Search results for "Northwest Passage" - New World Encyclopedia

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  • scuttled his hopes to search instead for a Northwest Passage. ... that the ship had finally found a Northwest Passage through the continent ...
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  • The Northwest Ordinance (formally An Ordinance for the Government ... that would become the basis for the Northwest Ordinance three years later. ...
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  • Currently, the Tomb of the Patriarchs is oriented on a northwest-southeast ... dedicated to Jacob and Leah being on the northwest, and those to Abraham and ...
    15 KB (2,391 words) - 16:20, 3 December 2023
  • in the U.S. Army. He was sent to the Northwest Territory, where he spent ... Army in 1798 to become Secretary of the Northwest Territory, and acted as ...
    12 KB (1,810 words) - 10:57, 9 May 2023
  • points, respectively. An important natural passage between the oceans, it is ... area is similar to those of the Inside Passage of Alaska. Southward from ...
    20 KB (2,965 words) - 04:44, 28 April 2023
  • ===Traversing "the Northwest Passage"=== to successfully traverse the Northwest Passage between the Atlantic ...
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  • them through himself), were shepherded to passage by Democratic Senator Stephen ... trade in the District of Columbia, and the passage of a new fugitive slave ...
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  • area in 1610 and 1611 while seeking a Northwest Passage to Asia. While his ... that the ship had finally found a Northwest Passage through the continent ...
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  • formerly contributed huge amounts to the Northwest Pacific coasts. ... elk) that are native only to the Pacific Northwest coast. Because of this ...
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  • leading an expedition to find the Northwest Passage, thought he had discovered ... Other explorers in search of the elusive Northwest Passage followed ...
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  • Bay in 1576 while searching for the Northwest Passage. Many believe that ... 1622), an early seeker of the fabled Northwest Passage. However, the "discovery ...
    21 KB (3,177 words) - 05:39, 26 August 2023
  • la Plata some years later trying to find a passage in South America. ... the Atlantic seaboard for the elusive Northwest Passage that would enable maritime ...
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  • *Northwest Passage (1940) *Edison, the Man (1940) *Boom Town (1940) *Men of Boys Town (1941) *Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941) *Woman of the Year (1942) ...
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  • of the Columbia River in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States ... Oregon through southern Idaho into northwest Wyoming. Much of this plain ...
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  • territories (the other two being the Northwest Territories and Nunavut ... northern route started in Fort McPherson, Northwest Territories along the Mackenzie ...
    24 KB (3,529 words) - 21:38, 4 June 2023
  • marks the northern boundary of the Drake Passage; for centuries it has been ... It marks the north edge of the Drake Passage, the strait between South ...
    25 KB (3,990 words) - 19:32, 25 November 2023
  • Ocean has led to speculation that the Northwest Passage may become viable for ... 123835-3711r.htm “Northwest Passage redux.”] The Washington ...
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  • used by settlers migrating to the Pacific Northwest of what is now the United ... of his staff were former employees of the Northwest Company, known as Nor& ...
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  • the Northern Sea Route or the Northwest Passage, to "Cathay" ... Passage, the Northern Sea Route and Northwest Passage, and bathymetry.png ...
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  • and Turks and Caicos Islands lie to the northwest. Haiti occupies the western ... The island of Cuba lies to the northwest across the Windward Passage ...
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