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nautical mile
nautical mile, the unit of distance used at sea, practically speaking a minute of latitude. The publication in London in 1637 of The Seaman's Practise by the English surveyor Richard Norwood, who had measured an arc of the meridian, effectively marked the distinction between the land mile and the... Read more |
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Canyon
Canyon Canyonsexist below the rim of the land, below the horizon. These ragged scars on the face of the planet descend hundreds to thousands of feet below their surrounding landscape, giving it depth. Their widths may stretch for miles or mere feet. Sunlight may fill them... Read more |
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Ryukyuans
Okinawans ETHNONYMS: Ryukyu, Liu-Kiu, Liu Ch'iu, Loochoo Orientation Identification and Location. The Okinawans live in the Ryukyu Archipelago, a chain of 170 islands that stretches in a 750 mile (1200 kilometer) arc from Kyushu, Japan, to Taiwan. The islands range in form from large... Read more |
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emile Antoine Bourdelle
Émile Antoine Bourdelle , 1861-1929, French sculptor; son of a cabinetmaker of Montauban. He went to Paris in 1884, where he studied successively under Falguière, Dalou, and Rodin. Bourdelle differed sharply from Rodin in his preoccupation with the relation of sculpture to... Read more |
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Inland navigation
RIVER NAVIGATION RIVER NAVIGATION. The continental United States is a network of water highways. Immense rivers thread the interior of the country for thousands of miles and empty into the vast seas at the nation's borders. At the time of initial contact with Europeans, Native Americans plied... Read more |
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Korean Americans
KOREAN AMERICANS by Amy Nash Overview Known to its people as Choson (Land of Morning Calm), Korea occupies a mountainous peninsula in eastern Asia. Stretching southward from Manchuria and Siberia for close to 600 miles (966 kilometers), it extends down to the Korea Strait. China lies... Read more |
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locust
locust in zoology, name for certain migratory members of the short-horned grasshopper family (Acrididae). Like other members of this family, locusts have antennae shorter than their bodies, song-producing organs on the forewings and hind legs, and hind legs well developed for jumping. Locusts lay... Read more |
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Hadrians Wall
Hadrian's Wall ancient Roman wall, 73.5 mi (118.3 km) long, across the narrow part of the island of Great Britain from Wallsend on the Tyne River to Bowness at the head of Solway Firth. It was mainly built from c.AD 122 to 126 under Emperor Hadrian and was extended by Emperor Severus a century... Read more |
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Their boots were made for walking.
...the world's greatest monuments, the Great Wall of China. June Pettitt...to raise thousands of pounds...take in 60 miles of the 7,000-mile long ... |
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Their boots were made for walking
...the world's greatest monuments, the Great Wall of China. June Pettitt...to raise thousands of pounds...take in 60 miles of the 7,000-mile long ... |
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HADRIAN'S WALL TRACES ROMANS IN BRITAIN
...brand new wall. Standing...winter's day in January...Hadrian's Wall, the most important monument built by...the 73-mile-long fortification...the world's greatest empires...Mahal and the ... |
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Hadrian's Wall is 2,000-year-old Roman fortifications in England
...brand new wall. Standing...winter's day in January...Hadrian's Wall, the most important monument built by...the 73- mile-long...the world's greatest empires in...Mahal and the ... |
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A Roman legacy in Britain
...brand new wall. Standing...winter's day in January...Hadrian's Wall, the most important monument built by...the 73- mile-long fortification...one of the greatest empires in...with India's ... |
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