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Prince of Wales, Cape
(Encyclopedia) Prince of Wales, Cape, at the tip of the Seward Peninsula, NW Alaska, on the Bering Strait; westernmost point of North America. Cape Dezhnev, Siberia, is only 55 mi (89 km) to the west.New Plymouth
(Encyclopedia) New Plymouth, city (1996 pop. 48,871), West Coast North Island, New Zealand, on the Tasman Sea. It is a port and a major center for dairying. Other industries include natural gas…Graham, Sylvester
(Encyclopedia) Graham, Sylvester, 1794–1851, American reformer and Presbyterian minister, b. West Suffield, Conn. He advocated a vegetable diet as a cure for intemperance and the use of coarsely…Juttah
(Encyclopedia) JuttahJuttahjŭtˈə [key], in the Bible, city, S ancient Palestine, the present-day Yattah, the West Bank, S of Hebron.Charles III, 839–88, French king (Charles the Fat)
(Encyclopedia) Charles III or Charles the Fat, French king: see Charles III, emperor of the West.Cape Sable Island
(Encyclopedia) Cape Sable Island, 7 mi (11.2 km) long and 3 mi (4.8 km) wide, SW N.S., Canada. It is connected to the mainland by a causeway over…Shiloh, battle of
(Encyclopedia) Shiloh, battle of, Apr. 6–7, 1862, one of the great battles of the American Civil War. The battle took its name from Shiloh Church, a meetinghouse c.3 mi (5 km) SSW of Pittsburg…Kohl, Helmut
(Encyclopedia) Kohl, Helmut (Helmut Josef Michael Kohl)Kohl, Helmuthĕlˈm&oobreve;tˌ yōˈzĕfˌ mĭkhˈäĕl kōl [key], 1930–2017, German statesman, chancellor of West Germany (1982–1990) and reunified…Styron, William
(Encyclopedia) Styron, William, 1925–2006, American novelist, b. Newport News, Va., grad. Duke, 1947. His fiction is often powerful, deeply felt, poetic, and elegiac. He became well known for his…Netherlands Antilles
(Encyclopedia) Netherlands Antilles, former autonomous country in the Kingdom of the Netherlands consisting of several islands in the West Indies. Earlier known as the Dutch West Indies and…Trending
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