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11Batavians — The Batavians (Latin Batavi ) [Not Batavii . Cf. the place name Oppidum Batavorum , Caesar, [http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/caesar/gall4.shtml De bello Gallico , book IV, c. 10] and Tacitus, [http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/tacitus/tac.ger.shtml… …
12Dartmouth College traditions — The traditions of Dartmouth College, an American Ivy League college in Hanover, New Hampshire, are deeply entrenched in the student life of the institution and are well known nationally.[1][2][3][4][5] Dartmouth s website counts the College s… …
13literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …
14Perth — PERTH, a city, a royal burgh, and anciently the metropolis of the kingdom of Scotland, in the county of Perth, of which it is the capital; comprising the parishes of East Church, Middle Church, St. Paul, and West Church, and the late quoad… …
15Antoine Charles Louis Lasalle — General Antoine Charles Louis Collinet, comte de Lasalle (10 May, 1775 ndash; 6 July, 1809) was a French cavalry General during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars known as “The Hussar General.” He is regarded as the greatest light cavalry… …
16Iran — /i ran , i rahn , uy ran /, n. a republic in SW Asia. 67,540,002; ab. 635,000 sq. mi. (1,644,650 sq. km). Cap.: Teheran. Formerly (until 1935), Persia. * * * Iran Introduction Iran Background: Known as Persia until 1935, Iran became an Islamic… …
17Haiti — /hay tee/, n. 1. Formerly, Hayti. a republic in the West Indies occupying the W part of the island of Hispaniola. 6,611,407; 10,714 sq. mi. (27,750 sq. km). Cap.: Port au Prince. 2. Also, Hayti. a former name of Hispaniola. * * * Haiti… …
18Lord Byron — For other holders of the title, see Baron Byron. For other uses, see Byron (disambiguation), Lord Byron (disambiguation) and George Byron (disambiguation). The Right Honourable The Lord Byron FRS Portrait of Lord Byron by Thomas Phillips …
19William Hovell — William Hilton Hovell (26 April 1786 – 9 November 1875) was an English explorer of Australia.Early lifeHovell was born at Yarmouth, Norfolk, England and became a Royal Navy captain before settling in New South Wales, arriving in October 1813… …
20Woodway House — is in Teignmouth, South Devon, England. It was at one time a farm on lands held by the Bishops of Exeter. In around 1815 a thatched cottage in the cottage orne style of Horace Walpole s (1717 1797) Thames side villaEvans, Tony Green, Candida… …
