Guano (Spanish from Quechua: wanu) is the accumulated excrement of seabirds or bats. Guano is a highly effective fertilizer due to the high content of...
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Guano Apes are a German rock band formed in 1994 in Göttingen. The band consists of Sandra Nasić (vocals), Henning Rümenapp (guitars, backing vocals)...
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The Guano Islands Act (11 Stat. 119, enacted August 18, 1856, codified at 48 U.S.C. ch. 8 §§ 1411-1419) is a United States federal law passed by the Congress...
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up guano in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Guano is the accumulated excrement of seabirds or bats, often mined as a source of phosphorus. Guano may...
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guano. Subsequently, Alfred G. Benson resigned from the American Guano Company. Netcher, Taylor, and George W. Benson formed the United States Guano Company...
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Big in Japan (Alphaville song) (redirect from Big in Japan (Guano Apes song))
Japan 1992 AD" reached No. 2 in Finland and No. 15 in Sweden. In 2000, Guano Apes released a cover version of "Big in Japan" as the lead single for their...
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Guano Canton is a canton of Ecuador, located in the Chimborazo Province. Its capital is the town of Guano. Its population at the 2001 census was 37,888...
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Navassa Island (category Caribbean islands claimed under the Guano Islands Act)
U.S. has claimed the island as an appurtenance since 1857, based on the Guano Islands Act of 1856. Haiti's claim over Navassa goes back to the Treaty...
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Compagnie Financiere du Pacifique v Peruvian Guano Co (1882) 11 QBD 55 is a foundational case in the law of evidence holding that a plaintiff party must...
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Jarvis Island (category Pacific islands claimed under the Guano Islands Act)
Howland Island. The US claimed it in the 19th century and mined it for guano. In the 20th century, it was the subject of a small settlement. It was attacked...
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Guano is a location in the Chimborazo Province, Ecuador. It is the seat of the Guano Canton. The town is well known for its handmade leather products and...
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Sandra Nasić (category Guano Apes)
May 1976) is a German singer best known as the vocalist of the rock band Guano Apes. Nasić was born in Göttingen, West Germany, where she grew up with...
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were claimed as insular areas on behalf of the United States under the Guano Islands Act of 1856. These claims were made by private individuals to the...
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American Guano Company. The United States officially took possession of Baker Island in 1857 under the Guano Islands Act of 1856. The island's guano deposits...
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Guano Apes are an alternative rock band formed in 1994 in Göttingen, Germany. The group members are Sandra Nasić (vocals), Henning Rümenapp (guitars,...
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Enderbury Island (redirect from Guano Island)
Enderbury Island, also known as Ederbury Island or Guano Island, is a small, uninhabited atoll 63 km ESE of Kanton Island in the Pacific Ocean at 3°08′S...
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serves as a breeding ground for birds (primarily Cape cormorants) and yields guano, which is collected and sold, as a highly effective fertilizer. Bird Island...
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Agricultural history of Peru (section Guano)
War I, after which guano became almost worthless. As Peru's guano reserves began to run out, the government restricted the guano industry to help stabilize...
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Dayglo Abortions (redirect from Here Today, Guano Tomorrow)
investigation of the Dayglos after his daughter brought home a copy of Here Today, Guano Tomorrow. For the first time in Canadian history, a musical group were to...
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Phosphorus (section Bone ash and guano)
guano as a fertilizer. As Garcilaso described, the Incas near the coast harvested guano. In the early 1800s Alexander von Humboldt introduced guano as...
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Bat Cave mine (redirect from Bat Cave guano mine)
The Bat Cave mine was a bat guano mine in a natural cave located in the western Grand Canyon of Arizona at river mile 266, 800 feet (240 m) above Lake...
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History of Peru (1845–1866) (redirect from Guano era in Peru)
The Guano era refers to a period of stability and prosperity in Peru during the mid-19th century. It was sustained on the substantial revenues generated...
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Bel Air (album) (redirect from This Time (Guano Apes song))
Bel Air is the fourth studio album by the German alternative rock band Guano Apes, and the first released after the band's reunion in 2009. It was released...
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Chincha Islands War (redirect from Guano War)
Bolivia from 1865 to 1879. The conflict began with Spain's seizure of the guano-rich Chincha Islands in one of a series of attempts by Spain, under Isabella...
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examples of resource war in history is the conflict over Chincha Island guano in the late 19th century. The Chincha Islands of Peru are situated off of...
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it as a mineral formed from the excreta of sea birds, which is known as guano and which was used as a source of fertilizer; guanine was named in 1846...
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James Larkin White (section The guano bucket)
James Larkin White (July 11, 1882– April 26, 1946) was a cowboy, guano miner, cave explorer, and park ranger for the National Park Service. He is best...
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The Guano Islands, Islets, and Capes National Reserve System (Spanish: Reserva Nacional Sistema de Islas, Islotes y Puntas Guaneras; RNSIIPG) is a protected...
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Guano Island is a rocky island 0.4 kilometres (0.2 nmi) long, lying 0.4 kilometres (0.2 nmi) south of Chameau Island at the southeast end of the Curzon...
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relative economic and political stability began due to the exploitation of guano that ended with the War of the Pacific (1879–1884). Throughout the 20th...
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