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(Encyclopedia) Whitehorse, city (1991 pop. 17,925), S Yukon, Canada, on the Yukon River. Since 1952 it has been the territorial capital. Whitehorse is on the Alaska Highway and was the terminus of…platypus
(Encyclopedia) platypusplatypusplătˈəpəs [key], semiaquatic egg-laying mammal, Ornithorhynchus anatinus, of Tasmania and E Australia. Also called duckbill, or duckbilled platypus, it belongs to the…koala
(Encyclopedia) koalakoalakōäˈlə [key], arboreal marsupial, or pouched mammal, Phascolarctos cinereus, native to Australia. Although it is sometimes called koala bear, or Australian bear, and is…Mackenzie
(Encyclopedia) Mackenzie, river, c.1,120 mi (1,800 km) long, issuing from Great Slave Lake, Northwest Territories, Canada, and flowing generally NW to the Arctic Ocean through a great delta. Between…Central American Common Market
(Encyclopedia) Central American Common Market (CACM), trade organization envisioned by a 1960 treaty between Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and El Salvador. The treaty established (1961) a…David MERIWETHER, Congress, KY (1800-1893)
Senate Years of Service: 1852-1852 Party: Democrat MERIWETHER David , a Senator from Kentucky; born in Louisa County, Va., October 30, 1800; moved with his parents to Jefferson County, Ky., in 1803…MERIWETHER, David, Congress, KY (1800-1893)
Senate Years of Service: 1852-1852 Party: Democrat MERIWETHER, David, a Senator from Kentucky; born in Louisa County, Va., October 30, 1800; moved with his parents to Jefferson County, Ky., in…Baranov, Aleksandr Andreyevich
(Encyclopedia) Baranov, Aleksandr AndreyevichBaranov, Aleksandr Andreyevichəlyĭksänˈdər əndrāˈəvyĭch bəräˈnôf [key], 1747–1819, Russian trader, chief figure in the period of Russian control in Alaska…Bastian, Adolf
(Encyclopedia) Bastian, AdolfBastian, Adolfäˈdôlf bäsˈtyän [key], 1826–1905, German anthropologist. Often called the father of ethnography, he recorded his observations of peoples and cultures in Der…Sault Sainte Marie, city, Canada
(Encyclopedia) Sault Sainte MarieSault Sainte Maries&oomacr; sānt mərēˈ [key], city (1991 pop. 81,476), S Ont., Canada, on the St. Marys River opposite Sault Ste Marie, Mich. A bridge connects…Trending
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