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(Encyclopedia) Penobscot Bay, inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, 35 mi (56 km) long and 27 mi (43 km) wide, S Maine. The bay was entered by the English explorer Martin Pring in 1603; the French explorer…
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Amberg
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[key], city, Bavaria, S central Germany, on the Vils River. The large iron mines have been
worked since the Middle Ages. Until 1810,…
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