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	King George III
		George III, King of Great Britain and Ireland, son of Frederick, Prince of Wales, and grandson of King George II, whom he succeeded in 1760, was born on the 4th of June 1738.
		George Grenville was in office until 1765; the Marquis of Rockingham until 1766; Pitt, becoming Earl of Chatham, until illness compelled him to retire from the conduct of affairs in 1767, when he was succeeded by the Duke of Grafton.
		George III, who thought that the first duty of the Americans was to obey himself, had on his side the mass of unreflecting Englishmen who thought that the first duty of all colonists was to be useful and submissive to the mother country.
	www.nndb.com /people/948/000068744 (4260 words)

	Falkland Islands - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		The islands are a self-governing Overseas Territory of the United Kingdom, but have been the subject of a claim to sovereignty by Argentina since the early years of Argentina's independence.
		Argentina has continued to claim sovereignty over the islands, and the dispute was used by the military junta dictatorship as an excuse to invade and briefly occupy the islands before being defeated in the two-month-long undeclared Falklands War in 1982 by a United Kingdom task force which returned the islands to British control.
		It is thought this canid was brought to the island by humans, although it may have reached the islands by itself via a land bridge during the last ice age.
	arikah.com /encyclopedia/Falkland_Islands (2943 words)

	A BRIEF HISTORY OF HAWAII - by Dr. George Pararas-Carayannis
		The Hawaiian Islands are situated in the north central portion of the Pacific Ocean.
		All of the islands are inhabited with the exception of Kahoolawe.
		King Kamehameha was the most outstanding of all the Hawalian chiefs and he accomplished this feat starting in 1795.
	www.drgeorgepc.com /HawaiiHistory.html (1098 words)

	South Shetland Islands — 70South - Antarctic News, Antarctic Information, Interactive and Updated Daily... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		This island might be one of the most important in Antarctic history: this is where 22 members of Shackleton's "Endurance" expedition were stranded in 1915 after their ship was crushed in Weddell Sea pack ice - they spent 135 days on the island.
		This island is the largest of the South Shetlands, and is often called Antarctica's unofficial capital, due to the eight national winter stations built on it.
		Deception Island is easily recognised on any map, because of its broken-ring shape, and its collapsed volcanic cone provides one of the safest natural harbours in the world.
	www.70south.com /resources/antarctic-islands/south-shetland (1134 words)

	Sportslaw History: Don King
		King was acquitted of insurance fraud, and he took the jury members and their families to the Bahamas and then to Atlanta to watch heavyweight champion Holyfield fight Vaughn Bean.
		King has been accused of coercing his clients into signing contracts with remark clauses (a practice barred by the Muhammad Ali Boxing Act).
		However, King's rival promoters Cedric Kushner and Bob Arum cooperated with the and for their efforts (including testimony on payoffs made), they were each fined and and suspended by several states.
	www.sportslawnews.com /archive/history/DonKingHistory.htm (792 words)

	George I of Greece - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		George I, King of the Hellenes (Greek: Γεώργιος A', Βασιλεύς των Ελλήνων) (December 24, 1845 – March 18, 1913) was King of the Hellenes (Greece) from 1863 to 1913.
		King George found the palace in a state of disarray after the hasty departure of King Otto and took to putting it right and updating the 40 year old building.
		King George was scrupulous in adhering to the phrase that the "sovereign reigns but does not rule", always deferring to the legitimate authority of the elected officials but not unaware of the corruption present in elections, and the difficulty of ruling a mostly illiterate population.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/George_I_of_Greece (2334 words)

	History of Lake George and the Adirondacks - French & Indian Wars, Revolutionary War and More
		Lake George is one of the most beautiful bodies of water in the world, and is known as “The Queen of American Lakes.
		The Lake George and Adirondack area had a prominent role in famous battles of the French and Indian Wars as well as the American Revolution, but prior to that it was an important artery of travel for the American Indian.
		He reached the foot of Lake George on the Festival of Corpus Christi and renamed the lake “Lac du Saint Sacrement.” Father Joques died a martyr at the hands of the Mohawks.
	www.lakegeorgechamber.com /history_lake_george.htm (854 words)

