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    rivers in South Africa. It is quite common to find the Afrikaans word -rivier as part of the name. Another common suffix is "-kamma", from the Khoisan...
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    "Kaxinawá, Rituals". Povos Indígenas do Brasil. Retrieved 1 March 2017. Rivier, Laurent; Lindgren, Jan-Erik (1972-04-01). ""Ayahuasca," the South American...
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    Waters Directive 2006 sets standards for quality of bathing waters, namely riviers and beaches, to be free from toxic waste or sewage. There must be adequate...
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    accommodate ironclads, 2,700 nmi (5,000 km; 3,100 mi) across the Atlantic from Madeira to Bermuda. Upon her return to England in late August 1869, Boys was relieved...
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    Naturalization of Vidal, Rivier, and Favenc Act 1772 13 Geo. 3. c. 2 21 December 1772 An Act for naturalizing Emeric Vidal, Philippe Rivier, and Abraham Favenc...
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    Harbor on 21 October 1797, with Captain James Sever breaking a bottle of Madeira wine on her bowsprit. Constitution was rated as a 44-gun frigate, but she...
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    "A view into the grapevine history of Jacquez and its connection to the Madeira Islands – Vitis vinifera cv. Cabernet franc is a possible parent of Jacquez...
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    Noorderlicht⛵ (1910) Norrskär⛵ (1910) Ste. Claire⚓ (1910) Trillium⛵ (1910) Suriname-Rivier⚓ (1910) Europa⛵ (1911) Eye of the Wind⛵ (1911) Helen Smitton⚓ (1911) Hestmanden⚓...
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    equipment was also untested, so the long voyage to New Zealand, made via Madeira and Cape Town, would also be the new vessel's shakedown cruise. Before...
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    in Africa and India. Transporting in 1852 to the Portuguese island of Madeira, the Empress consort of Brazil Amélie of Leuchtenberg, and her daughter...
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