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rocky islands, off SW Republic of Ireland, in Co. Kerry, comprising Lemon Rock, Little Skellig, and Great Skellig. Climbing the rocks to the peaks of ...
(zhäN shärl l ônär´ s môNd´ d s smôNd ´) (KEY) , 1773–1842, Swiss historian, economist, and critic. A member of the circle of Mme de Staë...
common name for a passerine songbird (Alauda arvensis) famous for the soaring, melodious flight of the courting male. Found in Europe (except in the M...
(y ´hän ´l rt b ´d ) (KEY) , 1747–1826, German astronomer. From 1772 to 1825 he was astronomer of the Academy of Science, Berlin, and from 1786...
(mär´t n sh n´gou- r) (KEY) , 1430–91, German engraver and painter, son of a goldsmith of Colmar, Alsace. Schongauer’s only certain painting is...
(sh l f´t lv´´ n) (KEY) , river, c.255 mi (410 km) long, rising in Norrbotten co., N Sweden, in the mountains along the Norwegian border. It flows...