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Canary Islands: Encyclopedia - Canary Islands
The Canary Islands are an archipelago of seven islands of volcanic origin in the Atlantic Ocean. They are located off the northwestern co...
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Canary Islands: Encyclopedia Ii - Canary Islands - History
The Canary Islands have been known since antiquity. The peak of Teide on Tenerife can be seen on clear days from the African coast. It is...
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Canary Islands: Encyclopedia Ii - Canary Islands - History
The Canary Islands have been known since antiquity. The peak of Teide on Tenerife can be seen on clear days from the African coast. It is...
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Canary Island Pine: Encyclopedia - Canary Island Pine
The Canary Island Pine (Pinus canariensis) is a species in the genus Pinus, family Pinaceae, native to the outer Canary Islands (Gran Can...
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Canary: Encyclopedia - Canary
The Canary (Serinus canaria) is a small songbird which is a member of the finch family.
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Western European Time: Encyclopedia - Western European Time
Western European Time (WET) is the time zone covering parts of western and northwestern Europe, including the following countries and reg...
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Bulwer's Petrel: Encyclopedia - Bulwer's Petrel
The Bulwer's Petrel (Bulweria bulwerii) is a small petrel, the only bird in the genus Bulweria (Bonaparte, 1843).
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1312: Encyclopedia - 1312
1312 - Events.
June 15 : Battle near Rozgoni
Battle near Thebes
Siege of Rostock begins
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1460: Encyclopedia - 1460
1460 - Events.
The first Portuguese navigators reach the coast of modern Sierra Leone.
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Spanish Cuisine: Encyclopedia - Spanish Cuisine
This article is the current Spanish Translation of the Week. Please help in translating this page if you can. The original article was at...
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1480: Encyclopedia - 1480
1480 - Events.
March 6 - Treaty of Toledo - Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain recognize African conquests of Afonso of Portugal and he c...
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Barbary Falcon: Encyclopedia - Barbary Falcon
The Barbary Falcon (Falco pelegrinoides) is a medium-sized falcon about the size of a crow. This bird of prey breeds in the Canary Island...
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Barbary Partridge: Encyclopedia - Barbary Partridge
The Barbary Partridge (Alectoris barbara), is a gamebird in the pheasant family Phasianidae of the order Galliformes, gallinaceous birds....
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Cape Juby: Encyclopedia - Cape Juby
Cape Juby is a cape on the coast of southern Morocco, near its border with Western Sahara, directly east of the Canary Islands.
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15th Century: Encyclopedia - 15th Century
As a means of recording the passage of time, the 15th century was that century which lasted from 1401 to 1500.
15th century - Events.
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Alberto Rivera: Encyclopedia - Alberto Rivera
Dr. Alberto Magno Romero Rivera was an anti-Catholic religious activist who was the source of many of fundamentalist Christian author Jac...
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Constantine Kanaris: Encyclopedia - Constantine Kanaris
Constantine Kanaris (or Canaris, Greek: Κωνσταντίνος Κανάρης) (1793 or 1795 – September 2, 1877) was a Greek admiral...
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Location Hypotheses Of Atlantis: Encyclopedia Ii - Location Hypotheses Of Atlantis - Eastern Hemisphere
Some investigators believe that Atlantis is in the Eastern Hemisphere, which would have the location in Europe, Asia, Africa and Oceania....
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Music Of Spain: Encyclopedia Ii - Music Of Spain - Pop Music
Main article: Spanish popular music
Spanish pop began during the end of Francisco Franco's regime. By the late 1950s, a generation of per...
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Music Of Spain: Encyclopedia Ii - Music Of Spain - Regional Folk Music
Spain's autonomous regions have many of their own distinctive folk traditions, especially in Basque Country, Galicia and Catalonia. There...
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Instituto De Astrofísica De Canarias: Encyclopedia Ii - Instituto De Astrofísica De Canarias - History Of The Iac
The Observatorio del Teide was founded in 1959, and brought the first telescope to the area in 1964, thanks to an agreement with the Univ...
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Music Of Spain: Encyclopedia Ii - Music Of Spain - Flamenco
Main article: Flamenco
Flamenco, an originally Gitano art-form strongly influenced by Andalusian music, consists of three forms: the song...
