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EC

(Encyclopedia)EC, the European Community; see European Union. ...

Pacific Ocean

(Encyclopedia)CE5 Pacific Ocean, largest and deepest ocean, c.70,000,000 sq mi (181,300,000 sq km), occupying about one third of the earth's surface; named by the explorer Ferdinand Magellan; the southern part i...

Antarctic Ocean

(Encyclopedia)Antarctic Ocean: see Southern Ocean. ...

Rogers, Adrian Pierce

(Encyclopedia)Rogers, Adrian Pierce, 1931–2005, American Southern Baptist clergyman, b. West Palm Beach, Fla. After deciding to enter the ministry while in college, he attended the New Orleans Baptist Theological...

Oxnam, Garfield Bromley

(Encyclopedia)Oxnam, Garfield Bromley ŏkˈsnăm, –snəm [key], 1891–1963, American Methodist bishop, b. Sonora, Calif., grad. Univ. of Southern California (B.A., 1913) and Boston Univ., 1915. He was ordained i...

Bahía Blanca

(Encyclopedia)Bahía Blanca blängˈkä [key], city, Buenos Aires prov., SE Argentina, a port near the head of the ...

Centaurus

(Encyclopedia)Centaurus sĕntôrˈəs [key], southern constellation located N and E of Crux, the Southern Cross. It is known especially for its bright stars Alpha Centauri and Hadar. It also contains Centaurus A, a...

La Niña

(Encyclopedia)La Niña: see El Niño–Southern Oscillation. ...

Mutis, José Celestino

(Encyclopedia)Mutis, José Celestino hōsāˈ thālĕstēˈnō mo͞oˈtēs [key], 1732–1808, Spanish naturalist and plant explorer. One of Linnaeus' first disciples in Spain, he went to South America and settled ...

Lalande, Joseph Jérôme Lefrançais de

(Encyclopedia)Lalande, Joseph Jérôme Lefrançais de läläNdˈ [key], 1732–1807, French astronomer. Under the direction of the French Academy of Science, he went to Berlin in 1751 to make observations on the p...