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101List of Russian explorers — The Russian Empire at its peak in 1866, including the spheres of influence; this territorial expansion largely corresponds to the extent of contiguous exploration by Russians. This is a list of explorers from the Russian Federation, Soviet Union …
102Kae and Longopoa — The story cycle around Kae and Sinilau is a well known entity in Polynesian mythology, found back on several places (see notes). This article describes the Tongan version, of which the main source is an old poem (Ko e folau ʻa Kae – The voyage of …
103USS Tunny (SS-282) — The USS Tunny (SS/SSG/APSS/LPSS 282) was a Gato class submarine which saw service in World War II and in the Vietnam War. Tunny received nine battle stars and two Presidential Unit Citation (US)s for her World War II service and five battle stars …
104HX convoys — The HX convoys were a series of North Atlantic convoys which ran during the Battle of the Atlantic in World War II. They were east bound convoys and originated in Halifax, Nova Scotia from where they sailed to ports in the United Kingdom. Later,… …
105USS Wasp (1814) — The fifth USS Wasp was a sloop of war that served in the U.S. Navy in 1814 during the War of 1812. Wasp was a ship rigged sloop of war constructed in 1813 at Newburyport, Massachusetts, by Cross Merrill. She was commissioned early in 1814, Master …
106HMS Avon (1805) — The first HMS Avon was a Cruizer class brig sloop that served in the British Royal Navy in the War of 1812 and was sunk in action in 1814. Avon was built by Symons at Falmouth and launched on 31 January 1805. [Colledge, p. 44] She entered service …
107Magic Kingdom of Landover — The Magic Kingdom of Landover series is a series of six fantasy novels by Terry Brooks following the adventures of a former trial lawyer named Ben Holiday, and the collection of friends and enemies the he encounters when he purchases a magical… …
108mirage — The term mirage comes from the French verb se mirer, which means to reflect or to be reflected. It is unknown who introduced the term. It appears in the title of a paper by the French physicist Gaspard Monge, Comte de Péluse (17461818), who… …
109International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea — The International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea 1972 (COLREGS) are published by the International Maritime Organization (IMO), and set out, inter alia, the rules of the road or navigation rules to be followed by ships and other… …
110Deluge (mythology) — The story of a Great Flood (also known as the Deluge) sent by a deity or deities to destroy civilization as an act of divine retribution is a widespread theme among many cultural myths. Though it is best known in modern times through the Biblical …
