 when the British partitioned the Bengal presidenc...

Hincks, Sir Francis

(Encyclopedia)Hincks, Sir Francis, 1807–85, Canadian journalist and statesman, b. Ireland. Settling (1832) in York (now Toronto), he was soon drawn into the Reform party. In 1839 he became editor of the Toronto E...
 

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