WILHELMINA HELENA PAULINE

MARIA (1880), Queen of Holland, daughter of William III. and Emma, a prince ef Waldeck-Pyrmont; succeeded to throne in 1890, being put under care of her mother as queen-regent; a umed full sovereignty in 1898; married Henry, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, (1901), who took the title of Prince Consort. 9' E.), seaport, watering-place, on North Sea, Hanover, Pru ia; station for German North Sea fleet; large dockyard, fine harbors, with a separate section for torpedo-boats; strongly fortified. A large portion of the German fleet was stationed here during the World War, and it was one of the chief German submarine bases. Pop. 37,000. Amr. naval officer and explorer; b. in New York. In an expedition (1838— 42) he discovered the Antarctic continent —an expedition he described in his Narrative. In 1861 he commanded the steamer San Jacinto, and forcibly removed from the British mail-steamer Trent Me rs. Mason and Slidell, commi ioners of the confederate states to England and France. He commanded a squadron in W. Indies, and was made rear-admiral, 1866. He wrote Narrative of U.S. Exploring Expedition; Western America; Theory of the Winds, etc.