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William Falconer William Falconer
William Falconer , 1732-69, Scottish poet. The victim of a shipwreck off Greece, he described his ordeal in a long, didactic poem, The Shipwreck (1762). He also wrote (1769) a source book on shipping and naval practices.... Read more
shipwreck shipwreck
shipwreck complete or partial destruction of a vessel as a result of collision, fire, grounding, storm, explosion, or other mishap. In the ancient world sea travel was hazardous, but in modern times the number of shipwrecks due to nonhostile causes has steadily declined. Factors contributing to the... Read more
Tsai Yuan-pei Tsai Yuan-pei
Kuan-yin (Jap., Kannon). One form of the Chinese name assigned to the Bodhisattva of compassion (karuṇā), Avalokiteśvara. This Chinese form means ‘to hear or regard the sounds’, and is a contraction of Kuan Shih Yin ‘to hear or regard the sounds of the... Read more
Bering Island Bering Island
Bering Island , Rus. Beringa, largest of the Komandorski Islands , c.55 mi (90 km) long and up to c.15 mi (20 km) wide, off Kamchatka peninsula, E Russian Far East, in the Bering Sea. It is low and treeless and is subject to severe windstorms. Nikolskoye is the chief town. Vitus Bering , sailing... Read more
John Byron John Byron
John Byron 1723-86, British vice admiral and explorer. Sailing in 1740 with Admiral George Anson on a voyage around the world, he was shipwrecked off Chile. His Narrative of Great Distresses on the Shores of Patagonia (1768) is said to have been used by his grandson, the poet George Gordon, Lord... Read more
Goodwin Sands Goodwin Sands
Goodwin Sands stretch of shoals and sandbars, c.10 mi (20 km) long, lying off the east coast of Kent, SE England. It forms a breakwater E of The Downs, a roadstead. Shipwrecks were formerly frequent on the Sands. The shifting sands do not allow the construction of lighthouses, but there are several... Read more
Siren Siren
Siren , in Greek mythology, one of three sea nymphs, usually represented with the head of a woman and the body of a bird. Daughters of Phorcus or of Achelous , the Sirens inhabited an island surrounded by dangerous rocks. They sang so enchantingly that all who heard were drawn near and... Read more
Johann David Wyss Johann David Wyss
Johann David Wyss , 1743-1818, Swiss author. His Swiss Family Robinson (1813, tr. 1814), an internationally popular classic for children, relates the adventures of a shipwrecked family. It is based on Robinson Crusoe. The book was edited by Wyss's son Johann Rudolf Wyss, 1781-1830, who was... Read more
Lilliput Lilliput
Lilliput in Swift's Gulliver's Travels, the imaginary country inhabited by people 6 inches (15 cm) high; the term Lilliputian for a trivial or very small person or thing derives from this.When Gulliver is shipwrecked on the island of Lilliput, the inhabitants attempt to constrain him by tying him... Read more
Dido Dido
Dido , in Roman mythology, queen of Carthage, also called Elissa. She was the daughter of a king of Tyre. After her brother Pygmalion murdered her husband, she fled to Libya, where she founded and ruled Carthage. According to one legend, Dido threw herself on a burning pyre to escape marriage to the... Read more

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