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Music Of Spain: Encyclopedia Ii - Music Of Spain - Origins
Music of Spain - Early history.
In Spain several very different cultural streams came together in the first centuries of the Christian ...
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Special Member State Territories And Their Relations With The Eu: Encyclopedia Ii - Special Member State Territories And Their Relations With The Eu - Spain
Special member state territories and their relations with the EU - Canary Islands.
According to the EC treaty (article 299 2), Canary I...
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Instituto De Astrofísica De Canarias: Encyclopedia Ii - Instituto De Astrofísica De Canarias - Components Of The Iac
Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias - Instituto de Astrofísica.
The Instituto de Astrofísica is located in the town of San Cristób...
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Instituto De Astrofísica De Canarias: Encyclopedia Ii - Instituto De Astrofísica De Canarias - Law Of The Sky
To maintain the magnificent conditions for observation, in 1988 the Law about Protection of the Atmospheric Quality of the Observatories ...
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List Of Volcanoes: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Volcanoes - Elsewhere In The Solar System
List of volcanoes - Mars.
Olympus Mons
Arsia Mons
Pavonis Mons
Ascraeus Mons
List of volcanoes - Other planets and moons.
Many on ...
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List Of Television Stations In Spain: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Television Stations In Spain - Autonomous Television Stations
List of television stations in Spain - Andalusia.
RTVA-Canal Sur
List of television stations in Spain - Aragon.
Antena Aragón
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Special Member State Territories And Their Relations With The Eu: Encyclopedia Ii - Special Member State Territories And Their Relations With The Eu - Germany
Special member state territories and their relations with the EU - Büsingen am Hochrhein.
The German enclave town of Büsingen am Hoch...
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Special Member State Territories And Their Relations With The Eu: Encyclopedia Ii - Special Member State Territories And Their Relations With The Eu - Netherlands
Special member state territories and their relations with the EU - Netherlands Antilles and Aruba.
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List Of Notable Atlantic Hurricanes: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Notable Atlantic Hurricanes - Unusual Landfalls
List of notable Atlantic hurricanes - Europe.
See also: Category:Hurricanes in Europe
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Special Member State Territories And Their Relations With The Eu: Encyclopedia Ii - Special Member State Territories And Their Relations With The Eu - Portugal
Special member state territories and their relations with the EU - Azores and Madeira.
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Special Member State Territories And Their Relations With The Eu: Encyclopedia Ii - Special Member State Territories And Their Relations With The Eu - United Kingdom
Special member state territories and their relations with the EU - Crown dependencies.
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Special Member State Territories And Their Relations With The Eu: Encyclopedia Ii - Special Member State Territories And Their Relations With The Eu - Territories And Their Relationship With The European Union
This table summarises the various components of EU laws applied in the EU member states and their sovereign territories.
██ curr...
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Special Member State Territories And Their Relations With The Eu: Encyclopedia Ii - Special Member State Territories And Their Relations With The Eu - France
Special member state territories and their relations with the EU - French overseas departments and overseas regions.
The four territori...
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Special Member State Territories And Their Relations With The Eu: Encyclopedia Ii - Special Member State Territories And Their Relations With The Eu - Greece
Special member state territories and their relations with the EU - Mount Athos.
Mount Athos in Greece is outside EU VAT area.
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Special member state territories and their relations with the EU - Campione d'Italia.
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Special Member State Territories And Their Relations With The Eu: Encyclopedia Ii - Special Member State Territories And Their Relations With The Eu - Cyprus
Special member state territories and their relations with the EU - Northern part of the island.
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Special Member State Territories And Their Relations With The Eu: Encyclopedia Ii - Special Member State Territories And Their Relations With The Eu - Finland
Special member state territories and their relations with the EU - Åland Islands.
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Special Member State Territories And Their Relations With The Eu: Encyclopedia Ii - Special Member State Territories And Their Relations With The Eu - Former Territories Of European Union Members
Special member state territories and their relations with the EU - East Timor.
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List Of Political Parties Campaigning For Self-government: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Political Parties Campaigning For Self-government - Spain By Autonomous Community
List of political parties campaigning for self-government - Andalusia.
Andalucista Party
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Canary Wharf: Encyclopedia Ii - Canary Wharf - History
Canary Wharf was the site of cargo warehouses that served the docks in the Docklands area. It takes its name from sea trade with the Cana...
