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Anegada

(Encyclopedia)Anegada: see Virgin Islands.

Malvinas

(Encyclopedia)Malvinas: see Falkland Islands. ...

Mangareva

(Encyclopedia)Mangareva: see Gambier Islands.

Kuriles

(Encyclopedia)Kuriles: see Kuril Islands.

Penrhyn

(Encyclopedia)Penrhyn: see Cook Islands.

Tresco

(Encyclopedia)Tresco: see Scilly Islands.

Cygnus

(Encyclopedia)Cygnus sĭgˈnəs [key] [Lat.,=the swan], northern constellation located SE of Draco and NW of Pegasus. It was depicted as a bird by most ancient cultures. It is sometimes called the Northern Cross be...

Judah, place in the Bible

(Encyclopedia)Judah, in the Bible, the southern of the two kingdoms remaining after the division of the kingdom of the Jews that occurred under Rehoboam. The northern kingdom, Israel, was continually at war with Ju...

fugitive slave laws

(Encyclopedia)fugitive slave laws, in U.S. history, the federal acts of 1793 and 1850 providing for the return between states of escaped black slaves. Similar laws existing in both North and South in colonial days ...

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