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Hsinchu

(Encyclopedia) Hsinchu or Hsin-chu Hsinchu both: shĭnˈj&oomacr;ˈ [key], city, NW Taiwan. The city and surrounding…

Aseb

(Encyclopedia) Aseb or Assab Assab äˈsəb [key], town, Eritrea, on the Red Sea. Ethiopia's most important port before Eritrean independence (1993), it continued, through…

Maisonneuve, Paul de Chomedey, sieur de

(Encyclopedia) Maisonneuve, Paul de Chomedey, sieur deMaisonneuve, Paul de Chomedey, sieur depōl də shômdāˈ syör də māzôNnövˈ [key], 1612–76, founder and first governor of Montreal, b. France. A…

Paestum

(Encyclopedia) PaestumPaestumpĕstˈəm [key], ancient city of Lucania, S Italy. It was a colony of the Greek city of Sybaris (c.600 b.c.) and was first named Posidonia. It flourished with the rest of…

Moody, Deborah

(Encyclopedia) Moody, Deborah, d. 1659, American colonial religious leader and colonizer, b. England. She emigrated (1639) to Massachusetts Bay and settled in Saugus (now Lynn, Mass.). After being…

Croatoan

(Encyclopedia) Croatoan, unexplained letters found (1590) carved on a tree on Roanoke Island off North Carolina by Gov. John White when he returned to the colony from England and discovered the…

Corumbá

(Encyclopedia) Corumbá Corumbá k&oobreve;r&oomacr;mbäˈ [key], city, Mato Grosso do Sul state, SW Brazil, on…

Gallitzin, Demetrius Augustine

(Encyclopedia) Gallitzin, Demetrius Augustine, 1770–1840, American frontier missionary; son of Dmitri Alekseyevich Gallitzin. The young prince followed his mother in joining the Roman Catholic Church…

Hamilton, Andrew, colonial governor of New Jersey

(Encyclopedia) Hamilton, Andrew, d. 1703, colonial governor of New Jersey, b. Scotland. Becoming deputy governor of East Jersey in 1687, Hamilton defended the proprietors against popular opposition…

Brattleboro

(Encyclopedia) Brattleboro Brattleboro brătˈəlbûrˌə [key], town (2020 pop. 12,184), Windham co., SE Vt., on the…