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Yost, Ed
(Encyclopedia) Yost, Ed (Paul Edward Yost), 1919–2007, American balloonist, b. Bristow, Iowa, grad. Boeing School of Aeronautics, 1940. The father of modern hot-air ballooning, Yost pioneered the…Bluefields
(Encyclopedia) Bluefields, town, capital of the South Atlantic Coast Autonomous Region and Zelaya dept., SE Nicaragua, on Bluefields Bay at the mouth…Bissau
(Encyclopedia) BissauBissaubĭsouˈ [key], town (1991 est. pop. 197,610), capital of Guinea-Bissau, a port in the Geba estuary, off the Atlantic Ocean. It is the country's largest city, major port, and…Cap-Haïtien
(Encyclopedia) Cap-Haïtien Cap-Haïtien käp-äēsyăNˈ [key], city, N Haiti, on the Atlantic Ocean. Haiti's second largest…Tanganyika, Lake
(Encyclopedia) Tanganyika, Lake, second largest lake of Africa, c.12,700 sq mi (32,890 sq km), E central Africa on the borders of Tanzania, Congo (Kinshasa), Zambia, and Burundi. It is c.420 mi (680…Worden, John Lorimer
(Encyclopedia) Worden, John LorimerWorden, John Lorimerwûrˈdən [key], 1818–97, American naval officer, b. Westchester co., N.Y. Appointed midshipman in 1834, he saw varied service before the Civil…sea pansy
(Encyclopedia) sea pansy, fleshy, leaf-shaped colony of marine organisms belonging to the genus Renilla in the same phylum as the jellyfish. The colony consists of a stalk formed by a large organism…Paraíba, river, Brazil
(Encyclopedia) Paraíba or Paraíba do SulParaíba do Suld&oobreve; s&oomacr;l [key], river, c.650 mi (1,050 km) long, rising as the Paraitinga in the Serra do Mar, São Paulo state, SE Brazil.…Pytheas
(Encyclopedia) PytheasPytheaspĭthˈēəs [key], Greek mariner and geographer, fl. late 4th cent. b.c. A native of the Greek colony of Massilia (modern Marseilles), he explored the Atlantic coasts of…Banjul
(Encyclopedia) Banjul Banjul bänˈj&oobreve;l [key], formerly Bathurst Bathurst…Trending
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