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List Of Notable Atlantic Hurricanes: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Notable Atlantic Hurricanes - Retired Names
Hurricane names are retired due to the notoriety of the storm to which they are attached (after a nation impacted by the storm lobbies th...
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List Of Notable Atlantic Hurricanes: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Notable Atlantic Hurricanes - Listed By Cost United States Only
There are several ways to express the monetary cost of a hurricane, by inflation adjusted cost, cost at the time, and cost if the hurrica...
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List Of Political Parties Campaigning For Self-government: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Political Parties Campaigning For Self-government - United Kingdom
List of political parties campaigning for self-government - Cornwall.
Mebyon Kernow
List of political parties campaigning for self-g...
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List Of Political Parties Campaigning For Self-government: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Political Parties Campaigning For Self-government - France
List of political parties campaigning for self-government - Brittany.
Union Démocratique Bretonne
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List Of Notable Atlantic Hurricanes: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Notable Atlantic Hurricanes - Listed By Seasonal Activity
A hurricane with a peak intensity of category 3 or higher on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale is classified as major.
List of notable ...
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List Of Political Parties Campaigning For Self-government: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Political Parties Campaigning For Self-government - Italy
List of political parties campaigning for self-government - Northern Italy 'Padania'.
Northern League
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List Of Notable Atlantic Hurricanes: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Notable Atlantic Hurricanes - Strongest Storm In Each Month
The Atlantic hurricane season runs from June to November. Intensity is measured solely by central pressure.
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List Of Political Parties Campaigning For Self-government: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Political Parties Campaigning For Self-government - Saint Kitts And Nevis
List of political parties campaigning for self-government - Nevis.
Concerned Citizens Movement
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List Of Notable Atlantic Hurricanes: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Notable Atlantic Hurricanes - Atlantic-eastern Pacific Crossover Storms
Tropical Storm Bret from 1993 retained its circulation and was designated Tropical Depression 8-E upon reaching the Pacific. The depressi...
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List Of Notable Tropical Cyclones: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Notable Tropical Cyclones - Unusual Landfalls
List of notable tropical cyclones - Europe.
See also: Category:Hurricanes in Europe
Hurricane and tropical storm European landfall. N...
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List Of Notable Atlantic Hurricanes: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Notable Atlantic Hurricanes - Earliest/latest Formations For Each Category
Below is a list of the earliest and latest forming hurricanes for each category.
List of notable Atlantic hurricanes - Earliest.
List of...
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List Of Notable Tropical Cyclones: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Notable Tropical Cyclones - North Atlantic Basin
Main article: List of retired Atlantic hurricanes
List of notable tropical cyclones - Listed by cost United States only.
There are s...
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List Of Notable Tropical Cyclones: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Notable Tropical Cyclones - Year-crossing Northern Hemisphere Storms
This is a list of Northern Hemisphere storms that have crossed two calendar years.
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List Of Notable Tropical Cyclones: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Notable Tropical Cyclones - Named Tropical Depressions
This is a list of storms that were named before reaching tropical storm strength.
Year Name Basin
1966 Kendra Atlantic
2002 Kalmegi West...
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List Of Notable Tropical Cyclones: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Notable Tropical Cyclones - South Atlantic Basin
Tropical cyclones rarely form in the South Atlantic Basin. Only three South Atlantic tropical cyclones in the area have been confirmed.
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List Of Notable Tropical Cyclones: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Notable Tropical Cyclones - Eastern Pacific Basin
List of notable tropical cyclones - Retired names.
See also Category:Retired Pacific hurricanes.
The background color behind the name i...
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List Of Notable Tropical Cyclones: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Notable Tropical Cyclones - Central Pacific Basin
List of notable tropical cyclones - Retired storms.
See also Category:Retired Pacific hurricanes.
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List Of Notable Tropical Cyclones: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Notable Tropical Cyclones - Western Pacific Basin
List of notable tropical cyclones - Retired Names.
Names retired before 2000 were retired by the Joint Typhoon Warning Center. Ones ret...
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List Of Notable Tropical Cyclones: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Notable Tropical Cyclones - Most Intense Storms On Record
This list includes Western Pacific storms with pressure of less than 885 mb and Atlantic and Eastern Pacific storms with pressure of less...