	StampTraders.com -- Falkland Islands Stamps Gallary - King George VI
		The islands, a British self-governing colony, are near the trade routes approaching the strait.
		The main islands are East Falkland, which is 90 miles (145 kilometers) by 55 miles (89 kilometers), and West Falkland, which is 80 miles (129 kilometers) by 45 miles (72 kilometers).
		History The South Shetland Islands were discovered and taken possession of by Captain W Smith in 1819, the South Orkneys by Captain G Powell in 1821.
	www.stamptraders.com /falkland/Gallary4.html (2120 words)

	Kingdom of Tonga
		The new crust that the north-south-lying islands are on sags under the weight of the two volcanoes just to the west of the Ha'apai Group: Kao and Tofua.
		The islands closer to the volcanoes and the Ha'apai group are thus low to the water, and have many coral mazes underwater.
		Upon the deaths of the kings of Tongatapu and Vava'u, Tu'i Tonga Taufa'ahau of Ha'apai acquired their titles as well, and became the ruler of a united Tonga under his Christian name of King George Tupou I. With the help of Reverend Shirley Baker, the King of Tonga achieved a great governmental reform.
	www.hackingfamily.com /Landfalls/Tonga/tonga.htm (1193 words)

	KGVI Stamps of Turks & Caicos Islands
		In an article published in George VI (Fall, 2001) several sources of raw data for this issue were compared to determine the actual printings for the Colony.
		King George VI issues in general tend to have the same watermark: Multiple Crown Script CA (MSCA).
		This was also used for the later issues of King George V. There is considerable variation in the perforation of some issues, but this depends on the printer - in particular De La Rue who had considerable problems when their facilities were bombed during World War II.
	kgvistamps.com /articles/Turks.html (1952 words)

	King George Virginia Real Estate
		King George is situated to the south of the Washington D.C. metropolitan area.
		Residents of King George have endless choices in regard to housing, whether it is a house in one of the historic districts in the downtown area, or an old farmhouse out in the country.
		King George is a great place to live because it offers all the housing choices of bigger cities, while still maintaining a small, intimate feel.
	www.relocate-america.com /states/VA/cities/kinggeorge.htm (590 words)

	Rediscovering George Washington . Timeline: Revolutionary War \| PBS
		Washington co-authors with George Mason the Fairfax County Resolves, which protest the British "Intolerable Acts"--punitive legislation passed by the British in the wake of the December 16th, 1773, Boston Tea Party.
		George Clinton and Israel Putnam decide to retreat north with the remnant of their troops.
		April 6, George Washington's general orders contain an account of the Major General Benedict Arnold's conviction by the Executive Council of Pennsylvania on two of four charges of malfeasance while Arnold was military governor of Philadelphia.
	www.pbs.org /georgewashington/timeline/revolutionary_war.html (8212 words)

	Falkland Islands Profile (8.2) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The English landed on the Falkland Islands in 1690, but the first settlement on this land off the coast of southern Argentina was not established until 1764 by the French.
		In April 1982, Argentina invaded the islands, starting a two-month conflict that ended with the British regaining the capital and the Argentineans agreeing to a cease-fire.
		The 1982 conflict between Argentina and Britain resulted in thousands of AP and AT mines being strewn across the islands, most of which were laid by Argentina.
	maic.jmu.edu /journal/8.2/profiles/falklandislands.htm (680 words)

	Remote Islands 1 quiz -- free game (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		This island is the largest of the South Orkney Islands and used to be a base for whalers.
		It is the westernmost of the Tristan da Cunha Islands.
		This island is the smallest of the 4 islands which constitute the British colony Pitcairn Islands.
	www.funtrivia.com /playquiz.cfm?qid=76262 (424 words)

