Search results for "Northwest Passage" - New World Encyclopedia
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- scuttled his hopes to search instead for a Northwest Passage. ... that the ship had finally found a Northwest Passage through the continent ...9 KB (1,487 words) - 15:22, 25 January 2023
- The Northwest Ordinance (formally An Ordinance for the Government ... that would become the basis for the Northwest Ordinance three years later. ...10 KB (1,533 words) - 06:38, 16 November 2022
- Currently, the Tomb of the Patriarchs is oriented on a northwest-southeast ... dedicated to Jacob and Leah being on the northwest, and those to Abraham and ...15 KB (2,391 words) - 16:20, 3 December 2023
- College for one year then transferred to Northwest Female College at Evanston ... Her influence was instrumental in the passage of the Eighteenth (Prohibition ...7 KB (1,021 words) - 06:43, 1 April 2024
- in the U.S. Army. He was sent to the Northwest Territory, where he spent ... Army in 1798 to become Secretary of the Northwest Territory, and acted as ...12 KB (1,810 words) - 10:57, 9 May 2023
- points, respectively. An important natural passage between the oceans, it is ... area is similar to those of the Inside Passage of Alaska. Southward from ...20 KB (2,965 words) - 04:44, 28 April 2023
- ===Traversing "the Northwest Passage"=== to successfully traverse the Northwest Passage between the Atlantic ...24 KB (3,885 words) - 21:07, 16 April 2023
- them through himself), were shepherded to passage by Democratic Senator Stephen ... trade in the District of Columbia, and the passage of a new fugitive slave ...12 KB (1,866 words) - 00:22, 8 January 2024
- area in 1610 and 1611 while seeking a Northwest Passage to Asia. While his ... that the ship had finally found a Northwest Passage through the continent ...19 KB (2,919 words) - 12:16, 4 February 2023
- formerly contributed huge amounts to the Northwest Pacific coasts. ... elk) that are native only to the Pacific Northwest coast. Because of this ...14 KB (2,164 words) - 02:28, 19 December 2022
- leading an expedition to find the Northwest Passage, thought he had discovered ... Other explorers in search of the elusive Northwest Passage followed ...26 KB (3,796 words) - 01:18, 17 November 2022
- Bay in 1576 while searching for the Northwest Passage. Many believe that ... 1622), an early seeker of the fabled Northwest Passage. However, the "discovery ...21 KB (3,177 words) - 05:39, 26 August 2023
- la Plata some years later trying to find a passage in South America. ... the Atlantic seaboard for the elusive Northwest Passage that would enable maritime ...20 KB (3,084 words) - 17:19, 26 March 2024
- *Northwest Passage (1940) *Edison, the Man (1940) *Boom Town (1940) *Men of Boys Town (1941) *Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941) *Woman of the Year (1942) ...13 KB (2,011 words) - 19:15, 7 February 2023
- of the Columbia River in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States ... Oregon through southern Idaho into northwest Wyoming. Much of this plain ...26 KB (3,775 words) - 15:00, 27 April 2023
- territories (the other two being the Northwest Territories and Nunavut ... northern route started in Fort McPherson, Northwest Territories along the Mackenzie ...24 KB (3,529 words) - 21:38, 4 June 2023
- marks the northern boundary of the Drake Passage; for centuries it has been ... It marks the north edge of the Drake Passage, the strait between South ...25 KB (3,990 words) - 19:32, 25 November 2023
- Ocean has led to speculation that the Northwest Passage may become viable for ... 123835-3711r.htm “Northwest Passage redux.”] The Washington ...22 KB (3,431 words) - 11:11, 11 March 2023
- used by settlers migrating to the Pacific Northwest of what is now the United ... of his staff were former employees of the Northwest Company, known as Nor& ...14 KB (2,196 words) - 01:12, 18 November 2022
- the Northern Sea Route or the Northwest Passage, to "Cathay" ... Passage, the Northern Sea Route and Northwest Passage, and bathymetry.png ...31 KB (4,598 words) - 06:22, 12 August 2023
- and Turks and Caicos Islands lie to the northwest. Haiti occupies the western ... The island of Cuba lies to the northwest across the Windward Passage ...21 KB (3,152 words) - 21:45, 31 January 2024
- Edward Parry in his voyage to find a northwestern passage to India. Throughout the mid-nineteenth century, tinned food became a status symbol ...12 KB (1,887 words) - 19:25, 25 November 2023
- and the Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast, have significant ... used by Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast. The South American ...35 KB (5,411 words) - 07:52, 9 March 2023
- a voyage to North America, looking for the Northwest Passage (1508), and one to repeat Magellan's voyage around the world, which ended up looking ...9 KB (1,380 words) - 04:35, 3 August 2022
- William Dietrich, Northwest Passage: The Great Columbia River (New ... * Dietrich, William. 1995. Northwest Passage: The Great Columbia River ...40 KB (5,864 words) - 22:44, 7 January 2024
