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Stielers Handatlas 10th Edition Map of India and Asia, printed in Stieler's Atlas Map of Iran and Turan in Qajar dynasty drawn by Adolf Stieler. Stielers Handatlas (after Adolf Stieler, 1775–1836), formally titled Hand-Atlas über alle Theile der Erde und über das Weltgebäude (Handy atlas of all parts of the world and of the universe), was the leading German world atlas of the last three ...
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Ptolemy's Handy Tables (Ancient Greek: πρόχειροι κανόνες, romanized: Procheiroi kanones) is a collection of astronomical tables that second century astronomer Ptolemy created after finishing the Almagest. The Handy Tables elaborated the astronomical tables of the Almagest and included usage instructions, but left out the ...
The 14th were provided a number of Durham boats for the task, averaging 60 feet (18 m) in length with an 8 feet (2.4 m) beam, each capable of holding an entire regiment. The boats were propelled by oars measuring 18 feet (5.5 m) on the downstream side and poles on the upstream side. [ 19 ]
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1775 in Scotland (1 C, 3 P) 1775 in Spain (2 C, 2 P) 1775 in Sweden (2 C, 1 P) U. 1775 in Ukraine (1 P) Pages in category "1775 in Europe" The following 8 pages are ...
It was re-ranked as the 53rd Regiment of Foot, following the disbandment of the existing 50th and 51st regiments, in 1756. [2] The regiment embarked for Gibraltar in 1756 [ 3 ] and, after returning home, moved to Ireland in 1768.
These demands for more autonomy sparked several wars, including the American Revolutionary War (1775–1783) and the Mexican War of Independence (1810–1821). The last major colonial power on the continent, the United Kingdom , granted dominion status to Canada in 1867 and slowly turned over its remaining land to that country over the next 100 ...