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Stephen Harriman Long
Stephen Harriman Long 1784-1864, American explorer, b. Hopkinton, N.H. As an army engineer, Long was sent on several exploring and surveying expeditions. The first in 1817 was to the region of the upper Mississippi and the Fox-Wisconsin portage; it is recorded in his Voyage in a Six-oared Skiff to... Read more |
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Streamflow
RIVERS RIVERS. America's rivers played a vital role in the early exploration, settlement, and development of the country. Long before white settlers arrived on American shores and began following river channels into the country's interior, Native peoples had been canoeing the waterways of the... Read more |
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Paul Belloni Du Chaillu
Du Chaillu, Paul Belloni (1835–1903),explorer and author, probably born in France and reared in Africa, came to the U.S. (c. 1852), and received the backing of the Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences for his African explorations (1856–59), described in his Explorations and... Read more |
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Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer
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International Cometary Explorer
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Discovery and exploration (Polar regions)
POLAR EXPLORATION Origins of North Polar Exploration The first explorers of the North Polar region, the Arctic, probably crossed from northeastern Asia to northwestern North America more than 100,000 years ago, exploring the north as well as lands to the south. Exactly when the Inuit (Eskimos)... Read more |
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Gulf of Carpentaria
Gulf of Carpentaria , arm of the Arafura Sea, 305 mi (491 km) wide and 370 mi (595 km) long, indenting the northern coast of Australia. On its eastern shore, near Weipa, lies a vast bauxite deposit. Willem Jansz explored the gulf in 1606.... Read more |
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Marine Explorer Looks for Earhart Plane
STEPHEN MANNING, Associated...12-19-2004 Famed aviatrix Amelia...world. Marine explorer David Jourdan and...mysteries _ the fate of famed pilot Amelia Earhart...launched a weeks-long search of 250...mission is Elgen Long, a ... |
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SIERRA CLUB LEADS DRIVE TO GUARD LEGACY OF LEWIS AND CLARK 34 SITES...
...actual route taken by the explorers. For instance, the famed antelope range of Steens...the West, was drowned long ago by The Dalles Dam...since publication of Stephen Ambrose's book...Courage'' in 1996. The famed historian was inspired... |
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North Dakotans' Demand for Local History Book Overwhelms Homegrown Author.
...Jenkinson's new book about the famed explorers' time in the state. Jenkinson...D., and Minot, Jenkinson drew long lines and enthusiastic fans eager...authoritative writer on the subject, Stephen Ambrose, and that she had learned... |
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The West as it was....
...and Clark, the famed western explorers, who were sent...saved. Most of the explorers' personal effects...that because the explorers needed to offload...27.50) by Stephen Ambrose, a writer...historians have long claimed that ... |
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Bells ring out as Quebec City turns 400
...historic Quebec City. Prime Minister Stephen Harper praised the provincial capital...those assembled at a statue of the famed French explorer. "Fellow Canadians, I may have...Quebec City kicked off its year-long birthday party at the start of 2008... |
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Literary Heroes; Sean Connery's Extraordinary Gentlemen is too much of a good...
...jumping-off point, Stephen Norrington's quasi...Norrington's film makes you long for the sonorous ennui...world. And so we have famed British explorer Alan Quartermain (an...stop hurtling forward long enough to let his audience... |
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Friends, Family Recall Anne Frank
...1985. The week-long celebration will include...National Geographic Explorer." The documentary...the Actors Studio: Stephen Sondheim," with the famed composer discussing...on Bravo" salute to Stephen Sondheim. George Hearn... |
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World Features Digest
...YORK — A little bit of Stephen Sondheim may have rubbed off on Bernadette Peters. By...HEIRSNUUK, Greenland — Famed American explorer Robert E. Peary and his aide, Matthew...Venezuela, even hospitals are no longer safe from a murderous crime wave... |
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Explorer to search out Earhart's missing plane
...according to marine explorer David Jourdan, who hopes...mysteries the fate of famed pilot Amelia Earhart...Navy launched a weeks-long search of 250,000 square...Nauticos mission is Elgen Long, a former commercial...researching the mystery. ... |
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REVIEW: ; Film dramatizes famed expedition
...and few enough to be vulnerable. The explorers knew that their safety depended on their...and the Opening of the American West," Stephen Ambrose's masterfully told tale. The...journals, letting those brave men of long ago tell their stories themselves. The... |
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