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(Encyclopedia) Howland Island, uninhabited island (.73 sq mi/1.89 sq km), central Pacific near the equator, c.1,620 mi (2610 km) SW of Honolulu. The island was discovered by American traders and was claimed by the U...

(Encyclopedia) Borromeo, Charles: see Charles Borromeo, Saint. ...

(Encyclopedia) Coffin, Charles Carleton, 1823–96, American journalist, b. Boscawen, N.H. During the Civil War, he was a correspondent in the field for the Boston Journal, and he served in the same capacity in the ...

(Encyclopedia) Montagu, Charles: see Halifax, Charles Montagu, earl of. ...

(Encyclopedia) Colbert, Charles: see Croissy, Charles Colbert, marquis de. ...

(Encyclopedia) Frederick IV, 1671–1730, king of Denmark and Norway (1699–1730), son and successor of Christian V. He allied himself (1699) with Augustus II of Poland and Saxony and with Peter I of Russia against...

(Encyclopedia) Wesley, Charles, 1707–88, English Methodist preacher and hymn writer. As a student at Oxford he devoted himself to systematic study and to the regular practice of religious duties; he and companions...

(Encyclopedia) Charles Albert, 1798–1849, king of Sardinia (1831–49, see Savoy, house of). Because he had not been entirely unsympathetic to the revolutionary movement of 1821 in Sardinia, Charles Albert develop...

(Encyclopedia) Mordaunt, Charles: see Peterborough, Charles Mordaunt, 3d earl of. ...

(Encyclopedia) Neville, Charles: see Westmorland, Charles Neville, 6th earl of. ...