(Encyclopedia) Chancellor, Richard, d. 1556, English navigator. When, largely under the inspiration of Sebastian Cabot, a group of men in England undertook to finance a search for the Northeast…
(Encyclopedia) Aix-les-Bains
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[key], town, Savoie dept., SE France, situated on Lake Bourget at the foot of the Alps. It
is a popular resort and…
(Encyclopedia) Chancellorsville, battle of, May 2–4, 1863, in the American Civil War. Late in Apr., 1863, Joseph Hooker, commanding the Union Army of the Potomac, moved against Robert E. Lee, whose…
(Encyclopedia) Chan ChanChan Chanchän chän [key], ruins of an ancient city near Trujillo, N Peru. An early example of city planning, with a rectangular grid structure, it was probably begun in the…
