5000 Facts and Fancies: A Cyclopaedia of Important, Curious, Quaint, and Unique Information in History, Literature, Science, Art, and Nature ...G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1901 - 816 Seiten |
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... derived from Shubencadia , the name of one of the rivers of Nova Scotia . The English claimed the country by right of discovery , and , after years of con- test , it was finally ceded to them in 1713. In 1755 , the French inhabitants of ...
... derived from Shubencadia , the name of one of the rivers of Nova Scotia . The English claimed the country by right of discovery , and , after years of con- test , it was finally ceded to them in 1713. In 1755 , the French inhabitants of ...
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... derived from the Arabic al ( the ) , and the Greek μɛyíorn ( greatest ) . See Syntaxis . " We find in the Almagest a clear exposi- tion of the system of the world , of the arrangement of the celestial bodies and their revolutions , a ...
... derived from the Arabic al ( the ) , and the Greek μɛyíorn ( greatest ) . See Syntaxis . " We find in the Almagest a clear exposi- tion of the system of the world , of the arrangement of the celestial bodies and their revolutions , a ...
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... derived from Amerigo Vespucci ( 1451– 1512 ) , a Florentine merchant . He ac- companied Ojeda in his expedition to the eastern coast of America in 1499 , one year after Columbus had discovered the mainland . He wrote letters home to his ...
... derived from Amerigo Vespucci ( 1451– 1512 ) , a Florentine merchant . He ac- companied Ojeda in his expedition to the eastern coast of America in 1499 , one year after Columbus had discovered the mainland . He wrote letters home to his ...
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... derived from a tribe of Indians , the Appalachees , for- merly living in Florida , near the Ap- palachicola River . Appeal to Cæsar . According to the famous " Porcian Law , " no Roman citizen could be bound , scourged , or put to death ...
... derived from a tribe of Indians , the Appalachees , for- merly living in Florida , near the Ap- palachicola River . Appeal to Cæsar . According to the famous " Porcian Law , " no Roman citizen could be bound , scourged , or put to death ...
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... derived from the French plier ( to fold ) . Apple - Pie Order . Primness and neatness of arrangement , extending to the most trifling detail . Apples of Sodom . Imaginary fruit , said by the ancients to grow near the Dead Sea . They ...
... derived from the French plier ( to fold ) . Apple - Pie Order . Primness and neatness of arrangement , extending to the most trifling detail . Apples of Sodom . Imaginary fruit , said by the ancients to grow near the Dead Sea . They ...
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