These 18 listings are so strange that each appears in only one of the 7 encyclopedias we compared. They include such classics as Manco Capac, Mandalay, Mandarin.
the found er and legislator of the Peruvian empire, supposed to have flourished in the 12th century. Another inca of Peru, named Manco, succeeded his brother, who was put to death by Pizarro, 1533, and after some years of warfare was killed by the Spaniards.
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the capital of the district of Upper Burma; situated in a level plain about two miles from the left bank of the Irrawaddy. It consists of four concentric quadrangles, of which under native rule the inner most contained the palace, etc.; the second, which was surrounded by a moat and walls, contained the houses of the government officials, soldiers, etc.; while outside dwelt the general body of the people. Pop. about 140,000.
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a general term applied by foreigners to Chinese officers of every grade; derived from the Portuguese mandar, "to command."
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a term employed in employed the Covenant of the League of Nations, signifying that certain territory containing a backward population is placed temporarily under the suzerainty of one of the members of the League for administrative purposes.
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SIR JOHN, an English traveler who flourished in the 14th centur century. He was the author of a popular book of travels of that century, the writer of which claimed to have visited 1644 the Chinese General Wu-San-Kwei Turkey, Armenia, Tartary, Persia, Syria, Arabia, Egypt, Libya, Ethiopia, Chaldea, Amazonia, and India; to have been in the services of the Sultan of Egypt; etc.
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Sir John (1300-1371), an English traveler. He was born at St. Albans and was educated for medicine, but, at the age of twenty-two, set out to cross the sea by way of Jerusalem and to see the marvels of India. He visited Egypt and the countries of southern and central Asia as far east as China. Gout and aching limbs brought him home after thirty-three years. Much of the time was spent in military service under various flags.
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a name applied to various jaw-organs-e. g., the third pair of appendages in crustaceans, the first pair of true appendages in in insects, the lower jaw in vertebrates.
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bay of Caribbean Sea, on isthmus of Panama. Also called San Blas, which name is derived from a minor port on the coast of the bay.
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an Italian fretted guitar, so called from its almond shape. There are several varieties, each with different tunings. The Neapolitan, considered the most perfect, has four strings tuned like the violin, i. e., G, D, A, E. The Milanese, next in favor, has five double strings tuned G, C, A, D, E. A plectrum is used in the right hand, and the left is employed in stopping the strings. It is written on the G clef. In the Neapolitan mandolin the E strings are of catgut, the A strings of steel, the D strings of copper, and the G strings of catgut covered with copper wire. The compass is about three octaves.
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a perennial herb. From the rude resemblance of the bifurcated root to the human figure many superstitious notions have gathered about this plant.
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the fruit of the mandrake; it is beautiful, fragrant, and in no way poisonous.
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A cheap form of lathe, but little used in this country, being superseded by the American lathe. It is known also as the Swiss Universal
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an African baboon. A -grown male measures about five feet full when erect; the hair is light olive-brown above, and silvery-white beneath. It has MANDRILL a small pointed yellow beard, and a tuft of hair on the top of the head, which gives the whole face a triangular appearance. Mandrills are insectivorous; and in addition to their immense canine teeth approach the Carnivora in many points of anatomical detail.
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the chief seaport of the principality of Cutch, in India, on the N. shore of the Gulf of Cutch, 36 miles S. W. of Bhuj, the capital. It has a good roadstead and a breakwater, but the harbor is choked with sand. Pop. about 25,000.
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ÉDOUARD, a French artist, pioneer and leader of the school of impressionist painting; born in Paris, 1832. Painted in the studio of Couture for five years, and then traveled extensively over Europe studying the work of He finally evolved a the Old Masters. style of his own which revolutionized modern painting. His methods evoked a storm of criticism, and it was not until his death in 1883 that the value of his work met full recognition. Among his noted works are: "Boy with Sword," Metropolitan Museum, New York. "Guitar Player," Osborn Collection, New York. "Dead Toreador," Widener Col- Philadelphia. "The Balcony," Luxembourg, Paris. Havemeyer, New York. He also painted portraits of Zola, Clemenceau, and others.
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King of Naples and Sicily; born in Sicily, about 1232. He was a natural son of the Emperor Frederick II. After the death of his brother Conrad, he became regent of the kingdom, during the minority of Conradin, his nephew. Pope Innocent IV. exciting a revolt against him, he was driven from his kingdom; but he reconquered it a year afterward, and caused himself to be excrowned in 1258. Pope Urban IV. communicated him, and offered his kingdom to Charles of Anjou. Manfred perished in a desperate battle with the latter near Benevento, in 1266.
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a walled seaport of Italy, on the Gulf of Manfredonia, a bay of the Adriatic. Founded by Manfred in 1261 from the ruins of ancient Sipontum, it has an old castle and a cathedral.
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a seaport, military station, and chief town in the district of South Kanara, presidency of Madras, India. A clean, picturesque town, embosomed in cocoanut palm groves, it ships large quantities of coffee (from Coorg and Mysore) in small Arabian and Indian vessels. The town has a Roman Catholic bishop and college, and is also the headquarters in India of the Basel Lutheran Mission. The town, which was three times sacked by the Portuguese in the 16th century, was taken by Hyder Ali in 1763, and made the headquarters of his navy. In 1784 its English garrison yielded to Tippoo Sultan after a nine months' siege. It became British in 1799, and was burned by the Coorg rebels in 1837. Pop. about 50,000.
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