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11Ertuğrul (Ottoman frigate) — This article is about the Ottoman frigate Ertuğrul . For the Ottoman leader, see Ertuğrul. Ertuğrul , launched in 1863, was a sailing frigate of the Ottoman Navy. While returning from a goodwill voyage from Japan in 1890, she encountered a… …
12Ottoman frigate Ertuğrul — This article is about the Ottoman frigate Ertuğrul. For the Ottoman leader, see Ertuğrul. Voyage of frigate Ertuğrul to Japan, by Mirliva Osman Nuri Pasha (1839 1906) …
13Hovenden Walker — Sir Hovenden Walker (1656 or 1666 ndash; 1725 or 1728) was a British naval officer noted for having led an abortive 1711 expedition against Quebec City, then the capital of New France. Walker entered Trinity College, Dublin in 1678 but failed to… …
14Walker Expedition to Quebec — The Walker Expedition to Quebec was a British attempt to attack Quebec in 1711 during the Queen Anne s War theatre of the War of Spanish Succession, that failed because of a shipping disaster on the Saint Lawrence River, when seven transport and… …
15Asia — /ay zheuh, ay sheuh/, n. a continent bounded by Europe and the Arctic, Pacific, and Indian oceans. 2,896,700,000; ab. 16,000,000 sq. mi. (41,440,000 sq. km). * * * I Largest continent on Earth. It is bounded by the Arctic Ocean, the Pacific Ocean …
16Blizzard of 1977 — Snow drifts made travel difficult in parts of New York (February 7, 1977), shown is the city of Buffalo …
17Negi Springfield — Infobox animanga character color = brown color text = white name = Negi Springfield series = Negima! Magister Negi Magi caption = Negi as depicted in the manga first = last = creator = Ken Akamatsu voiced by = Rina Satou (Japanese)Greg Ayres… …
18weather forecasting — Prediction of the weather through application of the principles of physics and meteorology. Weather forecasting predicts atmospheric phenomena and changes on the Earth s surface caused by atmospheric conditions (snow and ice cover, storm tides,… …
19Los Angeles — /laws an jeuh leuhs, leez , los/ or, often, /laws ang geuh leuhs, leez , los/ a seaport in SW California. 2,966,763; with suburbs 6,997,000; 452 sq. mi. (1170 sq. km). * * * City (pop., 2000: 3,694,820), southern California, U.S. The second… …
20Great Fire of Smyrna — Great Fire of Smyrna, 14 September 1922 The Great Fire of Smyrna or the Catastrophe of Smyrna[1][2][3] (Greek: Καταστροφή της Σμύρνης, Turkish …