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List Of Notable Tropical Cyclones: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Notable Tropical Cyclones - Highest Storm Surge
The below are three powerful hurricanes which had very high storm surges; Hurricane Katrina had the highest recorded storm surge of any A...
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List Of Notable Tropical Cyclones: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Notable Tropical Cyclones - Extreme Latitudes
This list contains tropical cyclones that formed or moved to an extraordinary latitude. It can be extreme north (or south) latitude, or v...
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List Of Accidents And Incidents On Commercial Airliners Grouped By Location: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Accidents And Incidents On Commercial Airliners Grouped By Location - Nigeria
List of accidents and incidents on commercial airliners grouped by location - Canary Islands Spain.
KLM Flight 4805 and Pan Am Flight ...
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List Of Accidents And Incidents On Commercial Airliners Grouped By Location: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Accidents And Incidents On Commercial Airliners Grouped By Location - Africa
List of accidents and incidents on commercial airliners grouped by location - Algeria.
Air Algerie Flight 6289 - Crashed after takeoff...
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List Of Accidents And Incidents On Commercial Airliners Grouped By Location: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Accidents And Incidents On Commercial Airliners Grouped By Location - Central America
List of accidents and incidents on commercial airliners grouped by location - Panama.
Alas Chiricanas bombing - Bombed near Colon
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Tropical Storm Delta 2005: Encyclopedia Ii - Tropical Storm Delta 2005 - Impact
Considerable damage was reported in the Canary Islands as a result of Delta, where it was described as a "historic" event; hurricanes are...
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List Of Accidents And Incidents On Commercial Airliners Grouped By Location: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Accidents And Incidents On Commercial Airliners Grouped By Location - Asia
List of accidents and incidents on commercial airliners grouped by location - Afghanistan.
Kam Air Flight 904 - Crashed in snowstorm.
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Isle Of Dogs: Encyclopedia Ii - Isle Of Dogs - Transport
Nearest places:
Poplar
Limehouse
Rotherhithe
Stepney
Deptford
Greenwich
London Underground and DLR stations:
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List Of Accidents And Incidents On Commercial Airliners Grouped By Location: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Accidents And Incidents On Commercial Airliners Grouped By Location - North America
List of accidents and incidents on commercial airliners grouped by location - Canada.
Arrow Air Flight 1285 - Crashed shortly after ta...
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List Of Accidents And Incidents On Commercial Airliners Grouped By Location: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Accidents And Incidents On Commercial Airliners Grouped By Location - Europe
List of accidents and incidents on commercial airliners grouped by location - Belgium.
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Hot Sauce: Encyclopedia Ii - Hot Sauce - Heat
The heat (or burning) felt when consuming hot sauce is caused by capsaicin. The burning sensation is not "real" in the sense of damage be...
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Hot Sauce: Encyclopedia Ii - Hot Sauce - Remedies
Capsaicin is an alkaloid oil and is, as such, soluble in acid, fat or alcohol. The effects of ingestion of a hot sauce deemed 'too hot' b...
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La Palma: Encyclopedia Ii - La Palma - Volcano
The island was formed as a seamount by the volcanic activities like all of the Canary Islands. La Palma is the most active volcano of the...
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El Hierro: Encyclopedia Ii - El Hierro - Description
El Hierro - History.
The name of the island is derived from the Guanche language toponym Hero, which by the process of folk-etymology w...
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History Of The Jews In England: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Jews In England - Resettlement Period 1655-1800s
History of the Jews in England - Hidden Jews in England.
Main article: History of the Marranos in England
Toward the middle of the se...
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Louis Feuillée: Encyclopedia Ii - Louis Feuillée - Other Voyages
In 1724, on his fourth and last voyage, he travelled to the Canary Islands and determined the position of the meridian at Hierro.
He died...
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Dan-air: Encyclopedia Ii - Dan-air - Incidents And Accidents
A Boeing 727-64 (G-BDAN) crashed on the 25 April 1980 while attempting to land at Los Rodeos Airport in Tenerife, Canary Islands. The air...
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John Ledyard: Encyclopedia Ii - John Ledyard - Captain Cook's Third Voyage
In June 1776, Ledyard joined Captain James Cook's third and final voyage as a British marine. The expedition lasted until October 1780. D...
