(Encyclopedia) Rossellino, AntonioRossellino, Antonioäntôˈnyō rōs-sĕl-lēˈnō [key], 1427–c.1478, Florentine sculptor, whose name was Antonio di Matteo di Domenico Gambarelli. He was the youngest and…
(Encyclopedia) Viti LevuViti Levuvēˈtē lāˈv&oomacr; [key] or Naviti LevuViti Levunä– [key], volcanic island, 4,010 sq mi (10,386 sq km), S Pacific, largest and most important of the Fiji Islands…
Girls Across America by Holly Hartman From Tracy, California, to Chelsea, Vermont, the map of the United States is dotted with girls' names. Here are a few. Allison, Iowa Amy, Kansas…
THE WORLD IN 1900 WHY DID EUROPEANS WANT TO RULE THE WORLD? HOW WERE PEOPLE TREATED BY THEIR RULERS? BRITISH RAJSCRAMBLE FOR AFRICAFRENCH FOREIGN LEGIONFIND OUT MOREFrom the 19th century until the…
(Encyclopedia) Alexandra FeodorovnaAlexandra Feodorovnafēôˌdərŏvˈnə, Rus. fyôˈdərəvnə [key], 1872–1918, last Russian czarina, consort of Nicholas II; she was a Hessian princess and a granddaughter of…
(Encyclopedia) Cozens, AlexanderCozens, Alexanderkŭzˈənz [key], c.1717–1786, English draftsman and writer, b. Russia. Cozens is thought to have been the first principal English master to work…
(Encyclopedia) Harris, Julie, 1925–2013, American actress, b. Grosse Point, Mich. Harris made her New York debut in It's a Gift (1945). Her versatility and power won her enormous critical acclaim,…
(Encyclopedia) King William Island, part of the Arctic Archipelago, in the Arctic Ocean, Nunavut Territory, Canada, between Boothia Peninsula and Victoria Island. The northern coast of the island was…
