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Cabimas

CABIMAS, city, NW Venezuela, in Zulia State, on Lake Maracaibo, near the city of Maracaibo. An oil-producing ...

Cabinda

CABINDA, exclave of Angola, central Africa, bounded on the W by the Atlantic Ocean, on the N by the Congo Rep...

Cabinet

CABINET, name applied to the collective body of advisers to the executive head of a parliamentary government....

Cable, Electric

CABLE, ELECTRIC, cable composed of one or more electric conductors, covered by INSULATION, (q...

Cable, George W(ashington)

CABLE, George W(ashington) (1844-1925), American writer and social reformer, born in New Orleans, La. After s...

Cabot Strait

CABOT STRAIT, channel of SE Canada, between Cape Breton Island and Newfoundland, about 100 km (about 62 mi) w...

Cabot, George

CABOT, George (1752-1823), American businessman and statesman, born in Salem, Mass., and educated at Harvard ...

Cabot, John

CABOT, John (c. 1450-99), English navigator and explorer, who attempted to find a direct route to Asia. Altho...

Cabot, Sebastian

CABOT, Sebastian (1476?-1557), Italian navigator and cartographer, best known for his expeditions for Spain a...

Cabral, Pedro Alvares

CABRAL, Pedro Álvares (1460?-1526?), Portuguese navigator, born probably in Belmonte. In 1500 Emanuel, king o...

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