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Reiwa (Japanese: 令和, pronounced ⓘ or [1] [2]) is the current and 232nd era of the official calendar of Japan. It began on 1 May 2019, the day on which Emperor Akihito 's eldest son, Naruhito , ascended the throne as the 126th Emperor of Japan .
Melville Island [1] (French: île Melville [citation needed]; Inuktitut: ᐃᓗᓪᓕᖅ, Ilulliq [citation needed]) is an uninhabited member of the Queen Elizabeth Islands of the Arctic Archipelago. With an area of 42,149 km 2 (16,274 sq mi), it is the 33rd largest island in the world and Canada's eighth largest island .
macOS Mojave 10.14.5 and iOS 12.3 included support for the Reiwa era. [5] [6] Unicode code point U+32FF was reserved in September 2018 for representing the new era name, [7] and Unicode 12.1 included U+32FF ㋿ SQUARE ERA NAME REIWA. [8] The GNU C Library was updated to include the new era name in the 2.30 release. [9]
Keizō Obuchi, Chief Cabinet Secretary, announces the name of the new era "Heisei" (平成), on 7 January 1989. Yoshihide Suga, Chief Cabinet Secretary, announces the name of the new era "Reiwa" (令和) at the Prime Minister's Official Residence, on 1 April 2019. 1729 Japanese calendar, which used the Jōkyō calendar procedure, published by Ise Grand Shrine
Omoo: A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas is the second book by American writer Herman Melville, first published in London in 1847, and a sequel to his first South Seas narrative Typee, also based on the author's experiences in the South Pacific.
Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life is American writer Herman Melville's first book, published in 1846, when Melville was 26 years old. Considered a classic in travel and adventure literature, the narrative is based on Melville's experiences on the island Nuku Hiva in the South Pacific Marquesas Islands in 1842, supplemented with imaginative reconstruction and research from other books.
China Tom Miéville FRSL (/ m i ˈ eɪ v əl / mee-AY-vəl, born 6 September 1972 [1] [2] [3]) is a British speculative fiction writer and literary critic.He often describes his work as "weird fiction", and is allied to the loosely associated movement of writers called New Weird.
General Robert Melvill (or Melville) FRSE FRS FSA(Scot) FSA LLD (12 October 1723 – 29 August 1809) was a Scottish soldier in the British Army, antiquary, botanist, inventor, and slave plantation owner.