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The Dutch and English enclaves at Amboyna (top) and Banda-Neira (bottom). 1655 engraving. The Amboyna massacre [1] (also known as the Amboyna trial) [2] was the 1623 torture and execution on Ambon Island (present-day Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia) of twenty-one men, including ten in the service of the English East India Company, as well as Japanese and Portuguese traders and a Portuguese man, [3 ...
Mendota is a city in Fresno County, California, United States. The population was 12,595 at the 2020 U.S. Census. [8] State Routes 180 and 33 run through the agricultural city. Mendota is located 8.5 miles (14 km) south-southeast of Firebaugh. [9] [7]
Westport (formerly Beall's Landing) is an unincorporated community in Mendocino County, California, United States. [1] It is located on California State Route 1, near the Pacific Ocean, [2] 13 miles (21 km) north of Fort Bragg, [3] and at an elevation of 125 feet (38 m). [1] The first post office at Westport opened in 1879. [3]
Amboyna or amboina may refer to: Amboyna, a play by John Dryden; Amboyna massacre, in 1623 in Indonesia; Amboina box turtle (Cuora amboinensis), of Asia; Amboina king parrot (Alisterus amboinensis), of Indonesia; Amboyna, a moth genus; Amboyna burl of Pterocarpus trees; Ambon Island, sometimes named Amboyna, part of the Maluku Islands of Indonesia
Anza is a census-designated place located in southwestern Riverside County, California, in the Anza Valley, a semi-arid region at a mean elevation of 3,921 feet (1,195 m) above sea level. It is located 13 miles (21 km) south of Idyllwild , [ 3 ] 32 miles (51 km) east-northeast of Temecula , 40 miles (64 km) southwest of Palm Springs , and 90 ...
The state highway system defines Route 83 in section 383 subdivision (a) of the California Streets and Highways Code as follows: [5] Route 83 is from Route 71 to Route 10 near the City of Upland. Subdivisions (c) and (d) of section 383 permit the state to relinquish all or a portion of Route 83 located in the cities of Ontario and Chino ...
Grizzly Flats originated as a gold mining camp in the 1850s. The name was given by prospectors who were surprised by a grizzly bear there in 1850. [4] In 1852 it was described as being on a flat piece of land measuring approximately one mile by three quarters of a mile and having two combination bars, stores, and boarding houses, with more under construction.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 5.5 square miles (14 km 2), of which 1.8 square miles (4.7 km 2) is land and 3.7 square miles (9.6 km 2) (67.28%) is water. The principal shopping street in Albany is Solano Avenue , which cuts across the city from west to east.