About the Book
This book consists of articles from Wikia or other free sources online. Pages: 39. Chapters: Adriatic Sea, Africa, American Film Institute Showcase, Antigua, Asia, Atlantic Ocean, Bahamas, Barbados, Barbary Coast, Barcelona, Bermuda, Black Sea, Blackwall Yard, Bristol, Cadiz, Calabar, Caribbean, Caribbean Sea, Caspian Sea, Charleston, Cuba, Disney's Castaway Cay, Disney Gallery, Disneyland, Disneyland Park, England, Florida, Fort Charles, France, Glasgow, Great Britain, Gulf of Mexico, Hispaniola, Holland, India, Indian Ocean, Ireland, Jamaica, London, Madagascar, Magic Kingdom, Martinique, Mediterranean Sea, Mexico, Nassau, New Orleans, New Providence, Newfoundland, Nippon, North Carolina, Oporto, Pacific Ocean, Panama, Peru, Port Royal, Portugal, River Thames, Samoa, San Augustin, Savannah, Scotland, Seville, Shanghai, Singapore, South China Sea, Spain, St. Jago, St. James's Palace, Strait of Magellan, Tokyo Disneyland, Tortuga, Tower of London, Tripoli, Virginia, World of Disney, Yucatan Peninsula. Excerpt: The Adriatic Sea was a body of water to the east of Italy. It separated the Italian peninsula from the Balkans. In ancient times, the pirates of Illyria were famous for attacking ships in the area. During the late 16th and early 17th century, the town of Senj on east Adriatic coast was the home port of uskoks, the Croatian privateers who fought for the Austrian Empire. They pillaged Venetian and Ottoman ships, resulting in a war between the Austrian Empire and Venetia (1615-1617). The Spanish pirate Eduardo Villanueva was the Pirate Lord of the Adriatic Sea in the 1740s. Africa is the world's second-largest and second most-populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km (11.7 million sq mi) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area. The continent is surrounded by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, the Red Sea along the Sinai Peninsula to the northeast, the Indian Ocean to the sou...
