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The founder of modern recreational camping was Thomas Hiram Holding, who wrote the first edition of The Camper's Handbook in 1908. His urge to camp derived from his experiences as a boy: in 1853 he ...
automotive industry
One of the conspicuous effects of the automobile has been to permit nearly everyone in the automotive countries to travel for recreation. The motor vehicle allows for such auxiliary devices as ...
Korea, South
South Koreans are avid sports and outdoors enthusiasts. The martial art tae kwon do and the traditional wrestling style called ssirum are widely practiced national sports. There are well-supported ...
Mayon Volcano
active volcano, southeastern Luzon, Philippines, dominating the city of Legaspi. Called the world's most perfect cone, it has a base 80 miles (130 km) in circumference and rises to 8,077 feet (2,462 ...
Long Point
peninsula in Lake Erie, Norfolk county, southern Ontario, Canada. It lies about 45 miles (70 km) southwest of Port Colborne, which is the Lake Erie terminus of the Welland Canal. Formerly an island ...
Castle Point
borough (district), administrative and historic county of Essex, eastern England, on the north side of the River Thames near its mouth. Castle Point is a low-lying borough of tidal inlets and ...
Giardia lamblia
single-celled parasite of the order Diplomonadida. Like those of other diplomonads, the cells of G. lamblia have two nuclei and eight flagella. The parasite attaches to human intestinal mucosa with a ...
Venezuela
Venezuela has numerous national parks and other protected areas. Canaima National Park (1962), encompassing some 11,600 square miles (30,000 square km) in La Gran Sabana of southeastern Venezuela, ...
Swiss Army knife
multibladed pocketknife that evolved from knives issued to Swiss soldiers beginning in 1886. Although the knives were originally produced in Germany, Swiss cutler Karl Elsener began making soldiers' ...
camping
All forms of camping, from primitive to motorized, continue to grow in popularity, particularly in the United States, Canada, and western Europe. Much of this growth is the result of the ...
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