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Cape May

(Encyclopedia) Cape May, city (2020 pop. 3,374), Cape May co., S N.J., on Cape May peninsula and the Atlantic Ocean; settled in the 1600s, inc. 1857.…

Cape Town

(Encyclopedia) Cape Town or Capetown, city, legislative capital of South Africa, capital of Western Cape prov., and seat of the City of Cape Town metropolitan municipality; a port on the Atlantic…

The Mayflower

The Pilgrims' progress was forwarded by this hearty English vessel Source: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Fifth Edition Copyright © 1993, Columbia University Press. The Mayflower was…

Agulhas, Cape

(Encyclopedia) Agulhas, CapeAgulhas, Capeəgŭˈləs [key] [Port.,=needles], Western Cape province, South Africa; the southernmost point of Africa. Its name refers to the saw-edged reefs and sunken rocks…

Cape Canaveral

(Encyclopedia) Cape CanaveralCape Canaveralkənăvˈərəl [key], low, sandy promontory extending E into the Atlantic Ocean from a barrier island, E Fla., separated from Merritt Island by the Banana River…

Western Cape

(Encyclopedia) Western Cape, province (2011 pop. 5,822,734), 49,986 sq mi (129,462 sq km), SW South Africa, on the Atlantic and Indian oceans. In 1994, under South Africa's post-apartheid…

Matapan, Cape

(Encyclopedia) Matapan, CapeMatapan, Capemătˈəpănˌ [key], or Cape TaínaronCape Taínarontâˈnärôn [key], S Greece, southern extremity of the Greek mainland, of the Peloponnesus, and of the Taygetus Mts…

Cape Province

(Encyclopedia) Cape Province, former province, S South Africa. Under the South African constitution of 1994 it was divided into Eastern Cape, Western Cape, Northern Cape, and part of a fourth…

Ras Addar

(Encyclopedia) Ras Addar, cape, Tunisia: see Bon, Cape.

Verde, Cape

(Encyclopedia) Verde, CapeVerde, Capevûrd [key] [Port.,=green], Fr. Cap Vert, peninsula, extending into the Atlantic Ocean, W Senegal; the westernmost point of Africa. Dakar is located there. The…