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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
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
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
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
Virgin Islands Virgin Islands
Virgin Islands group of about 100 small islands, West Indies , E of Puerto Rico. The islands are divided politically between the United States and Great Britain. Although constituting the westernmost part of the Lesser Antilles, the Virgin Islands form a geological unit with Puerto Rico and the... Read more
Queen Charlotte Islands Queen Charlotte Islands
Queen Charlotte Islands archipelago of several large and many small islands, off the coast of W British Columbia, Canada. The main islands are Graham and Moresby. Masset on Graham Island is the main settlement. About 2,000 of the Islands' 5,700 inhabitants are Haida, a native people whose ancient... Read more
Gibbs Gibbs
Gibbs, (Oliver) Wolcott (b. New York, N.Y., 21 February 1822; d. Newport, Rhode Island, 9 December 1908) chemistry Gibbs 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
Bonin Islands Bonin Islands
Bonin Islands , Jap. Ogasawara-gunto, volcanic island group, c.40 sq mi (100 sq km), in the W Pacific Ocean, c.500 mi (800 km) S of Tokyo; part of Tokyo prefecture, Japan. The largest and principal island is Chichi (formerly Peel Island), c.10 sq mi (30 sq km), the site of Omura, the capital of... Read more
Butaritari Butaritari
Butaritari , also known as Makin , triangular atoll (4.5 sq mi/11.7 sq km; 1990 pop. 3,786), central Pacific, in the Gilbert Islands and part of the Republic of Kiribati . The town of Butaritari on the southernmost islet is a port of entry. Butaritari became a part of the British colony of the... Read more

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