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  2. Han River (Hubei and Shaanxi) - Wikipedia

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    The Han River, also known by its Chinese names Hanshui and Hanjiang, is a major river in Central China. A left tributary of the Yangtze, the longest river in Asia, it has a length of 1,532 km (952 mi) and is the longest tributary of the Yangtze system. The river gave its name to the ancient Chinese Han dynasty, which marked one of ancient China ...

  3. Han River (Korea) - Wikipedia

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    Occupying the Han River basin led to national prosperity, while losing it resulted in decline. [18] Baekje was founded in the basin of the Han River, [19] and from the Three Kingdoms period onward, the zenith of each kingdom was determined by who controlled the middle and lower reaches of this river. Controlling the Han River was so crucial ...

  4. Spanish Florida - Wikipedia

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    Under Spanish rule, Florida was divided by the natural separation of the Suwannee River into West Florida and East Florida. (map: Carey & Lea, 1822) Spain gained possession of West Florida and regained East Florida from Britain in the Peace of Paris of 1783, and continued the British practice of governing the Floridas as separate territories ...

  5. Pedro Menéndez de Avilés - Wikipedia

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    Pedro Menéndez de Avilés (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈpeðɾo meˈnendeθ ðe aβiˈles]; Asturian: Pedro (Menéndez) d'Avilés; 15 February 1519 – 17 September 1574) was a Spanish admiral, explorer and conquistador from Avilés, in Asturias, Spain. He is notable for planning the first regular trans-oceanic convoys, which became known as the ...

  6. Han River (Guangdong) - Wikipedia

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    The Han River ( simplified Chinese: 韩江; traditional Chinese: 韓江; pinyin: Hán Jiāng) is a river in southeast China. It is located mainly in eastern Guangdong and has a total length of 410 kilometres (250 mi). The river is combined with two main tributary rivers, Mei River and Ting River, at Sanheba (三河坝), Dabu County. [ 2]

  7. List of cartographers - Wikipedia

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    Abraham Bradley's U.S. postal route map of 1804 Moule's map of the hundreds of Monmouthshire, c. 1831 A 1912 map of the Russian Empire by Yuly Shokalsky Robert Aitken of Beith. born c. 1786 Carlo de Candia (1803–1862), Italian cartographer, created the large maritime map of Sardinia in 1: 250,000 scale, travel version.

  8. Fernandina Beach, Florida - Wikipedia

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    Fernandina Beach is located at 30°24′04″N 81°16′27″W, [17] approximately 25 miles (40 km) northeast of downtown Jacksonville. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 15.7 square miles (41 km 2), all land. It is the northernmost city on the eastern coast of Florida.

  9. List of rivers of Spain - Wikipedia

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    the River Aragón. Ebro (ms · 910 km; 570 mi) Híjar [es] (r · 28 km; 17 mi; aside from joining the Ebro near Reinosa, the upstream traditional source of the very same Ebro in Fontibre han been recently redescribed as a water spring of the Híjar) [2] Rudrón [es] (r · 35 km; 22 mi) Oca (r · 72 km; 45 mi)