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South Sea Bubble

(Encyclopedia)South Sea Bubble, popular name in England for the speculation in the South Sea Company, which failed disastrously in 1720. The company was formed in 1711 by Robert Harley, who needed allies to carry t...

seismic sea wave

(Encyclopedia)seismic sea wave: see tsunami.

Azov, Sea of

(Encyclopedia)Azov, Sea of, Gr. Maiotis, Lat. Palus Maeotis, ancient Rus. Surozhskoye, northern arm of the Black Sea, c.14,000 sq mi (36,300 sq km), shared by S European Russia and E Ukraine. The shallow sea (maxim...

Deep Sea Drilling Project

(Encyclopedia)Deep Sea Drilling Project, U.S. program designed to investigate the evolution of ocean basins by core drilling of ocean sediments and underlying oceanic crust. Funded by the National Science Foundatio...

law of the sea

(Encyclopedia)law of the sea: see maritime law; sea, law of the; seas, freedom of the. ...

Beggars of the Sea

(Encyclopedia)Beggars of the Sea: see Gueux.

sea, law of the

(Encyclopedia)sea, law of the, international agreement regulating the use and exploitation of the world's oceans. The UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (1982) calls for limited, and strictly controlled, mining of...

Carmel-by-the-Sea

(Encyclopedia)Carmel-by-the-Sea or Carmel kärmĕlˈ [key], village (2020 pop. 3,220), Monterey co., S ...

Coral Sea, battle of the

(Encyclopedia)Coral Sea, battle of the: see under Coral Sea. ...

Bering Sea Fur-Seal Controversy

(Encyclopedia)Bering Sea Fur-Seal Controversy: see under Bering Sea. ...