Search
Search results
Displaying 451 - 460
Portugal: End of an Empire
With the turnover of Macao, the Portuguese colonial empire comes to a close by Borgna Brunner On December 20, 1999 Portugal gave up the last colony in its once vast overseas…Prince, Thomas, 1600–1673, American colonial governor
(Encyclopedia) Prince, Thomas, 1600–1673: see Prence, Thomas.Logan, James, American colonial statesman and scholar
(Encyclopedia) Logan, James, 1674–1751, American colonial statesman and scholar, b. Ireland. While engaged in the shipping trade, Logan met William Penn and became (1699) his secretary. He emigrated…Morris, Lewis, 1698–1762, American colonial landowner
(Encyclopedia) Morris, Lewis, 1698–1762: see under Morris, family.Morris, Richard, d. 1672, American colonial landowner
(Encyclopedia) Morris, Richard, d. 1672: see under Morris, family.African literature
(Encyclopedia) African literature, literary works of the African continent. African literature consists of a body of work in different languages and various genres, ranging from oral literature to…June 2017 Current Events: Science & Technology News
Top of Page Disaster News | US News | World News As sciences marches on, you can sometimes feel like you're getting left in the dust. Infoplease has what you need to stay in the know. Here are the…Stockbridge, indigenous people of North America
(Encyclopedia) Stockbridge, Native North Americans of the Algonquian-Wakashan linguistic stock (see Native American languages). In the early 17th cent. they were known as the Housatonic and were part…Lee, Richard Henry
(Encyclopedia) Lee, Richard Henry, 1732–94, political leader in the American Revolution, b. Westmoreland co., Va.; brother of Arthur Lee, Francis L. Lee, and William Lee. He served in the house of…Douglas, Sir James
(Encyclopedia) Douglas, Sir James, 1803–77, Canadian fur trader and colonial governor, b. British Guiana (now Guyana). As a young man, he went to Canada in the service of the North West Company; soon…Trending
Here are the facts and trivia that people are buzzing about.
