The World Almanac and Book of FactsPress Publishing Company (The New York World), 1961 |
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... Named by Ponce de Leon on Pascua Florida , feast of flowers , Easter Sunday , 1513 . Georgia - For King George II of England by James E. Oglethorpe , colonial administrator , 1732 . Hawaii - Possibly derived from native word for ...
... Named by Ponce de Leon on Pascua Florida , feast of flowers , Easter Sunday , 1513 . Georgia - For King George II of England by James E. Oglethorpe , colonial administrator , 1732 . Hawaii - Possibly derived from native word for ...
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... named Stalin ( meaning man of steel ) by Lenin . Georgi M. Malenkov was named Chairman of the Council of Ministers ( Premier ) and Nikita S. Khrushchev succeeded Stalin as First Secretary of the Central Committee , Malenkov resigned Feb ...
... named Stalin ( meaning man of steel ) by Lenin . Georgi M. Malenkov was named Chairman of the Council of Ministers ( Premier ) and Nikita S. Khrushchev succeeded Stalin as First Secretary of the Central Committee , Malenkov resigned Feb ...
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... named Venezuela ( Little Venice ) . Vespucci's reports suppressed Ojeda's name and stressed New World . Martin Waldseemüller , German geographer at St. Dié , France , applied the name Terra America in a book and map , 1507 . First map ...
... named Venezuela ( Little Venice ) . Vespucci's reports suppressed Ojeda's name and stressed New World . Martin Waldseemüller , German geographer at St. Dié , France , applied the name Terra America in a book and map , 1507 . First map ...
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