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Victoria: Encyclopedia Ii - Victoria - Cities Towns Suburbs Etc.
Victoria - La Victoria.
La Victoria de Acentejo, municipality in Tenerife, Canary Islands (Spain)
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Ascension Island: Encyclopedia Ii - Ascension Island - Wildlife
Green turtles are perhaps the most notable of the wildlife, coming ashore to lay their eggs on the beaches from January to May. The sooty...
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Aberdeen Airport: Encyclopedia Ii - Aberdeen Airport - Holiday Airlines
In addition to the scheduled services listed above, a number of holiday companies operate exclusive charter flights from Aberdeen to a nu...
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Madeira Islands: Encyclopedia Ii - Madeira Islands - History
It has been conjectured, but on insufficient evidence, that the Phoenicians discovered Madeira at a very early period. Pliny mentions cer...
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Madeira Islands: Encyclopedia Ii - Madeira Islands - History
It has been conjectured, but on insufficient evidence, that the Phoenicians discovered Madeira at a very early period. Pliny mentions cer...
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Empire: Encyclopedia Ii - Empire - Imperialism
The discovery of the New World provided an opportunity for many European states to embark upon programs of imperialism on a different mod...
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Great Britain: Encyclopedia Ii - Great Britain - History
The Roman geographer Ptolemy called the larger island Megale Brettania (Great Britain), and the smaller island Micra Bretannia (Little Br...
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Caldera: Encyclopedia Ii - Caldera - Notable Calderas
See also Category:Volcanic calderas
Africa
Ngorongoro Crater (Tanzania, Africa)
See Europe for calderas in the Canary Islands
Asia
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Goths: Encyclopedia Ii - Goths - Symbolic Meaning
In Medieval and Modern Spain, the Visigoths were thought to be the origin of the Spanish nobility (compare Gobineau for a similar French ...
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José De Anchieta: Encyclopedia Ii - José De Anchieta - Early Life
José de Anchieta was born on March 19, 1534, in San Cristóbal de La Laguna on Tenerife in the Canary Islands, Spain, to a rich family. ...
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Spanish Legion: Encyclopedia Ii - Spanish Legion - Present
The Spanish Legion nowadays is mostly used in NATO peacekeeping missions. It currently numbers 5 000 in a Brigade of two tercios regiment...
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Goths: Encyclopedia Ii - Goths - Symbolic Meaning
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Morocco: Encyclopedia Ii - Morocco - Geography
Main article: Geography of Morocco
Algeria borders Morocco to the east and southeast. There are also four Spanish enclaves on the Mediter...
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Spanish Legion: Encyclopedia Ii - Spanish Legion - Present
The Spanish Legion nowadays is mostly used in NATO peacekeeping missions. It currently numbers 8 000 in four tercios regiments. It is dir...
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Mantle Plume: Encyclopedia Ii - Mantle Plume - Mantle Plume Locations
Two of the most well known locations that fit the mantle plume theory are Hawaii and Iceland as both have volcanic activity.
The P-wave a...
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Brandenburgers: Encyclopedia Ii - Brandenburgers - Loss Of Abwehr Control - Transfer To The Front
Since the beginning, Admiral Canaris and the Abwehr had been watched closely by Himmler's SS intelligence service, the SD, commanded by W...
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Guanches:
Spiritual - Theosophy
Dictionary On
Guanches
Guanches Aboriginals of the Canary Islands, or only of Teneriffe.
(See also: Guanches , Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Occ...
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Grypes:
Spiritual - Theosophy
Dictionary On
Grypes
Guanches Aboriginals of the Canary Islands, or only of Teneriffe.
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Canary Islands: Encyclopedia Ii - Canary Islands - Economy
The economy is based primarily on tourism, which makes up 32% of the GDP. The Canaries receive about 10 million tourists per year. Constr...
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Canary Islands: Encyclopedia Ii - Canary Islands - Physical Geography
The islands and their capitals are:
Gran Canaria (capital Las Palmas de Gran Canaria);
Tenerife (capital Santa Cruz de Tenerife);
Lanzar...
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Canary Islands: Encyclopedia Ii - Canary Islands - Political Geography
The Autonomous Community of the Canary Islands consists of two provinces, Las Palmas and Santa Cruz de Tenerife, whose capitals (Las Palm...
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