Latvia, officially known as the Republic of Latvia, is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It has been referred to as one of the Baltic states. Latvians and Livonians are the indigenous people of Latvia. Latvian and Lithuanian are the only two surviving Baltic languages. After centuries…
View More LatviaEdward VIII (Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David; 23 June 1894 – 28 May 1972) was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Empire, and Emperor of India, from 20 January 1936 until his abdication in December of the same year. Edward was born during…
View More Collecting: King Edward VIIIGeorge V (George Frederick Ernest Albert; 3 June 1865 – 20 January 1936) was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 6 May 1910 until his death in 1936. Born during the reign of his grandmother Queen Victoria, George was third in the…
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George VI (Albert Frederick Arthur George; 14 December 1895 – 6 February 1952) was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 11 December 1936 until his death in 1952. He was also Emperor of India from 1936 until 1947, when the British Raj was…
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Nursing is a profession within the health care sector focused on the care of individuals, families, and communities so they may attain, maintain, or recover optimal health and quality of life. Nurses may be differentiated from other health care providers by their approach to patient care, training, and scope of…
View More Thematic: NursingSpanish West Africa (África Occidental Española) was a grouping of Spanish colonies along the Atlantic coast of northwest Africa. It was formed in 1946 by joining the southern zone of the Spanish protectorate in Morocco, the colony of Ifni and the colony of Spanish Sahara into a single administrative unit.…
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New Caledonia (Nouvelle-Calédonie) is a special collectivity of France, currently governed under the Nouméa Accord, located in the southwest Pacific Ocean. The archipelago, part of the Melanesia subregion, includes the main island of Grande Terre, the Loyalty Islands, the Chesterfield Islands, the Belep archipelago, the Isle of Pines, and a…
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Yemen, officially the Republic of Yemen, is a country at the southern end of the Arabian Peninsula in Western Asia. Yemen is characterized as a failed state with high necessity of transformation. Yemen’s constitutionally stated capital is the city of Sanaa, but the city has been under Houthi rebel control…
View More Republic of YemenSaint Lucia is a sovereign island country in the West Indies in the eastern Caribbean Sea and is part of the Lesser Antilles. The island was previously called Iyonola, the name given to the island by the native Amerindians and later, Hewanorra, the name given by the native Caribs. The…
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Victoria Land is a region of Antarctica which fronts the western side of the Ross Sea and the Ross Ice Shelf. It was discovered by Captain James Clark Ross in January 1841 and named after the UK’s Queen Victoria. Part of the region forms the Ross Dependency. See also Polar…
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