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(Encyclopedia) TunjaTunjat&oomacr;nˈhä [key], city (1993 pop. 101,622), capital of Boyacá dept., central Colombia, on the Pan-American Highway. It is a commercial center and distribution point…Esnambuc, Pierre Belain d'
(Encyclopedia) Esnambuc or Énambuc, Pierre Belain d'Esnambuc or Énambuc, Pierre Belain d'both: pyĕr bəlăN dānäNbükˈ [key], 1585–1636, French pioneer in the West Indies. Seeking to recoup his family…Dobbs, Arthur
(Encyclopedia) Dobbs, Arthur, 1689–1765, British colonial governor of North Carolina (1753–65), b. Co. Antrim, Ireland. A member of the Irish House of Commons (1727–30) and surveyor general of…Cockburn Town
(Encyclopedia) Cockburn Town, town (2021 pop. 4,831), capital of the British dependency of the Turks and Caicos Islands, located on…Groote Schuur
(Encyclopedia) Groote SchuurGroote Schuurkhr&oobreve;ˈtə skür [key] [Afrik.,=large barn], estate, Cape Town, Western Cape, SW South Africa. The main building of the estate, which is a good…Burnet, William, 1688–1729, English colonial governor in America
(Encyclopedia) Burnet, William, 1688–1729, English colonial governor in America; son of Gilbert Burnet. As governor of New York and New Jersey (1720–28), he advocated extending the trade with Native…Strachey, William
(Encyclopedia) Strachey, William, 1572–1621, English colonial historian; educated at Cambridge. In 1609 he sailed to Virginia with Sir Thomas Gates. A storm wrecked his ship in the Bermudas, and the…Wyatt, Sir Francis
(Encyclopedia) Wyatt, Sir Francis, 1588–1644, English colonial governor of Virginia. Married to a niece of Sir Edwin Sandys of the London Company, he went to Virginia as governor in 1621, taking with…Salem, cities, United States
(Encyclopedia) Salem. 1 City (1990 pop. 38,091), seat of Essex co., NE Mass., on an inlet of Massachusetts Bay; inc. 1629. Its once famous harbor has silted up. Salem has electronic, leather, and…Cnidaria
(Encyclopedia) CE5 Internal anatomy of Hydra, representative of the phylum Cnidaria CnidariaCnidarianīdârˈēə [key] or CoelenterataCnidariasəlĕntəräˈtə [key], phylum of invertebrate animals…Trending
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