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Concepción del Uruguay

(Encyclopedia) Concepción del Uruguay Concepción del Uruguay kōnsĕpsēōˈn [key] Concepción…

Jemison, Mary

(Encyclopedia) Jemison, Mary, 1743–1833, American frontierswoman. She was born at sea while her parents were en route from Ireland to America. In W Pennsylvania she was captured (1758) by a French…

Finney, Charles Grandison

(Encyclopedia) Finney, Charles Grandison, 1792–1875, American evangelist, theologian, and educator, b. Warren, Conn. Licensed to the Presbyterian ministry in 1824, he had phenomenal success as a…

Pearl, The

(Encyclopedia) Pearl, The, one of four Middle English alliterative poems, all contained in a manuscript of c.1400, composed in the West Midland dialect, almost certainly by the same anonymous author…

Rivers and Lakes

Geography Quiz Country CapitalsContinentsMountainsRivers and Lakes FlagsOf the three rivers below, which is longest? MississippiDanubeAmazonLake Ontario is the source for which river? OhioSt.…

Rivers to the Sea

Sara TeasdaleContentsSpring NightThe FlightNew Love and OldThe LookSpringThe Lighted WindowThe KissSwansThe Old MaidFrom the Woolworth TowerAt NightThe YearsPeaceAprilComeMoodsApril SongMay…

The Longest River

The Question: What is the longest river in the world and how long is it and through what countries does it flow? The Answer: The Nile is the…

Brewer's: Rivers

Miles in length. 2,578, the Nile, the longest river in Africa. 2,762, the Volga, the longest river in Europe. 3,314, the Yang-tze-Kiang, the longest river in Asia. 3,716, the Mississippi,…

River Phoenix

Name at birth: River Jude Bottom23-year-old River Phoenix was a young movie star when he died suddenly of drug-induced heart failure in 1993. His brief career was marked by critically-acclaimed…