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Palmares
(Encyclopedia) Palmares or Quilombo dos Palmares, former autonomous community of villages comprised of fugitive African slaves and indigenous peoples, present-day Pernambuco and Alagoas states, NE…Spotsylvania
(Encyclopedia) SpotsylvaniaSpotsylvaniaspŏtˌsĭlvāˈnyə [key], rural county (1990 pop. 57,403), NE Va., formerly part of the estate of Alexander Spotswood, colonial governor of Virginia. It was the…Crewe, Robert Offley Ashburton Crewe-Milnes, 1st marquess of
(Encyclopedia) Crewe, Robert Offley Ashburton Crewe-Milnes, 1st marquess ofCrewe, Robert Offley Ashburton Crewe-Milnes, 1st marquess ofkr&oomacr;ˌmĭlzˈ [key], 1858–1945, British statesman. He…Cornplanter
(Encyclopedia) Cornplanter, c.1740–1836, chief of the Seneca. The son of a Native American mother and a white father, he acquired great influence among the Seneca and in the American Revolution led…Corrientes
(Encyclopedia) Corrientes Corrientes kôryĕnˈtās [key], city, capital of Corrientes prov., NE Argentina, a port on the…Gooch, Sir William
(Encyclopedia) Gooch, Sir WilliamGooch, Sir Williamg&oomacr;ch [key], 1681–1751, colonial governor of Virginia (1727–49), b. Yarmouth, England. He came to Virginia after distinguished service…Guanajuato, city, Mexico
(Encyclopedia) Guanajuato, city, capital of Guanajuato state, W central Mexico. The city, with an altitude of c.6,600 ft (2,000 m), is situated in the…Talca
(Encyclopedia) TalcaTalcatälˈkä [key], city (1990 est. pop. 164,500), capital of Maule region, S central Chile, in the central valley of Chile between Santiago and Concepción. Chile's greatest wine-…Blair, James
(Encyclopedia) Blair, James, 1656–1743, Church of England clergyman, missionary to colonial Virginia, and founder of the College of William and Mary, b. Scotland. At the request of the bishop of…Miller, Perry
(Encyclopedia) Miller, Perry, 1905–63, U.S. historian, b. Chicago. He received his Ph.D. from the Univ. of Chicago in 1931 and taught at Harvard from 1931 until his death. A towering figure in the…Trending
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