	King George Island - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		King George Island (Russian historical name - Vaterlo (Waterloo)) is the largest of the South Shetland Islands, situated at 62°23′S 58°27′W, 120 kilometers off the coast of Antarctica in the Southern Ocean.
		The Island was first claimed for Britain on 16 October 1819, formally annexed by Britain and incorporated as part of the Falkland Islands Dependencies in 1908, and presently regarded as part of the separate British Antarctic Territory.
		The Island was claimed by Chile in 1940, and presently regarded as part of the Chilean Antarctic Territory.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/King_George_Island (530 words)

	IPY: International Polar Year (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The King George Island is the largest island of the archipelago (its length is about 80 km, its width is 30 km).
		Most of the island is covered by ice with maximal glacier thickness of 326 m.
		The Filds Peninsula is the greatest area with free of ice surface, its north-western coast is washed by the Drake gulf waters and its sought-eastern one is washed by the Brandsfield strait.
	www.ipy.org /development/eoi/details.php?id=824 (847 words)

	South Shetland Islands - HighBeam Encyclopedia
		SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS [South Shetland Islands] barren, snow-covered archipelago off N Antarctic Peninsula, W Antarctica; Livingston and King George islands are the largest.
		Australia And The Islands Of The Sea: Chapter XIII.
		Travel: Destination: Shetland Islands - by microlight - In the footsteps of Hughie Green.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-SthShe.html (309 words)

	HMS King George V
		Named for the reigning British monarch, HMS King George V was the first of a five-ship class that was criticized because it was weaker than the most powerful German battleships then afloat or building.
		In late May she was involved in the pursuit of Bismarck, and on the morning of the 27th, she and Rodney poured endless rounds into the doomed battleship.
		Active in northern waters through mid-1943, King George V collided with and sank the destroyer HMS Punjabi while on convoy duty in the spring of 1942.
	www.scalecraft.com /browseproducts/HMS-King-George-V.HTML (409 words)

	Antarctica - Antarctic Explorer - 11-Day Tour by JOURNEYS International
		You cruise among the volcanic South Shetland Islands and the waterways of the Antarctic Peninsula, traveling ashore frequently in inflatable 'Zodiac' boats.
		Admiralty Bay, on King George Island, is a favored feeding ground for Humpback whales and, with luck, you may see them dining on krill.
		At crescent-shaped Half Moon Island, a breeding colony of Chinstrap penguins shares their territory with fur seals and Blue-Eyed shags; while at Livingston Island you observe Weddell seals, Elephant seals, skuas, Giant petrels, terns and rookeries of Chinstrap, Gentoo and Macaroni penguins.
	www.journeys-intl.com /destinations/polar/antarctica/115 (1219 words)

	Caribbean Islands Travel \| Cayman Islands \| Caribbean Tourism Organisation
		The islands are the peaks of an underwater mountain range.
		The tax-free status of the Cayman Islands, the British Crown Colony of Grand Cayman, Cayman Brac and Little Cayman, is said to have been granted by King George III of England in gratitude to the islanders after they saved the crews of 10 merchant ships wrecked off the coast in 1788.
		These islands that were home to pirates in the 17th century are now virtually crime-free, and a wonderful place to vacation or holiday,
	www.doitcaribbean.com /caymanislands/index.html.en-US (437 words)

	KGVI Stamps of the British Virgin Islands
		The British Virgin Islands King George VI set was printed by Harrison and Sons from 1938 through 1947.
		In an article published in George VI (Spring, 2002) several sources of raw data for this issue were compared to determine the actual printings for the Colony.
		Ironically, the issues of the British Virgin Islands are best sorted by determining whether the paper is chalk coated, and then viewed based on differences in color.
	kgvistamps.com /articles/VirginIs.html (1587 words)

