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(Encyclopedia) Antibes Antibes äNtēbˈ [key], resort town, in Alpes-Maritimes dept., SE France, on the Riviera. It is a seaport and the center of a great flower-growing region; a…Mykolayiv
(Encyclopedia) MykolayivMykolayivmēˌkəläˈyĭf [key], Rus. Nikolayev, city (1991 est. pop. 511,000), capital of Mykolayiv region, S Ukraine, at the confluence of the Buh and Inhul rivers and on the…Enciso, Martín Fernández de
(Encyclopedia) Enciso, Martín Fernández deEnciso, Martín Fernández demärtēnˈ fĕrnänˈdāth dā ĕnthēˈsō [key], fl. 1509–19, Spanish conquistador and geographer. Commanding the supply ship for the colony…Bay Psalm Book
(Encyclopedia) Bay Psalm Book, common hymnal of the Massachusetts Bay colony. Written by Richard Mather, John Eliot, and Thomas Weld, it was published in 1640 at Cambridge as The Whole Book of Psalms…Réunion
(Encyclopedia) CEE RéunionRéunionrāünyôNˈ [key], island and overseas department of France (2015 est. pop. 863,000), c.970 sq mi (2,510 sq km), one of the Mascarene Islands, in the Indian Ocean c.…Rolfe, John
(Encyclopedia) Rolfe, JohnRolfe, Johnrŏlf [key], 1585–1622, English colonist in Virginia. He reached the colony in May, 1610, and introduced (1612) the regular cultivation of tobacco, which became…Senigallia
(Encyclopedia) SenigalliaSenigalliasānēgälˈlyä [key], city (1991 pop. 41,144), in the Marche, central Italy, on the Adriatic Sea. It is a port, a seaside resort, and an industrial center.…Barrow, Sir John
(Encyclopedia) Barrow, Sir John, 1764–1848, British geographer, promoter of arctic exploration. His early travels as secretary to Earl Macartney (who was ambassador to China and governor of the Cape…Skikda
(Encyclopedia) SkikdaSkikdaskēkˈdə [key], formerly PhilippevilleSkikdafēlēpvēlˈ [key], city (1998 pop. 152,335), NE Algeria, a port on the Gulf of Stora of the Mediterranean Sea. It is the port for…Eretria
(Encyclopedia) EretriaEretriaĕrēˈtrēə [key], ancient city of Greece, in Euboea (now Évvoia), SE of Chalcis (now Khalkís), its rival. In the 7th and 6th cent. b.c., Eretria sent out many colonists to…Trending
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