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Tordesillas, Treaty of

(Encyclopedia)Tordesillas, Treaty of tōrˌᵺāsēˈlyäs [key], 1494, agreement signed at Tordesillas, Spain, by which Spain and Portugal divided the non-Christian world into two zones of influence. In principle ...

Teraina

(Encyclopedia)Teraina tĕrīˈnə [key], atoll (1990 pop. 936), 3 sq mi (7.8 sq km), central Pacific, one of the Line Islands and part of the Republic of Kiribati. Visited by the American explorer Edmund Fanning in...

Butaritari

(Encyclopedia)Butaritari māˈkĭn, mŭgˈĭn [key], triangular atoll (4.5 sq mi/11.7 sq km), central Pacific, in the ...

Liu-ch'iu

(Encyclopedia)Liu-ch'iu: see Ryukyu Islands.

Jethou

(Encyclopedia)Jethou: see Channel Islands, British dependency. ...

Minquiers

(Encyclopedia)Minquiers, Great Britain: see Channel Islands. ...

Ascension Island

(Encyclopedia)Ascension Island, Caroline Islands: see Pohnpei. ...

Great Blasket

(Encyclopedia)Great Blasket: see Blasket Islands, Ireland. ...

Grand Canary

(Encyclopedia)Grand Canary: see Canary Islands, Spain. ...

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