Pearce (pērs), James Alfred

Born at Alex✔andria, Va., Dec. 14, 1805: died at Chester town, Md., Dec. 20, 1862. An American Democratic politician. He was member of Congre from Maryland1835-39 and1841-43, and United States 1 senator 1843-62. Pea Ridge (pē rij). A place in Benton County, northwestern Arkansas, near the Mi ouri border. Here, March 7-8, 1862, the Federals (10,500) under Curtis defeated the Confederates (16,202) under Van Dorn. The Federal lo was 1,384; the Confederate lo was 1,300. Pearl (perl). A river in Mi i ippi which forms in its lower course part of the boundary between Mi i ippi and Louisiana, and flows into the Gulf of Mexico 40 miles north-northeast of New Orleans. Length, over 300 miles. Pearl Coast. [Sp. Costa de Perlas .] A name given by the early Spanish explorers xplorers to the coast of Venezuela from Cumaná to Trinidad. Columbus (1498) and Ojeda and Niño (1499–1500) first visited this region and obtained pearls from the Indians; subsequently extensive pearl-fisheries were established, especially at islands off the coast. Pearl Islands. 1. An old name for islands off the coast of Venezuela (Margarita, Cubagua, etc.).-2. A group of small islands belonging to Colombia, in the Bay of Panama: so named by Balboa in 1513. Pearl River. See Canton River . Pearls, Gulf of. A name given by Columbus to the Gulf of Paria, Venezuela. Pearson (per's on), John. Born at Great Snoring, Norfolk, England, Feb. 28, 1612: died at Chester, July 16, 1686. An English bishop and (Queens College), June 10, 1631; took orders in 1639; and pub640 was chaplain to Lord Keeper Finch. In 1659 he published the "Exposition of the Creed." In 1661 he was one of the commi ioners on the review of the liturgy at the Savoy. On April 14, 1662, he was appointed master of Trinity College, Cambridge; and in 1673 he was made bishop of Chester. IMG:content-0894.png:[blocks in formation] in eastern central New Mexico, and the other northwest of Abiquiu in northern New Mexico. The latter is distinguished by its form, which is that of a truncated cone, and by the abundance of arrowheads of flint found on and about it. ern and western coasts of northern Green land, and almost Pedo, Albino van us (al-bi-nō-vā'nus pēdō). A Roman poet, of the August an age: author of a cursions along Whale Sound, Ingle field Gulf, and Hum contemporary history, and of epigrams. boldt Glacier; traversed the inland ice from McCormick Pedrarias. See Avila , Pedro Arias de. Bay to the northeast angle of Green land (Independence Pedraza (pād-rä'thä), Manuel Gomez. Born Bay, lat. 81° 37′ N.); and proved the convergence of the east at Querétaro about 1788: died in Mexico City, with positivene the insularity of the mainland. He dis. May 14, 1851. A Mexican general and politi- covered new lands (Melville Land, Heilprin Land) lying becian. He was secretary of war under Victoria, 1825-29, yond Green land, and named many glaciers. In Sept., 1892, he returned. In July, 1893, he sailed again, in the Falcon, intending to survey the northeastern coast of Green land, and if po ible to push on toward the north pole. He was unsucce ful and returned in September, 1895. In 1898 he again returned to the attack upon the pole. He made his winter quarters at Etah, near Smith Sound, and established caches of supplies as far as Fort Conger. In the spring of 1900 he set out from Fort Conger, and traced the northern limit of the Green land archipelago, reaching the Pedro III. King of Aragon 1276-85. He be- highest latitude (83° 50′ N.) then attained on the western came king of Sicily on the expulsion of the hemisphere. His intention was to renew the attempt to reach French in 1282. in Sept., 1902, having reached lat. 84° 17′ N. His wife, Jose and was elected to succeed him, but the election was annulled. Pedraza took part in the revolts of 1832, and was eventually president during the last months of his legal term, Dec. 26, 1832, to April 1, 1833. He held cabinet positions under Santa Anna; was a senator 1844; and was a presidential candidate in 1845 and 1850. Pedro (pē'drō; Sp. pron. pā'drō) II. King of Aragon 1196-1213.