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Kearsarge

(Encyclopedia)Kearsarge kērˈsärjˌ [key], Union ship in the Civil War. See Confederate cruisers. ...

Baytown

(Encyclopedia)Baytown, city (2020 pop. 83,701), Harris co., S Tex., at the head of Galveston Bay, on the Houston ship channel; inc. 1948 after the consolidation of Go...

Thorold

(Encyclopedia)Thorold thôrˈōld, –əld, thûrˈ– [key], city (2001 pop. 18,048), S Ont., Canada, on the Welland Ship Canal; inc. as a city 1975. It is a suburb of St. Catharines. Manufactures include abrasive...

Berwyn

(Encyclopedia)Berwyn bûrˈwĭn [key], city (2020 pop. 57,250), Cook co., NE Ill., a residential suburb of ...

Romeoville

(Encyclopedia)Romeoville, village (1990 pop. 14,074), Will co., NE Ill., on the Des Plaines River, with access to the Illinois and Mississippi Canal and the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal; inc. 1901. A suburb of t...

Hancock, John

(Encyclopedia)Hancock, John, 1737–93, political leader in the American Revolution, signer of the Declaration of Independence, b. Braintree, Mass. From an uncle he inherited Boston's leading mercantile firm, and n...

McClure, Sir Robert John Le Mesurier

(Encyclopedia)McClure, Sir Robert John Le Mesurier, 1807–73, British arctic explorer. He entered the navy and in 1848 accompanied Sir James Clark Ross to the arctic. As a naval captain he was given command (1850)...

cruiser

(Encyclopedia)cruiser, large, fast, moderately armed warship, intermediate in type between the aircraft carrier and the destroyer. During World War II, battle cruisers operated as small battleships, combining in on...

Argall, Sir Samuel

(Encyclopedia)Argall, Sir Samuel ärˈgəl [key], d. 1626?, English ship captain, prominent in the early settlement of Virginia. He commanded a ship sent to Jamestown in 1609 and had charge of one of the ships Baro...

Bowring, Sir John

(Encyclopedia)Bowring, Sir John bouˈrĭng [key], 1792–1872, British diplomat, linguist, and writer. An extraordinarily versatile linguist, he is remembered for his anthologies and translations of poetry from man...