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Hendrik Willem van Loon [a] (January 14, 1882 – March 11, 1944) was a Dutch-American historian, journalist, and children's book author. Life.
English naturalist George Shaw described the topknot pigeon as Columba antarctica in 1793. [2]The topknot pigeon is sister taxon to a lineage that gave rise to the mountain pigeons (Gymnophaps) of New Guinea, the common ancestor of both diverged from a lineage that gave rise to the kererū and Chatham pigeon.
Hannah Junghwa van Loon, known professionally as Tanukichan, is an American singer-songwriter based in San Francisco. [2] Her debut album Sundays was released on July 13, 2018 [3] via Company Records with production by Chaz Bear of Toro y Moi. [4] Following the release of Sundays, van Loon supported the musical act Kero Kero Bonito on their ...
A war pigeon at Signal Pigeon Center Tidworth (UK), United States Army Pigeon Service. The United States Army Pigeon Service (a.k.a. Signal Pigeon Corps) was a unit of the United States Army during World War I and World War II.
Max van Loon (13 January 1927 – 3 June 2000) was a Dutch equestrian. He competed in two events at the 1952 Summer Olympics. [1] References
Van Loon (Dutch pronunciation: [vɑn ˈloːn]) is a Dutch language toponymic surname. Loon , an Old Dutch dative plural of Lo meaning 'near/in the woods', [ 1 ] is part of the name of multiple towns (e.g. Borgloon and Loon op Zand ) and two medieval counties in the Low Countries.
Berlin Short-faced Tumbler. Tumbler pigeons are varieties of domesticated pigeons that are descendants of the rock dove that have been selected for their ability to tumble or roll over backwards in flight.
Blaeu's world map, first published in the 1664 volume of the Atlas van Loon, later reprinted. The Atlas van Loon was commissioned by Frederik Willem van Loon of Amsterdam. It consists of a large number of maps published between 1649 and 1676: [1] Volumes I to IX: The Dutch edition of Joan Blaeu's Atlas Maior (Grooten Atlas) of 1663-1665