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Alps
(Encyclopedia) Alps, great mountain system of S central Europe, c.500 mi (800 km) long and c.100 mi (160 km) wide, curving in a great arc from the Riviera coast on the Mediterranean Sea, along the…Flatland: How the Stranger vainly endeavoured to reveal to me in words the mysteries of Spaceland
by Edwin A. Abbott Concerning a Stranger from SpacelandHow the Sphere, having in vain...How the Stranger vainly endeavoured to reveal to me in words the mysteries of Spaceland…Francis Xavier, Saint
(Encyclopedia) Francis Xavier, Saint, 1506–52, Basque Jesuit missionary, called the Apostle to the Indies, b. Spanish Navarre, of noble parents. He studied in Paris (1525–34), where he became an…Coahuila
(Encyclopedia) Coahuila Coahuila kōäwēˈlä [key], state, 58,067 sq mi (150,394 sq km), N Mexico, on the northward…Dekker, Thomas
(Encyclopedia) Dekker, Thomas, c,1570–1632, English dramatist and pamphleteer. Little is known of his life except that he frequently suffered from poverty and served several prison terms for debt. He…Mendoza, Antonio de
(Encyclopedia) Mendoza, Antonio deMendoza, Antonio deäntōˈnyō dā māndōˈthä [key], 1490?–1552, Spanish administrator, first viceroy of New Spain (1535–50) and viceroy of Peru (1551–52). Of noble…Flatland: How I then tried to diffuse the Theory of Three Dimensions by other means, and of the result
by Edwin A. Abbott How I tried to teach the Theor...How I then tried to diffuse the Theory of Three Dimensions by other means, and of the result My failure with my Grandson…Weather: The Great New England Hurricane
The Great New England HurricaneWeatherBlowing Cold and Hot: The Big OnesWinter Gone SouthBig-City SnowsStorm of the Century?The Greatest One of AllModern Winter of Deep SnowsGalveston Storm SurgeThe…Geology of the Grand Canyon: The Eocene.
THE CRETACEOUS.THE EOCENE.The foreground of the picture is full of strength and animation. At our feet is the brink of a precipice where the profiles descend 800 feet upon rugged sloped…Walt Whitman: Our Old Feuillage
Our Old FeuillageAlways our old feuillage! Always Florida's green peninsula—always the priceless delta of Louisiana—always the cotton-fields of Alabama and Texas, Always California's…Trending
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