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(Encyclopedia) Bol, Ferdinand fĕrˈdĭnänt bôl [key], 1616–80, Dutch painter. He studied with Rembrandt in Amsterdam, and his early work (e.g., Elizabeth Bas, Amsterdam) has sometimes been confused with that of...

(Encyclopedia) Zeeman, Pieter pēˈtər zāˈmän [key], 1865–1943, Dutch physicist. He was professor of physics at the Univ. of Amsterdam from 1900 and director of the Physical Institute, Amsterdam, from 1908. In...

(Encyclopedia) New France: see Canada.

(Encyclopedia) New Archangel, Alaska: see Sitka.

(Encyclopedia) New Castile, Spain: see Castile.

(Encyclopedia) New Galicia: see Nueva Galicia.

(Encyclopedia) New Lanark, Scotland: see Lanark.

(Encyclopedia) New Sarum, England: see Salisbury. ...

(Encyclopedia) New Spain: see Mexico, country.

(Encyclopedia) New Territories: see Hong Kong.