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Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus Ital. Cristoforo Colombo , Span. Cristóbal Colón , 1451-1506, European explorer, b. Genoa, Italy. Early Years Columbus spent some of his early years at his father's trade of weaving and later became a sailor on the Mediterranean. Shipwrecked near the Portuguese... Read more |
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Christopher Columbus Langdell
Christopher Columbus Langdell Christopher Columbus Langdell (1826-1906) altered the way that students of the law were educated with his development of the case law method and the treatment of law as a science. His practices were considered controversial at the time of introduction, but eventually... Read more |
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Tobago
Tobago, Trinidad and Tobago An island so named by Christopher Columbus† when he discovered it in 1498. Columbus was impressed by the natives' practice of stuffing the leaves of the tobacco plant in pipes and setting fire to them in the belief that this had medicinal value. The name either... Read more |
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Portobelo
Portobelo, Panama Named after the bay which had been called ‘Beautiful Harbour’ in Spanish by Christopher Columbus† in 1502. The original settlement was founded in 1597.... Read more |
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hammock
hammock suspended bed, usually of netting, canvas, or leather. The hammock and its name were introduced to Europeans by Christopher Columbus, who learned of them from Native Americans. While the plaited hammock seems to be native to the Western Hemisphere, blankets have served the same purpose... Read more |
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Diego de Velazquez
Diego de Velázquez , c.1460-1524?, Spanish conquistador, first governor of Cuba, b. Cuéllar, Spain. He sailed with Christopher Columbus on his second voyage (1493) to Hispaniola and in 1511 commanded an expedition sent by Diego Columbus to conquer Cuba. Landing at Baracoa , where he... Read more |
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Franklin Pierce Adams
Franklin Pierce Adams pseud. F. P. A., 1881-1960, American columnist and author, b. Chicago. He began (1903) work as a columnist on the Chicago Journal and continued it on the New York Evening Mail, the Tribune, the World, the Herald Tribune, and the Post. His column, "The Conning... Read more |
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Grenadians
Grenadians PRONUNCIATION:Gre-NAY-dee-uns LOCATION:Grenada POPULATION:100,000 LANGUAGE:English; French-African-English dialect RELIGION:Roman Catholicism; Protestantism; Hinduism; Christian-African sects 1 • INTRODUCTION Grenada was first sighted by Christopher... Read more |
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Antilles
Antilles, West Indies Antilia, Antillas A term applied to the whole of the West Indies except for the Bahamas. The Antilles are divided into the Greater Antilles and the Lesser Antilles. The name was coined before Christopher Columbus† arrived in the area, possibly by the Florentine... Read more |
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Neoprene rubber
Rubber Rubber is an elastomer—that is, a polymer that has the ability to regain its original shape after being deformed. Rubber is also tough and resistant to weathering and chemical attack. Elastomers can be naturally occurring polymers, such as natural rubber, or they can... Read more |
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In Columbus' Footsteps ; The Dominican Republic was the explorer's first stop...
...road hosted Christopher Columbus, his son...notion that Columbus "discovered...500 years ago. I am strolling...wife of Columbus' son Diego...people who had lived here had...Columbus, he ... |
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Columbus reaches America: "The "Opening" of a New World.(THE NEW WORLD-THE...
"Christopher Columbus discovered America." Until a few decades ago, this was a commonly...of people already lived in the places he "discovered" and...explored the areas long before he arrived. What ... |
 "The Buffalo News (Buffalo, NY)")
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MAYORAL VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY OPENED ; NEW WORLD FOR A SON OF COLUMBUS
...complained of the long voyage, and...enterprise." -- Christopher Columbus' diary Monday is Columbus Day, and...year-old Columbus recorded in...three jobs," he recalls in...Nine of us lived in a ... |
 "The Record (Bergen County, NJ)")
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CUT-RATE COLUMBUS DAY
...CUT-RATE COLUMBUS DAYBy James...first voyage of Christopher Columbus to the New...hundred years ago the World Columbia...Knights of Columbus, already numbering...It is no longer fashionable...Columbus while ... |
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COLUMN: Recall Columbus Day
...equating Christopher Columbus...condemns Columbus.Despite...celebrating Columbus Day. Sunday...and hoped he would categorically...posed in that long, convoluted...premise of Columbus Day -- to...of people ... |
 "New Haven Register (New Haven, CT)")
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East Haven pastor disputes view of Columbus as hero
...teaches about Christopher Columbus...savages, he said...discovered'?" He was expressing...12 years ago during the...anniversary of Columbus' first voyage...celebration," he said, referring...who once ... |
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Historians debate location of Columbus landing
...location of Christopher Columbus...the site of Christopher Columbus...say that Columbus himself described...location of Columbus' landing...before and he agreed that...worked, lived and ... |
 "The Independent (London, England)")
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Fishy diet of monks suggests Columbus imported syphilis link
...syphilis, long before Christopher Columbus was supposed...that the monks lived on a diet rich...long before Columbus discovered...the time when Columbus first landed there 500 years ago. ... |
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A Mummy's Revelation: TB Came to New World Before Columbus
...World after Christopher Columbus's pioneering...settle a long-standing...long before Columbus. Scientists...040 years ago in what is...woman who lived in an agricultural...040 years ago. She ... |
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Discovered by Columbus, built by France - and wrecked by dictators
He ended years...whose name has long been whispered...the US, said he was ready to...Six years ago, the priest...Prince. He was driven...discovered by Christopher Columbus in 1492. During...of Haitians ... |
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