The Encyclopedia Americana, Volume 24Grolier Incorporated, 1999 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries A thirty-volume encyclopedia covering important world events while providing major new treatments of selected topics in various academic fields. |
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... French outpost on the Illi- nois side of the river , passed to British control in 1765 in pursuance of treaty agreements con- cluded in 1763 transferring French territory east of the Mississippi to Britain . Many French and French ...
... French outpost on the Illi- nois side of the river , passed to British control in 1765 in pursuance of treaty agreements con- cluded in 1763 transferring French territory east of the Mississippi to Britain . Many French and French ...
Page 135
... FRENCH GOVERNMENT TOURIST OFFICE SAINT PETERSBURG , Russian city renamed Leningrad in 1924. See LENINGRAD . SAINT - PIERRE , Bernardin de . See BERNARDIN DE SAINT - PIERRE , JACQUES HENRI . SAINT - PIERRE , saN - pyar ' , a small port ...
... FRENCH GOVERNMENT TOURIST OFFICE SAINT PETERSBURG , Russian city renamed Leningrad in 1924. See LENINGRAD . SAINT - PIERRE , Bernardin de . See BERNARDIN DE SAINT - PIERRE , JACQUES HENRI . SAINT - PIERRE , saN - pyar ' , a small port ...
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... French form of boxing in which the contestants used their feet rather than their fists . Its name is taken from the French word savate ( " old shoe " ) . The sport was pop- ular in France , particularly among the lower classes in the ...
... French form of boxing in which the contestants used their feet rather than their fists . Its name is taken from the French word savate ( " old shoe " ) . The sport was pop- ular in France , particularly among the lower classes in the ...
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