to circumnavigate the globe
121Triton — Tritonic /truy ton ik/, adj. /truyt n/, n. 1. Class. Myth. a son of Poseidon and Amphitrite, represented as having the head and trunk of a man and the tail of a fish, and as using a conch shell trumpet. 2. Astron. a moon of Neptune. 3. (l.c.) any …
122Verne, Jules — born Feb. 8, 1828, Nantes, France died March 24, 1905, Amiens French writer. He studied law then worked as a stockbroker while writing plays and stories. The first of his romantic adventures (voyages extraordinaires), Five Weeks in a Balloon… …
123Chinese Trinidadian and Tobagonian — Chinese Trinidadian and Tobagonians George Maxwell Richards • Anya Ayoung Chee Total population 3,800 Regions with significant populations …
124Meanings of minor planet names: 3001–3100 — This page is not meant to be viewed directly; please browse from the main list, meanings of minor planet names, instead. Name Provisional designation Source of name 3001 Michelangelo 1982 BC1 Michelangelo Buonarroti, 15th 16th century Italian… …
125USS Vincennes — Four United States Navy ships have been named USS Vincennes , after the town of Vincennes, Indiana, site of an important Patriot victory in the American Revolution.* The first USS|Vincennes|1826|2 was an 18 gun sloop of war commissioned in 1826,… …
126Hugh Lowther, 5th Earl of Lonsdale — Hugh Cecil Lowther, 5th Earl of Lonsdale, KG, GCVO (25 January 1857 cite book|title=Penguin Pocket On This Day|publisher=Penguin Reference Library|isbn=0 141 02715 0|year=2006] –13 April 1944) was an English nobleman. The second son of the 3rd… …
127Vittoria Dock — is a dock in Birkenhead, Wirral Peninsula, England. It was built between 1905 and 1909 within the Great Float.The name Vittoria The dock is named after the Battle of Vittoria, fought on 21 June 1813 and was designed by A.G.Lyster. An alternative… …
128Filippo de Filippi — (April 20, 1814 – February 9, 1867) was an Italian doctor, traveler and zoologist. Filippo De Filippi was born in Pavia. He succeeded Giuseppe Gené as professor of zoology and comparative anatomy at the University of Turin. He was the director of …
