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Parry Islands

(Encyclopedia) Parry Islands: see Queen Elizabeth Islands, Canada.

Sylva, Carmen

(Encyclopedia) Sylva, Carmen: see Elizabeth, queen of Romania.

Carmen Sylva

(Encyclopedia) Carmen Sylva: see Elizabeth, queen of Romania.

DK History: Tudor Age

HOW DID TUDOR MERCHANTS BECOME WEALTHY? WHO WAS THE GREATEST TUDOR MONARCH? WHY DID HENRY VIII QUARREL WITH THE POPE? CHURCH OF ENGLANDFIND OUT MOREThe Tudors were a family of Welsh, French, and…

George WYTHE, Congress, VA (1726-1806)

WYTHE, George, a Delegate from Virginia; born near Back River, Elizabeth City County, Va., in 1726; privately instructed by his mother and attended the College of William and Mary,…

Edwin Lloyd MEEDS, Congress, WA (1927-2005)

MEEDS, Edwin Lloyd, a Representative from Washington; born in Dillon, Beaverhead County, Mont., December 11, 1927; moved with his parents to Monroe, Snohomish County, Wash., in 1944; graduated…

Bess of Hardwick

(Encyclopedia) Bess of Hardwick: see Shrewsbury, Elizabeth Talbot, countess of.

Louisiana Purchase

(Encyclopedia) CE5 Louisiana Purchase (1803) Louisiana Purchase, 1803, American acquisition from France of the formerly Spanish region of Louisiana. Jefferson instructed Livingston to attempt…