EXPEDITIONS

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EXPEDITIONS — Экспедиции
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EXPEDITIONS — Экспедиции
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ROSS ICE SHELF — World's largest body of floating ice. It lies at the head of the Ross Sea, which forms an enormous indentation …
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FILIBUSTERING — originally, in U.S. history, the attempt to take over countries at peace with the United States via privately financed military …
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CRUSADE — any of a series of military expeditions organized by Western Christians against Muslim powers in order to take possession of …
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CONQUISTADOR — ( (Spanish: conqueror), ) plural Conquistadores, or Conquistadors, any one of the leaders in the Spanish conquest of America, especially …
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BANDEIRA — Portuguese slave-hunting expedition into the Brazilian interior in the 17th century. The bandeirantes (members of such expeditions) were usually mamelucos …
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ZAMBIA, FLAG OF — national flag consisting of a green field with an orange eagle and vertical stripes of red, black, and orange at …
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WEYPRECHT, KARL — born , Sept. 8, 1838, Bad Knig, near Erbach, Hesse-Darmstadt died March 29, 1881, Michelstadt, near Erbach, Ger. Arctic explorer …
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TROBRIANDER — any of the Melanesian people of the Kiriwina (Trobriand) Islands, lying off eastern New Guinea. Subsistence is based on yams …
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TIPPU TIB — born 1837 died June 14, 1905, Zanzibar [now in Tanzania] also called Muhammed Bin Hamid the most famous late 19th-century …
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TENZING NORGAY — (Nepalese Wealthy-fortunate Follower of Religion) born May 15, 1914, Solo Khumbu, Nepal died May 9, 1986, Darjeeling, India , Norgay …
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SVALBARD — archipelago, part of Norway, located in the Arctic Ocean well north of the Arctic Circle. The islands lie between longitude …
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STURT, CHARLES — born April 28, 1795, Bengal, India died June 16, 1869, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, Eng. Australian explorer whose expedition down the Murrumbidgee …
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STEIN, SIR (MARK) AUREL — born Nov. 26, 1862, Budapest, Hung. died Oct. 26, 1943, Kabul, Afg. HungarianBritish archaeologist and geographer whose travels and research …
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SIMPSON, GEORGE GAYLORD — born June 16, 1902, Chicago died Oct. 6, 1984, Tucson, Ariz. U.S. paleontologist known for his contributions to evolutionary theory …
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SIBIRYAKOV, ALEKSANDR MIKHAYLOVICH — born Sept. 26 [Oct. 8, New Style], 1849, Irkutsk, Siberia, Russian Empire died 1893 Sibiryakov also spelled Sibiriakov Russian gold-mine …
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SHANSI — WadeGiles romanization Shan-hsi, Pinyin Shanxi sheng (province) of northern China, bounded by the provinces of Hopeh to the east, Honan …
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SHACKLETON, SIR ERNEST HENRY — born , Feb. 15, 1874, Kilkea, County Kildare, Ire. died Jan. 5, 1922, Grytviken, South Georgia British Antarctic explorer who …
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SAHARA — Kerzaz oasis on Wadi Saoura, western Sahara, Alg. (from Arabic sahara', desert), largest tropical desert in the world, encompassing almost …
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ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY (RGS) — in full Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers), British group founded as the Geographical Society of London …
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ROSS ICE SHELF — world's largest body of floating ice, lying at the head of Ross Sea (q.v.), itself an enormous indentation in the …
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RASMUSSEN, KNUD JOHAN VICTOR — born , June 7, 1879, Jakobshavn, Greenland died Dec. 21, 1933, Gentofte, Den. Danish-Eskimo explorer and ethnologist who, in the …
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NUBIA — ancient region in northeastern Africa, extending approximately from the Nile River valley (near the first cataract in Upper Egypt) eastward …
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NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY — American scientific society founded (1888) in Washington, D.C., by a small group of eminent explorers and scientists for the increase …
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HSIUNG-NU — Pinyin Xiongnu nomadic pastoral people who at the end of the 3rd century BC formed a great tribal league that …
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HEYERDAHL, THOR — born Oct. 6, 1914, Larvik, Nor. ethnologist and adventurer who organized and led the famous Kon-Tiki (1947) and Ra (1969-70) …
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CHENG HO — born c. 1371, , K'unming, Yunnan Province, China died 1435, China The voyages of Cheng Ho. Pinyin Zheng He, original …
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ANTARCTICA — fifth in size among the world's continents, lying concentrically about the South Pole, with a landmass almost wholly covered by …
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IMMUNITY — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES diplomatic immunity immunity from prosecution formal (= the state of being protected from prosecution ) …
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EXPEDITION — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a shopping expedition/trip ▪ His shopping trip with Uncle Billy had been a thorough success. …
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