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Origin of Washington Geographic Names (Continued) - JStor  the mill the name Seatco, an Indian word supposed to mean "ghost" or "devil." Coal was ... ays that this combination name was first proposed as early as 1873 but that Mr. Shead ..... George Vancouver, the English explorer, gave names to a number of the most prominent ...... He came upon a large river which he said the...
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Origin of State Names - Barrington 220  The Spanish explorers originally thought that California may have been an island. ... Lake Michigan was named by European explorers in the 1670s. ... From the Chippewa Indian word meaning either large river or Father of Waters. .... An English form of the name that French explorer Samuel de Champlain gave to...
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Origin of Names of US States - Bureau of Indian Affairs  called the Alabamas or Alibamons, who in turn gave the name to a riv~r from ... might have come from the Spanish word meaning "rad" or "ruddy," describing ... One is that it was so ca1led by early explorers after the ... for the large river. : ,~::".
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Columbia River: Description, Creation, and Discovery  Oct 31, 2008 ... For its first approximately 150 miles (241 kilometers) in the United States, ... He gave the man instructions about hunting and fishing, and when the man ... to have its origin in the Yakima Basalt of the Columbia River Basalt Group, .... Word of the value of sea otter pelts  they were softer and finer than any...
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Conquistador - Wikipedia  Conquistadors /kkstdrz is a term used to refer to the soldiers and explorers of the ... Portugal established a route to China in the early 16th century, sending ships via the ... For example, Ionnis Foks (known as Juan de Fuca) was a Castilian of Greek origin who discovered the strait that bears his name between...
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Explorers from the Early 1500's - EnchantedLearning.com  was a Spanish explorer who sailed to North America from Spain, leaving in 1527 ... He also explored the Paraguay River in South America. ... Portuguese nobleman, explorer, and navigator who was the first European to ... In 1542, he sailed from Acapulco to southern California, claiming California for King Charles I of Spain...
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Conquistador - Wikipedia  Conquistadors /kkstdrz is a term used to refer to the soldiers and explorers of the ... They colonized much of the world for Spain and Portugal in the 16th, 17th and ... Many foreigners Hispanicised their names and/or converted to Catholicism to .... Several writers have also suggested the Portuguese were the first...
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Francisco Vzquez de Coronado - Wikipedia  Francisco Vzquez de Coronado y Lujn (1510  22 September 1554) was a Spanish ... His expedition marked the first European sightings of the Grand Canyon and the .... be able to use the Colorado River to link up with Hernando de Alarcn's fleet. ... made his way across southern Texas fourteen years before Coronado.
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Scientific findings of Alexander von Humboldt's expedition into the ...  Alexander von Humboldt's expedition from 1799 till 1804 to the "equinoctial regions .... His scientific reputation and his Spanish language skills  proof of the early .... Rio Orinoco, he traveled on the long unclear connection to the river system of the ..... Even before he set out on his great voyage Humboldt had already been a...
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Explorers from the Early 1500's - EnchantedLearning.com  was a Spanish explorer who sailed to North America from Spain, leaving in 1527. He traveled from Florida to Texas on a raft, then walked from Texas to Mexico City. He also explored the Paraguay River in South America. De Vaca and his .... Ponce de Leon was searching for the legendary fountain of youth and other riches.
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Orinoco River | river, South America | Britannica.com  Throughout most of its course it flows through Venezuela, except for a section ..... In 1531 the Spanish explorer Diego de Ordaz voyaged up the river, and that...
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The Mariners' Museum | EXPLORATION through the AGES  Most of the paintings and engravings of 15th-century Spanish ships show very little in the ... Excessive ship ornamentation really reached its height in the 17th century, with ... How did Columbus' ships get their names? ... Historians believe the ship was named for the original owner, Juan Nio de Moguer, but his name, Nio,...
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Behind the Name: Meaning, origin and history of the name Rio  Behind the Name: Meaning, origin and history of the name Rio. Means "river" in Spanish or Portuguese. A city in Brazil bears this name. Its full name is Rio de Janeiro, which means "river of January", so named because the first explorers came to the harbour in January and mistakenly thought it was a river mouth.
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Origins of the Camino Real in Texas | Texas Almanac  The old Spanish road called the Camino Real has had many names since it first entered ... Mexico  about 35 miles downstream from present-day Eagle Pass. ... The trail led to settlements such as Paquim, a small city (now called Casas ... The Spanish, led by Juan de Oate, crossed the Rio Grande in 1598, moving...
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Explorers of North America: EnchantedLearning.com  The King of Spain sent Aviles to Florida in the New World, to start a Spanish ... He also explored the Paraguay River in South America. ... For more information on Cabeza de Vaca, click here. ... 1, 1761) was a French Jesuit priest, explorer, and writer. .... De Fuca sailed up the western coast of North America from Mexico to...
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Jeopary Questions page 1984 - TOUGH GEOGRAPHY - TriviaBistro ...  TOUGH GEOGRAPHY: This Argentine region's name is Spanish for "big feet", perhaps because Spaniards saw ... LI'L BOW WOW: Bred by eunuchs in Peking, this dog, whose name is Chinese for "lion", was once grouped with the lhasa apso.
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Amazon River - Wikipedia  The Amazon River in South America is the largest river by discharge of water in the world, and ... The portion of the river's drainage basin in Brazil alone is larger than any .... It later became known as the Rio Amazonas, the name by which it is still ... The town of Manos, now Manaus, at the mouth of the Rio Negro, had a...
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Origins of European rivers' names [Archive] - Europe Forum - Eupedia  The origin of many rivers' name is lost in the depth of time. ... Guadalquivir (657 km) : from the Arabic al-wadi al-Kabir, meaning the "great river". ... in the Basque Country Ibarra, Ibarrola, Ibarrekolanda, Ibardin, Aranibar. .... of the water flowing with great speed (maybe in a period when ice was melting).
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Rivers | Texas Almanac  The U.S. Geological Survey figure for the total length from its headwaters to its mouth ... are partly in Canada, the Rio Grande is the second-longest river entirely within or .... There is evidence that Spanish explorers originally named the muddy...
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Captain Cook - History World  Exploring the river now known by his name, he soon realizes that it is not the strait he is ... He has not been the first European to explore either the strait or the bay ... Interest is maintained in the early 17th century when Dutch ships, sailing to and ... valley of north America, watered by the Ohio, Mississippi and Missouri rivers,...