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Notable Explorers Christopher Columbus See also Columbus and Other Explorers Notable Women Adventurers People in the News Recent Obituaries Related Links Quiz: Explorers Quiz: Women…Nobel Prize for Literature
The Most Famous Prize in Literature The Nobel Prize for Literature, one of the six international awards administered by the Nobel Foundation, honors outstanding achievement in letters. The estate…Percy Bysshe Shelley: The Cenci, Preface
by Percy Bysshe Shelley Dedication, to Leigh Hunt, Esq. Act 1 Preface A manuscript was communicated to me during my travels in Italy, which was copied from the archives of the Cenci Palace at…Epidemics of the Past: Bubonic Plague
Bubonic PlagueEpidemics of the PastSmallpox: 12,000 Years of TerrorBubonic PlagueInfluenza: A Twentieth-Century Epidemic Ring around the rosy, A pocket full of posies, Ashes … ashes, We all…Fighting Organized Crime
United Nations launches major international effort by David Johnson This article was posted on December 15, 2000. Related Links Encyclopedia: Organized CrimeInternational Terrorist…Facts on Fireworks
A brief history of the world's favorite explosives RELATED LINKS Fireworks Jigsaw Game Star-Spangled Banner Pyrotechnics History of July 4 Celebrations July 4th…Percy Bysshe Shelley: Note on Hellas, by Mrs. Shelley
by Percy Bysshe Shelley Time: Sunset.Note on Hellas, by Mrs. Shelley The South of Europe was in a state of great political excitement at the beginning of the year 1821. The Spanish…Brewer's: Do
A contraction of ditto, which is the Italian détto (said), Latin dictus. How do you do? i.e. How do you fare? It should be, How do you du (Anglo-Saxon, dug-an = valere); in Latin, Quomodo…Brewer's: Punch
from the Indian word punj (five); so called from its five ingredients- viz. spirit, water, lemon, sugar, and spice. It was introduced into England from Spain, where it is called ponche. It…Acknowledgments
The first five editions of The Columbia Encyclopedia were published in 1935, 1950, 1963, 1975, and 1993. All editions owe a debt of gratitude to Clark Fisher Ansley, the editor of the first edition,…Trending
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