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(Encyclopedia) SausalitoSausalitosôˌsəlēˈtō [key], residential city (1990 pop. 7,152), Marin co., W Calif., on San Francisco Bay; inc. 1893. It is the northern terminus of the Golden Gate Bridge. The…Stanley Woodward DAVENPORT, Congress, PA (1861-1921)
DAVENPORT Stanley Woodward , a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Plymouth, Luzerne County, Pa., July 21, 1861; attended the public schools and Wyoming Seminary; was graduated from the…Ebenezer Jenckes PENNIMAN, Congress, MI (1804-1890)
PENNIMAN Ebenezer Jenckes , a Representative from Michigan; born in Lansingburgh, Rensselaer County, N.Y., January 11, 1804; attended the common schools; apprenticed as a printer; moved to New…Consett
(Encyclopedia) Consett Consett kŏnˈsət [key], town, Durham, NE England. The major economic focus is on…Sá, Mem de
(Encyclopedia) Sá, Mem deSá, Mem demāN dĭ sä [key], d. 1572, Portuguese colonial official, governor-general of Brazil (1557?–1572). He drove (1567) the French colony from Guanabara Bay and founded…Ludlow, Roger
(Encyclopedia) Ludlow, Roger, b. 1590, d. after 1664, one of the founders of Connecticut, b. England. Educated at Oxford and admitted to the Inner Temple to study law, he was elected (1630) an…Argall, Sir Samuel
(Encyclopedia) Argall, Sir SamuelArgall, Sir Samuelärˈgəl [key], d. 1626?, English ship captain, prominent in the early settlement of Virginia. He commanded a ship sent to Jamestown in 1609 and had…Walvis Bay
(Encyclopedia) Walvis BayWalvis Baywôlˈvĭs [key], municipality (1991 pop. 12,100), W central Namibia, on Walvis Bay, an arm of the Atlantic Ocean. Walvis Bay is Namibia's most important port and the…Azov
(Encyclopedia) AzovAzovəzôfˈ [key], city (1990 est. pop. 82,000), SE European Russia, a port on the Don River delta near the Sea of Azov. It is a rail junction, a light industrial center, and a…Albany, town, Australia
(Encyclopedia) Albany Albany ălˈbənē [key], town, Western Australia, SW Australia. It is a port on Princess Royal Harbour of King George Sound. The town has woolen mills…Trending
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