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Coppermine
Language; Encyclopedias
A river in NW. Canada which falls into the Arctic Ocean after a broken course of 250 m.
Copper Nose
Language; Encyclopedias
Name given to Oliver Cromwell, from a brownish tinge on his nose.
Cosmas Indicopleustes
Language; Encyclopedias
Voyager to India, an Egyptian monk of the 6th century, born in Alexandria, singular for his theory of the system of the world, which, in opposition to the Ptolemaic system, he viewed as in shape like ...
Cosmo I.
Language; Encyclopedias
Grand-duke of Tuscany, head of the Republic of Florence, of which he made himself absolute master, a post he held in defiance of all opposition, in order to secure the independence of the state he ...
Coruna
Language; Encyclopedias
A fortified town on NW. of Spain, with a commodious harbour, where Sir John Moore fell in 1809 while defending the embarkation of his army against Soult, and where his tomb is.
Corvée
Language; Encyclopedias
Obligation as at one time enforced in France to render certain services to Seigneurs, such as repairing of roads, abolished by the Contituent Assembly.
