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William Coddington William Coddington
William Coddington 1601-78, one of the founders of Rhode Island, probably b. Boston, England. He came to America in 1630 as an officer of the Massachusetts Bay Company and was its treasurer from 1634 to 1636. He supported Anne Hutchinson in the antinomian controversy. With her, John Clarke , and... Read more
University of Rhode Island University of Rhode Island
University of Rhode Island at Kingston; coeducational; land-grant and state-supported; chartered 1888, opened as a school 1890, as an agricultural and mechanical college 1892. From 1909 to 1951 it was called Rhode Island State College. It maintains a graduate school of oceanography on Narragansett... Read more
Rhode Island (state) Rhode Island (state)
Rhode Island smallest state in the United States, located in New England; bounded by Massachusetts (N and E), the Atlantic Ocean (S), and Connecticut (W). Its official name is the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. Facts and Figures Area, 1,214 sq mi (3,144 sq km). Pop. (2000)... Read more
Batan Islands Batan Islands
Batan Islands , island group, 76 sq mi (197 sq km), northernmost of the Philippine islands. They include the islands of Itbayat, Batan, Sabtang, and a number of islets, and comprise the province of Batanes. Basco is the provincial capital. The Batan Islands are separated from Taiwan by the Bashi... Read more
Chatham Islands Chatham Islands
Chatham Islands island group, 373 sq mi (966 sq km), South Pacific, c.500 mi (800 km) E of New Zealand, to which it belongs. The two largest islands are Chatham Island, which has a large central lagoon, and Pitt Island. The chief town is Waitangi, on Chatham Island. The inhabitants engage mainly in... Read more
Lesser Antilles Lesser Antilles
Lesser Antilles, West Indies Caribbees A group of islands comprising the Virgin Islands, the Leeward Islands, the Windward Islands, the Netherlands Antilles, and some small islands off the Venezuelan coast. The former name comes from the Carib tribe who inhabited many of the islands when they were... Read more
John Clarke John Clarke
John Clarke 1609-76, one of the founders of Rhode Island, b. Westhorpe, Suffolk, England. He emigrated to Boston in 1637 and shortly thereafter joined Anne Hutchinson (with whom he had sided in the antinomian controversy) and William Coddington in founding (1638) Portsmouth on Aquidneck (Rhode... Read more
South Island South Island
South Island (1996 pop. 900,114), 58,093 sq mi (150,461 sq km), New Zealand. It is the larger but less populous of the two principal islands of the country. It is separated from the North Island by Cook Strait and from Stewart Island by Foveaux Strait. The Clutha and Waitaki are the largest rivers.... Read more
Barrier islands Barrier islands
Barrier islands A barrier island is a long, thin, sandy stretch of land, oriented parallel to the mainland coast that protects the coast from the full force of powerful storm waves. Between the barrier island and the mainland is a calm, protected water body such as a lagoon or bay. Barrier... Read more
Paracel Islands Paracel Islands
Paracel Islands , Chin. Xisha, group of low coral islands and reefs in the South China Sea, c.175 mi (280 km) SE of Hainan island. They are rich in guano and are underlain by oil deposits. Prior to World War II the islands were part of French Indochina and served as a weather station. During the... Read more

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