A genus of mammals belonging to the bear family. They are native to Central and South America. These…
A species of antelope which resembles the gazelles in size and habits. It is native to the open plains…
The Vice President of the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War.
A plant of the nightshade family, which is extensively cultivated for its edible fruit. The tomato is…
The peoples of South Africa and neighbouring Botswana and Namibia, who live in the Kalahari, are part…
Patagonian dancers. Patagonia is that portion of South America which, to the east of the Andes, lies…
The quagga is an extinct subspecies of the plains zebra, which was once found in great numbers in South…
This illustration shows a rock formation that has a tilted strata. d p is the direction of the dip.…
This illustration shows the trial of King Charles I. He was put on trial after a civil war, which lead…
They have circular nostrils with a central tubercle; the plumage of the adult is black with a white…
The principal city of Baeotia, in ancient Greece, was situated in the south part of the country, onm…
The United States seal of South Carolina with the ruins of Fort Sumter in the background.
This is the earliest representation which we have of the natives of the New World, showing such as were…
"A South American tree of the natural order Papayaceae of which order about 30 species are known which…
"The family Morphidae contains the largest and most splendid of the South American butterflies. Their…
"A market-town and municipal borough of England, in the county of Cheshire, near the border of Staffordshire,…
"Drawn from the royal achievement of Henry VII, sculptured with great spirit above the south entrance…
"One of the most remarkable buildings in Europe, comprising at once a convent, a church, a palace, and…
"One of the most remarkable buildings in Europe, comprising at once a convent, a church, a palace, and…
"One of the most remarkable buildings in Europe, comprising at once a convent, a church, a palace, and…
"A species of antelope, abounding on the dry yet fertile plains of South Africa, where it feeds on the…
"A genus of carnivorous mammals belonging to the Viverridae or family of civets. It contains six species,…
"The name given by the Greeks and Romans to the plants sometimes called Brancursine, of which it is…
"A genus of plants of the natural order Aristolochiaceae. This order, which is dicotyledonous or exogenous,…
"A genus of plants of the natural order Aristolochiaceae. This order, which is dicotyledonous or exogenous,…
"An erect, branching perennial, herbaceous plant of the natural order Labiatae, a native of the south…
"A fish of the family Cyprinidae, of the same genus with the roach, dace, bleak and minnow. The color…