pillars of hercules

  • 21Hercules — Her|cu|les in ancient Roman stories, a ↑hero known for his very great strength and for performing twelve very difficult and dangerous jobs known as the Labours of Hercules. People sometimes use the name Hercules to describe a man who is… …

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  • 22Hercules' Pillars Alley —    South out of Fleet Street, in Farringdon Ward Without, to the north of the Temple Church (O. and M. 1677 Boyle, 1799).    Mentioned temp. Jas. I. (Noble, p. 111). Still a small court by No. 27 Fleet Street without a name (ib. ed. 1870).    So… …

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  • 23HERCULES, THE PILLARS OF —    two mountains on the opposite sides of the Strait of Gibraltar, originally one, but fabled to have been separated by Hercules, Calpë on the Spanish coast and Abyla on the African …

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  • 24Dollar —    , PILLARS OF HERCULES    The word dollar, the basic monetary unit of the United States, Canada, New Zealand, Australia, and a few smaller countries, has a history that goes back to the sixteenth century. The locale was Bohemia, now a part of… …

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  • 25Säulen des Herakles — Wappen Spaniens Als Säulen des Herakles (altgriechisch αἱ Ἡράκλειοι στῆλαι …

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  • 26Геркулесовы столбы — (Pillars of Hercules)Pillars of Hercules, два скалистых мыса, известных в античные времена как Кальпе и Абила, сейчас называются Гибралтарская скала и Джебель Муса близ г.Сеута (Марокко). Расположенные друг против друга в вост. части… …

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  • 27Abyle — Als Säulen des Herakles (altgriechisch αἱ Ἡράκλειοι στῆλαι hai Herakleioi stēlai) bezeichnete man im Altertum den Felsen von Gibraltar (lat. Calpe) im Süden der Iberischen Halbinsel und den Berg …

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  • 28Säulen des Herkules — Als Säulen des Herakles (altgriechisch αἱ Ἡράκλειοι στῆλαι hai Herakleioi stēlai) bezeichnete man im Altertum den Felsen von Gibraltar (lat. Calpe) im Süden der Iberischen Halbinsel und den Berg …

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  • 29Coat of arms of Spain — Versions …

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  • 30Atlantis — Athanasius Kircher s map of Atlantis, in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. From Mundus Subterraneus 1669, published in Amsterdam. The map is oriented with south at the top.Atlantis (in Greek, polytonic|Ἀτλαντὶς νῆσος, island of Atlas ) is the… …

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