The Encyclopedia Americana, Volume 24Americana Corporation, 1976 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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Page 731
... began to dot the ports of Boston , New York , Phila- delphia , Baltimore , Charleston , and Savannah . Special types of steamboats began to evolve for special purposes , notably the flat - bottomed three- decker Washington , the first ...
... began to dot the ports of Boston , New York , Phila- delphia , Baltimore , Charleston , and Savannah . Special types of steamboats began to evolve for special purposes , notably the flat - bottomed three- decker Washington , the first ...
Page 777
... began to move into Siberia in force . A small Cossack band under Yermak ( or Ermak ) Timofeyev crossed the middle Urals in 1581-1582 and con- quered the Tatar khanate of Sibir , one of the remnants of the Golden Horde . Sibir ( or Isker ) ...
... began to move into Siberia in force . A small Cossack band under Yermak ( or Ermak ) Timofeyev crossed the middle Urals in 1581-1582 and con- quered the Tatar khanate of Sibir , one of the remnants of the Golden Horde . Sibir ( or Isker ) ...
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... began Spanish conquest of Mexico . 1519 - Death of Leonardo da Vinci . 1520- -Suleiman I the Magnificent , Ottoman sultan ( to 1566 ) . 1520 - Henry VIII and Francis I met on Field of Cloth of Gold to end Anglo - French hostility . 1522 ...
... began Spanish conquest of Mexico . 1519 - Death of Leonardo da Vinci . 1520- -Suleiman I the Magnificent , Ottoman sultan ( to 1566 ) . 1520 - Henry VIII and Francis I met on Field of Cloth of Gold to end Anglo - French hostility . 1522 ...
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