TUPPER, Stanley Roger, a Representative from Maine; born in Boothbay Harbor, Lincoln County, Maine, January 25, 1921; educated in Boothbay Harbor public schools, Hebron Academy, Hebron, Maine…
Senate Years of Service: 1917-1941Party: RepublicanHALE, Frederick, (son of Eugene Hale, grandson of Zachariah Chandler, and cousin of Robert Hale), a Senator from Maine; born in Detroit, Mich…
Taos Pueblo, Taos, New Mexico
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(Encyclopedia) Lockwood, James Booth, 1852–84, American arctic explorer, b. Annapolis, Md. In 1873 he was commissioned second lieutenant in the U.S. army. In 1881, Lockwood joined the arctic…
(Encyclopedia) MiramichiMiramichimĭrəmĭshēˈ [key], river, c.135 mi (220 km) long, rising in several forks and tributaries in central N.B. and flowing E past Newcastle into the Gulf of St. Lawrence at…
(Encyclopedia) Payer, Julius vonPayer, Julius vonpīˈər [key], 1842–1915, Austrian explorer and painter. While on an expedition (1872–74) to navigate the Northeast Passage with Karl Weyprecht, Payer…
(Encyclopedia) Torres StraitTorres Straittŏrˈĭz, –rĭs [key], channel, c.95 mi (153 km) wide, between New Guinea and Cape York Peninsula of Australia. It connects the Arafura and Coral seas. The…
(Encyclopedia) Ronne, Finn, 1899–1980, Norwegian-American Antarctic explorer. Ronne graduated from college in Norway in 1922 and immigrated to the United States. His first of nine Antarctic…
(Encyclopedia) Golovnin, Vasily MikhailovichGolovnin, Vasily Mikhailovichvəsēˈlyē mēkhīˈləvĭch gələvnyēnˈ [key], 1776–1831, Russian explorer and writer. Sent in 1807 to make a geographical survey of…
(Encyclopedia) Diomede IslandsDiomede Islandsdīˈəmēd [key], pair of rocky islands in Bering Strait between Alaska and Siberia. The larger island, Big Diomede, is Russian, while the smaller is part of…