- I of France, hoping to discover a western passage to the wealthy markets of ... ships. This time, any thought of finding a passage to the Orient was forgotten ...17 KB (2,708 words) - 12:31, 6 November 2021
- leave unmistakable evidence of their passage through seafloor or continental crust. In the case of the Hawaiian hotspot, the islands themselves ...11 KB (1,444 words) - 16:21, 25 January 2023
- Mick Wall, "Northwest Passage," Q: Nirvana and the Story ... * Wall, Mick. "Northwest Passage." Q: Nirvana and the Story ...30 KB (4,642 words) - 10:14, 25 February 2023
- in this area helped pave the way for the passage of the Boldt Decision in ... of Deloria played a major role in the passage of important reform legislation ...27 KB (4,084 words) - 20:24, 3 May 2023
- he must have had a family because of a passage in the Shoku Nihongi（続日本紀 ... This discovery, announced by the Northwest University in Xian, China ...10 KB (1,588 words) - 04:47, 14 June 2023
- The San Juan Archipelago is a group of islands in the Pacific Northwest ... Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration--Northwest Fisheries Science Center ...22 KB (3,191 words) - 03:09, 23 December 2022
- Cartier, who, in his search for a northwest passage to the Orient sailed ... on the St. Lawrence were enlarged for the passage of larger boats; the construction ...15 KB (2,273 words) - 20:48, 17 April 2023
- Uygur Autonomous Region of Xinjiang in northwest China, the desert wasteland ... caravans. With no security for a safe passage, the Takla Makan entered ...10 KB (1,621 words) - 00:52, 21 April 2023
- into three portions: the northeast arm, northwest arm, and southern. This ... Cub, and Strongs Knob are in the northwest arm, and the rest are in ...23 KB (3,613 words) - 12:54, 22 January 2023
- the Islamabad Capital Territory—to the northwest of Rawalpindi and on the ... attended by thousands, celebrating the passage of his bones through Taxila ...18 KB (2,588 words) - 00:48, 21 April 2023
- had made an amphibious landing in the northwest part of Singapore, near ... control of the ridge, it gave them direct passage to the Alexandra area. The ...11 KB (1,690 words) - 10:18, 22 September 2023
- Mackinac Straits, in search of the fabled Northwest Passage. [https://www.historymuseum.ca/virtual-museum-of-new-france/the-explorers/jean-nicollet ...12 KB (1,735 words) - 23:18, 21 October 2022
- in the Xinjiang and Tsinghai regions of northwest China, and another 205 ... as bäki around Lake Baikal. In one famous passage the Oirat chief, Quduqa ...17 KB (2,618 words) - 10:28, 11 March 2023
- located about 545 km (340 mi) west-northwest of Yangon, Burma.Joint ... in Arakan.] Retrieved July 2, 2008. The passage of Cyclone Akash left many ...14 KB (1,970 words) - 06:52, 12 January 2024
- , was away at the war front in the northwest. Some historians say this ... === Military expansion in the northwest === [[Image:The Yongzheng Emperor ...25 KB (3,771 words) - 17:48, 15 October 2020
- with the Columbia River in the Pacific Northwest. During the two-year overland ... numerous plans to explore the Pacific Northwest. In 1785, Jefferson learned ...22 KB (3,473 words) - 22:21, 25 October 2022
- Pennsylvania. From Pittsburgh, it flows northwest through Allegheny and Beaver ... The river then follows a roughly southwest and then west-northwest ...26 KB (3,749 words) - 10:20, 11 March 2023
- consisted of what is now the Pacific Northwest of the United States and ... April 1846 that both houses complied. The passage was delayed (especially ...14 KB (2,192 words) - 01:12, 18 November 2022
- Valley of Flowers National Park to the northwest, UNESCO designated the ... of arduous exploration in search of a passage into the Sanctuary. The ...20 KB (2,980 words) - 01:17, 11 November 2022
- Nawabganj, the capture of Faizabad, the passage of the Gumti and the action ... sympathizers in Maryland, who found him passage into Virginia with a blockade ...19 KB (2,878 words) - 04:34, 18 April 2024
- the Hudson Bay in search of a Northwest Passage. The crew mutinied and set Hudson, his teenage son John, and seven crewmen loyal to Hudson adrift ...14 KB (2,145 words) - 02:39, 11 March 2023
- ceremonies and significant rite of passage. Thus, they resisted strongly ... The coming of age rite of passage is celebrated differently by boys ...22 KB (3,332 words) - 06:15, 13 June 2023
- tropical water, heated by its eastward passage in the Equatorial Current ... while central and southern California, northwest Mexico and the southwestern ...28 KB (4,276 words) - 00:07, 13 February 2024
- Island. The Jason Islands lie to the northwest of the main archipelago ... the two principal islands and called the passage "Falkland Channel" ...25 KB (3,561 words) - 00:33, 25 March 2024
- (on its southeast, northeast, and northwest sides) and Virginia (on ... the Potomac River are located upstream, northwest of Washington. During the ...39 KB (5,697 words) - 23:11, 3 May 2023
