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Island No. 10

(Encyclopedia)Island No. 10, former island in the Mississippi River, between NW Tenn. and SE Mo.; site of an important western campaign of the Civil War. With the advance of Union Gen. U. S. Grant up the Tennessee ...

Flores, island, Azores

(Encyclopedia)Flores flôˈrĭz, Port. flôˈrəsh [key], island , 58 sq mi (150 sq km), Horta dist...

Flores, island, Indonesia

(Encyclopedia)Flores flôrˈĕs [key], island, 6,627 sq mi (17,164 sq km), E Indonesia, one of the Lesser S...

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