	Books & Maps (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Passage from the Strieght of Magellan, to King George the Third's Island, called Otaheite, in the South Sea, with an Account of the Discovery of several other Islands, and a Description of their Inhabitants.
		The Passage from Saint George's Channel to the Island of Mindanao, with an Account of many Islands that were seen, and Incidents that happened by the Way.
		The Passage from Mindanao to the Island of Celebes, with a particular Account of the Streight of Macassar, in which mnay Errors are corrected.
	www.pacificislandtravel.com /books_and_maps/introduction.html (1044 words)

	KING GEORGE ~ Tag Share at Blog-City
		King George of America: Long LIve the Tyrant!
		Chest thumping, bullying, and unleashing the Hell of the Pentagon’s death machine upon those brazen enough to resist conversion to the American Way, King George IV has succeeded the tyrant that American Revolutionaries toppled 200 years ago.
		That our own King George -- he of the House of Bush -- is truly of royal blood has become clear in recent days with the announcement that he has empowered the National Security Agency to spy on whomsoever and whatsoever it wishes under royal decree.
	www.blog-city.com /community/tagshare/?/king+george (325 words)

	The Origin of Clay Minerals in Soils of King George Island, South Shetland Islands, West Antarctica, and Its ...
		The Origin of Clay Minerals in Soils of King George Island, South Shetland Islands, West Antarctica, and Its Implications for the Clay-Mineral Compositions of Marine Sediments -- Jeong and Yoon 71 (5): 833 -- Journal of Sedimentary Research
		The Origin of Clay Minerals in Soils of King George Island, South Shetland Islands, West Antarctica, and Its Implications for the Clay-Mineral Compositions of Marine Sediments
		Clay minerals in the soils of King George Island, South Shetland
	jsedres.geoscienceworld.org /cgi/content/abstract/71/5/833 (351 words)

	Rock glaciers on South Shetland Islands, Antarctic Peninsula
		The rock glaciers are located on peninsulas and capes of the two main islands of the archipelago: King George and Livingston.
		The South Shetland Islands have a cold oceanic climate, characteristic of the maritime Antarctica, with frequent summer rains and moderate thermal amplitude, and a cold and humid morphoclimatic system, of crionival character.
		In the South Shetland Islands the presence of rock glaciers have been identified on Livingston Island (Martinez de Pison et al., 1991; Lopez-Martinez et al., 1992a, 1992b), on Admiralty Bay, in King George Island (Birkenmajer, 1981; Barsch et al., 1985) and in Fildes Peninsula (Barsch et al.
	nsidc.org /data/docs/fgdc/ggd279_rockglac_antarctica/index.html (606 words)

	King George County Virginia - Parks & Rec. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The variety of trips are offered to attract the whole family.
		For specific information on trips you may contact King George Parks and Recreation at 775-4386.
		Two nights in Wahweap Lodge/sparkling blue water of Lake Powell.End your vacation with a 2 night stay in Las Vegas where you can relax or join in the round the clock activities.
	www.king-george.va.us /programs.cfm?tid=2&storyid=5 (552 words)

	King George Sixth KGVI Philately
		This site is for the collector and student of British Colonial definitive stamps issued during the reign of King George Six.
		My specialized interests include the large keyplates of Bermuda, Leeward Islands and Nyasaland and the same design revenue stamps of the Malayan area, East Africa, and Ceylon; the 10/- "badge" issue of Grenada; and the 5/- "isle of wood and water" definitive stamp of Jamaica.
		Questions on these or any other aspects of King George Sixth philately are always welcome.
	www.geosix.com (157 words)

	Cayman Islands vacations, Grand Cayman, Cayman Brac, Little Cayman — DoitCaribbean — Caribbean holidays
		That beauty and the islands’ liberal tax laws attract harassed executives for work and play.
		In the 17th century, the islands were home to pirates but are now virtually crime-free and a wonderful place to vacation or holiday,
		Go out of town and you can view the dozens of orchid species and the beautiful plant life and endangered blue iguana at the Queen Elizabeth II Botanic Park or take a walk on the Mastic Trail through mangrove swamps to spot woodpeckers and bullfinches.
	www.doitcaribbean.com /caymanislands (470 words)

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