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Medina, José Toribio

(Encyclopedia) Medina, José ToribioMedina, José Toribiohōsāˈ tōrēˈbyō māᵺēˈnä [key], 1852–1930, Chilean scholar. He traveled widely in Latin America, Europe, and the United States, collecting…

Migingo Islands

(Encyclopedia) Migingo Islands, small, rocky islands in Lake Victoria, E Africa, off Kenya north of the Tanzanian border. The group consists of Migingo, Ugingo, and Pyramid Island. According to a…

Diemen, Anton van

(Encyclopedia) Diemen, Anton vanDiemen, Anton vanänˈtōn vän dēˈmən [key], 1593–1645, Dutch colonial official. As governor-general for the Dutch East India Company in the East Indies after 1636, he…

Daughters of the American Revolution

(Encyclopedia) Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR), a Colonial patriotic society in the United States, open to women having one or more ancestors who aided the cause of the Revolution. The…

Haynes, John

(Encyclopedia) Haynes, John, c.1594–1654, colonial governor of Massachusetts and then of Connecticut. He emigrated (1633) from England to Massachusetts and as governor (1635) banished Roger Williams…

Camagüey, province, Cuba

(Encyclopedia) CamagüeyCamagüeykämägwāˈ, kämäwāˈ [key], province (1995 est. pop. 840,000), E central Cuba. Camagüey is the capital. The area is a vast prairie and is Cuba's largest province. The…

Wrong, George MacKinnon

(Encyclopedia) Wrong, George MacKinnon, 1860–1948, Canadian historian. He was professor of history at the Univ. of Toronto from 1894 until his retirement in 1927. He was the author of many works on…

Bridgeton

(Encyclopedia) Bridgeton. 1 City (2020 pop. 11,458), St. Louis co., E Mo., on the Missouri River; settled c.1765, inc. 1843. Consumer goods and metal…

Bridgewater

(Encyclopedia) Bridgewater. 1 Town (2020 pop. 28,633), Plymouth co., E Mass.; inc. 1656. Manufacturing includes shoes and metal products. Its iron…

Cardwell, Edward Cardwell, Viscount

(Encyclopedia) Cardwell, Edward Cardwell, Viscount, 1813–86, British statesman. He entered Parliament (1842) as a supporter of Sir Robert Peel, under whom he was secretary to the treasury (1845–46).…