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111Castile and Aragon — • The united kingdom which came into existence by the marriage (1469) of Isabella, heiress of Castile, with Ferdinand the Catholic, King of Aragon Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Castile and Aragon Castile and Arag …
112HMS Resolution (1771) — HMS Resolution was a sloop of the Royal Navy, and the ship in which Captain James Cook made his second and third voyages of exploration in the Pacific. She impressed him enough that he called her the ship of my choice , and the fittest for… …
113Russian Alaska — Infobox Former Country native name = Русская Америка conventional long name = Russian America common name = Alaska continent = North America status = Colony empire = Russia year start = 1773 event end = Department of Alaska year end = 1867 date… …
114monarchy — /mon euhr kee/, n., pl. monarchies. 1. a state or nation in which the supreme power is actually or nominally lodged in a monarch. Cf. absolute monarchy, limited monarchy. 2. supreme power or sovereignty held by a single person. [1300 50; ME… …
115Normandy — • An ancient French province, from which five departments were formed in 1790 Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Normandy Normandy …
116Charles Pierre Claret de Fleurieu — Portrait of Charles Pierre de Fleurieu Charles Pierre Claret, comte de Fleurieu (2 July 1738, Lyon – 18 August 1810) was a French explorer, hydrographer and politician. He was Minister of the Navy under Louis XVI, and a member of the Institut de… …
117Félix Delahaye — Les frégates La Recherche et L Espérance envoyée à la recherche de Jean François de la Pérouse, peinture de François Joseph Frédéric Roux (1805 1870) Félix Delahaye …
118Metanarrative — A metanarrative (from meta grand narrative), in critical theory and particularly postmodernism, is an abstract idea that is thought to be[who?] a comprehensive explanation of historical experience or knowledge. According to John Stephens, it is a …
119Christianisation of Iceland — Iceland converted to the Christian religion in 1000 AD. In Icelandic, this event is known as the kristnitaka (literally, the taking of Christianity ). Contents 1 Earliest observance 2 Sources 3 Missionaries …
120Taboo food and drink — This article is about practices and beliefs in relation to various animals as food. For more discussion on religious views, see Unclean animals. Swine are considered treif (unfit or unclean) in Judaism and haraam (forbidden) in Islam. Taboo food… …
