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This glossary of geography terms is a list of definitions of terms and concepts used in geography and related fields, including Earth science, oceanography, cartography, and human geography, as well as those describing spatial dimension, topographical features, natural resources, and the collection, analysis, and visualization of geographic ...
Also called Indianite. A mineral from the lime-rich end of the plagioclase group of minerals. Anorthites are usually silicates of calcium and aluminium occurring in some basic igneous rocks, typically those produced by the contact metamorphism of impure calcareous sediments. anticline An arched fold in which the layers usually dip away from the fold axis. Contrast syncline. aphanic Having the ...
In a tax-evasion effort, Clamorgan set his slave concubine free in order to give her some of his land holdings. Ester, the freed slave, sued Clamorgan for rightful ownership of this land when he demanded it back. Ester won through a series of lawsuits and became one of the richest colored people in the area. [1]
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Wood notes that "Few members of the American gentry were able to live idly off the rents of tenants as the English landed aristocracy did." [6] Some landowners, especially in the Dutch areas of Upstate New York, leased out their lands to tenants, but generally—"Plain Folk of the Old South"—ordinary farmers owned their cultivated holdings. [7]
The Birth of Nobility: Constructing Aristocracy in England and France: 900-1300. Harlow: Longman. 2005. ISBN 0-582-36981-9. The English Aristocracy, 1070-1272: A Social Transformation. New Haven, Conn. and London: Yale University Press. 2011. ISBN 978-0-300-11455-3. Lost Letters of Medieval Life: English Society, 1200-1250, edited with Martha ...
A chorochromatic map is a visualization of regions, with a nominal (qualitative) difference between them. In many cases, these regions are distinct established entities; for example, a map of land administration in the United States would include features such as national and state parks.
His books are: "The Stuarts of Traquair" (1940) The Middle Sea: A Short History of the Mediterranean (1950/1973) "The Golden Book of the Coronation" (1953) Trace Your Ancestors (1953) "The House of Wavell" (1953) They Came with the Conqueror: A Study of the Modern Descendants of the Normans (1954) Tales of the British aristocracy (1956)