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    Franca do Campo, also known as Battle of Ponta Delgada and Naval Battle of Terceira Island, took place on 26 July 1582, off the coast of the island of São...
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    of the Azores), but principally involving the conquest of the island of Terceira, occurred on 2 August 1583, in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores...
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    continental tectonic plates. Azores (Portugal) São Miguel, Santa Maria, Terceira, Graciosa, São Jorge, Pico, Faial Island, Flores, Corvo Berlengas (Portugal)...
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    del Oeste Isla del Congreso Isla de Isabel II Isla del Rey Peñón de Alhucemas Isla de Tierra Isla de Mar Isla de Alborán Isla de Perejil Isla de Santa...
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    joined Álvaro de Bazán, Marquess of Santa Cruz in the 1583 expedition to Terceira. As a Squadron General and Captain, Don Diego de Medrano commanded four...
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    der Haegen or João da Silveira (Bruges, 1456 – Terceira, 1481), married Guiomar Borges Abarca on Terceira; Joris van der Haegen or Jorge da Silveira (Bruges...
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    incorporation of Portugal to the Hispanic monarchy (1580), and the conquest of Terceira (1582). A leading admiral in both the Mediterranean and the Atlantic, Bazán...
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    maintains a military presence with 770 troops in the Lajes Air Base at Terceira Island, in the Azores. The Allied Joint Force Command Lisbon (JFC Lisbon)...
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    Society's Award of Garden Merit. In 2017, the city of Angra do Heroísmo (Terceira Island) planted a grove of 200 dragon trees. The Museum of Wine on Pico...
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    (Canary Islands) during the 2011–2012 eruption to about 3 metres (9.8 ft) at Terceira on their long axis with rounded shapes. They have one or sometimes several...
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  • Airport PXO Lisbon Lisbon Airport LIS Porto Francisco Sá Carneiro Airport OPO Ponta Delgada João Paulo II Airport PDL Terceira Island Lajes Airport TER...
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    C-47) operated by the US Air Force, transporting materials and bread from Terceira. It departed an hour later. The Americans later extended the taxiways by...
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  • the island of Madeira Santa Cruz (Praia da Vitória), a civil parish on Terceira Island, Azores Santa Cruz (Armamar) [pt], civil parish in Armamar Santa...
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    * Lanai Lana'ihale 1026 m 3366 ft 364 0.0953  Hawaiʻi  United States * Terceira Island Serra de Santa Bárbara 1021.2 m 3350 ft 400  Azores  Portugal *...
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    decided to withdraw ... A Castilian fleet attacked the Praia's Bay in Terceira Island but the landing forces were decimated by a Portuguese counter-attack...
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    surrounding Puerto Rico, which include the main island and smaller ones (such as Isla de Mona, which has at least 20). Almost half (45 per cent) of the shipwreck...
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  • Crown Prince Frederik Island 401 Island part of the Arctic Archipelago. Terceira Island 400.6 Third-largest island of the Azores, part of Portugal. Leeward...
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  • Paúl do Boquilobo 529 1,310 Paúl do Taipal 233 580 Planalto Central da Terceira 1,283 3,170 Planalto Central das Flores 2,572 6,360 Planalto Central de...
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  • Crown Prince Frederik Island 401 Island part of the Arctic Archipelago. Terceira Island 400.6 Third-largest island of the Azores, part of Portugal. Leeward...
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    July 2023. Retrieved 19 January 2022. "No corazón do xigante (e III): a Terceira Fortaleza do Pindo – Capítulo 0" (in Galician). Archived from the original...
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  • Lacticínios nos Açores, separata do Boletim do Instituto Histórico da Ilha Terceira, volume XLIV, Angra do Heroísmo, 1986. José Pereira da Cunha da Silveira...
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  • 13 (142) Azores Evgeny December 1, 2014 Visited São Miguel Island and Terceira Island 14 (143) Nottingham Regina December 8, 2014 15 (144) Liverpool Regina...
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  • Crown Prince Frederik Island 401 Island part of the Arctic Archipelago. Terceira Island 400.6 Third-largest island of the Azores, part of Portugal. Leeward...
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    do Douro as well as Asal Espanhol, Pé de Perdiz Branco and Terrantez de Terceira. Further confusion has arisen when a particular homonym or synonym has...
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  • Atlas places one Brazil near Ireland and a second one off the Azores near Terceira Island. That use may derive from its four volcanoes or reference its dragon's...
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    whaling (including villages and towns, specifically on the islands of Faial, Terceira, São Miguel and Pico) were transformed into hubs for whale watching services...
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  • along the coastal towns to ward off any attacks. On April 11 they landed at Isla de Mona for supplies after having captured a Portuguese slave ship bound...
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    the Azores, commanding 12 Spanish Galleys, leading them to the island of Terceira; later Diego de Medrano commanded 4 Galleys each with 50 guns in the Spanish...
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  • Portuguese). 13 August 2021. Retrieved 29 August 2021. "Sorteio define jogos da Terceira Fase da Copa do Brasil; confira" (in Portuguese). CBF. 23 April 2021. "Recopa...
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    crew to sail them. The Spanish intercepted the retreating English near the Isla de la Juventud; in the ensuing Battle of Pinos, the English managed to drive...
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