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Middle Delaware National Scenic River

(Encyclopedia)Middle Delaware National Scenic River: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

Ice Age National Scenic Trail

(Encyclopedia)Ice Age National Scenic Trail: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trail

(Encyclopedia)Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trail: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

Pacific Crest National Scenic Trail

(Encyclopedia)Pacific Crest National Scenic Trail: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River

(Encyclopedia)Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

Lower Delaware National Wild and Scenic River

(Encyclopedia)Lower Delaware National Wild and Scenic River: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

Great Egg Harbor Scenic and Recreational River

(Encyclopedia)Great Egg Harbor Scenic and Recreational River: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

Virgin Islands

(Encyclopedia)CE5 Virgin Islands, group of about 100 small islands, West Indies, E of Puerto Rico. The islands are divided politically between the United States and Great Britain. Although constituting the weste...

Borromini, Francesco

(Encyclopedia)Borromini, Francesco fränchāˈskō bōr-rōmēˈnē [key], 1599–1677, major Italian baroque architect. His first independent commission (begun 1634) was San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane, Rome, one o...

Briosco, Andrea

(Encyclopedia)Briosco, Andrea ändrĕˈä brēôsˈkō [key], 1470?–1532, Italian architect and sculptor, known also as Andrea Riccio [curly-headed], b. Padua. As an architect, he created models for the church of...