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New Spain

(Encyclopedia)New Spain: see Mexico, country.

New Territories

(Encyclopedia)New Territories: see Hong Kong.

New Alesund

(Encyclopedia)New Alesund, town, Spitsbergen: see Ny-Ålesund. ...

New Laws

(Encyclopedia)New Laws: see Las Casas, Bartolomé de. ...

New Testament

(Encyclopedia)New Testament, the distinctively Christian portion of the Bible, consisting of 27 books of varying lengths dating from the earliest Christian period. The seven epistles whose authorship by St. Paul is...

new novel

(Encyclopedia)new novel: see French literature; Robbe-Grillet, Alain. ...

New York, University of the State of

(Encyclopedia)New York, University of the State of, chartered 1784. It consists of all secondary and higher educational institutions incorporated in the state and other institutions, organizations, and agencies for...

New Zealand literature

(Encyclopedia)New Zealand literature. In the 20th cent. New Zealand developed a vital literary tradition, though only a few of its authors are well-known outside its islands: Katherine Mansfield, short-story writer...

New Hampshire Grants

(Encyclopedia)New Hampshire Grants, early name (1749–77) for Vermont, given because most of the early settlers came in under land grants from Benning Wentworth, the colonial governor of New Hampshire. Although th...

New York University

(Encyclopedia)New York University, mainly in New York City; coeducational; chartered 1831, opened 1832 as the Univ. of the City of New York, renamed 1896. It comprises 13 schools and colleges, maintaining four main...