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(y ´hän än´d rs n´´) (KEY) , 1827–67, Swedish explorer in Africa. In 1850 he and Francis Galton set out from Walvis Bay (now in Namibia) to ex...
(t ´b r) (KEY) , Ital. Tevere, Latin Tiberis, river, 251 mi (404 km) long, rising in the Etruscan Apennines, central Italy. It flows generally S acro...
(v l´h lm f lkh´n r) (KEY) , 1877–1957, German explorer, geophysicist, and travel writer. He led several expeditions to China and Tibet, where he ...
(lour nt´s s) (KEY) , 1833–1915, American educator, b. Norway. He emigrated to the United States in 1857 as a Lutheran missionary. From 1859 to 18...
(zhäN bät st´ b rg nyôN´ däNv l´) (KEY) , 1697–1782, French geographer and cartographer. His maps of ancient geography, characterized by care...
1862–1947, American educator, president of Columbia Univ. (1902–45), b. Elizabeth, N.J., grad. Columbia (B.A., 1882; Ph.D., 1884). Holding a Colum...