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Daryal

(Encyclopedia)Daryal dărēĕlˈ [key], pass, c.3,950 ft (1,204 m) high, N Georgia, in the central Greater Caucasus Mts. below Mt. Kazbek. Situated above the Terek River, it is noted for its wild grandeur. The Geor...

Strachey, William

(Encyclopedia)Strachey, William, 1572–1621, English colonial historian; educated at Cambridge. In 1609 he sailed to Virginia with Sir Thomas Gates. A storm wrecked his ship in the Bermudas, and the party remained...

Gülek Boğazi

(Encyclopedia)Gülek Boğazi: see Cilician Gates. ...

London Company

(Encyclopedia)London Company, corporation composed of stockholders residing in and about London, which, together with the Plymouth Company (see Virginia Company), was granted (1606) a charter by King James I to fou...

Alatna Wild River

(Encyclopedia)Alatna Wild River: see Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve. ...

Kobuk Wild River

(Encyclopedia)Kobuk Wild River: see Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve. ...

Tinayguk Wild River

(Encyclopedia)Tinayguk Wild River: see Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve. ...

North Fork of the Koyukuk Wild River

(Encyclopedia)North Fork of the Koyukuk Wild River: see Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve. ...

Aubrey, John

(Encyclopedia)Aubrey, John ôˈbrē [key], 1626–97, English antiquary and miscellaneous writer, b. Kingston, Wiltshire, educated at Trinity College, Oxford. He knew most of the famous people of his day and left c...

Austin, John

(Encyclopedia)Austin, John, 1790–1859, English jurist. He served (1826–32) as professor of jurisprudence at the Univ. of London, and his lectures were published (with additional material) as The Province of Jur...