Search results for "Northwest Passage" - New World Encyclopedia
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- Oregon is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States ... James Cook explored the coast in 1778 in search of the Northwest Passage ...35 KB (5,141 words) - 10:41, 11 March 2023
- city and the largest city in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States ... in 1985, is the tallest building in the Pacific Northwest ...49 KB (7,077 words) - 02:45, 21 April 2023
- to locate Hudson and navigate the Northwest Passage. He is credited with ... Fur trading forts were built by both the NorthWest Company and the Hudson ...41 KB (6,242 words) - 11:07, 9 March 2023
- , the Tunica, and the Koroa. Central and northwest Louisiana was home to a ... (along the Red River in present-day northwest Louisiana) was established ...32 KB (4,608 words) - 04:12, 4 November 2022
- of Life who granted our forefathers safe passage to this land, who gives ... returned from his search for the Northwest Passage, avoiding the later ...36 KB (5,333 words) - 15:08, 30 April 2023
- 20,000 men, to attack Vinh Yen, 20 miles northwest of Hanoi which was manned ... the French garrisons along Nghia Lo, northwest of Hanoi, breaking them ...58 KB (9,174 words) - 19:56, 4 March 2024
- Ēl (Hebrew: אל) is a northwest Semitic word meaning "god" ... The passage bears striking similarities to a Canaanite text (see below ...20 KB (3,357 words) - 00:06, 13 February 2024
- pioneer when it built Northland 13 miles northwest of Detroit. In 1969, it ... the GUM in Moscow and the Petrovsky Passage. In Saint Petersburg there ...29 KB (4,395 words) - 09:47, 29 January 2024
- is bounded on the northeast, north, and northwest by the Gulf Coast of the ... United States searching for gold and a passage to China. On May 8, 1541 ...19 KB (2,915 words) - 08:28, 8 January 2024
- The passage of a tropical cyclone over the ocean can cause the upper ... Center. Retrieved June 18, 2020. The Northwest Pacific sees tropical cyclones ...68 KB (9,719 words) - 18:20, 2 May 2023
- brought the decline of the overland passage. ===Arrival of Islam=== ... the Shi’a, found in the north and northwest, and the Sunni, who live ...19 KB (2,883 words) - 00:57, 17 April 2023
- explore the Chesapeake Bay. In quest of the Northwest passage, Ayllon sailed north from Hispaniola in 1524, and tried the James River and Chesapeake ...21 KB (3,138 words) - 18:31, 8 December 2023
- buttery and offices are reached by a passage from the west end of the ... the little village of Cluny, 12 miles northwest of Macon, near which, about ...20 KB (3,204 words) - 14:14, 7 May 2024
- departed to renew his search for a Northwest Passage. In 1614, the ... seen from the Providence area, stretching northwest following the Blackstone ...30 KB (4,360 words) - 20:52, 16 April 2023
- he aimed at finding an easterly northern passage to the Orient via the North ... and the town of Haverstraw in the Northwest. Haverstraw Bay is a popular ...23 KB (3,395 words) - 12:16, 4 February 2023
- corner, at 3,125 feet (952 m). In the northwest are the Absaroka, Owl Creek ... The Teton Range in the northwest extends for 50 miles (80 km) and ...36 KB (5,337 words) - 14:13, 20 May 2023
- in contact with divine illuminations. In a passage re-living a historical period ... Empire, the formation of a consolidated Northwest Indian Muslim state appears ...34 KB (5,166 words) - 17:56, 10 November 2022
- the Shuyuhalsh, a five-night dance rite of passage for adolescent girls. A ... region, but with influences from the Northwest Coast, the Great Basin ...23 KB (3,542 words) - 12:59, 10 March 2023
- The cult in Athens is located at the northwest corner of the bustling ... seem to suggest that Aphrodite offers safe passage from virginity to life as ...23 KB (3,678 words) - 06:01, 11 August 2023
- latter is emphasized as consistent with a passage from Isaiah 60:6; "And ... Sheba as a ruler of a trading colony in Northwest Arabia, established by ...22 KB (3,511 words) - 15:45, 7 December 2022
