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Navigation Acts. 14-19C. Limited trade to England and colonies to British ships.
Nordenskjöld, Erik. 1832-1901. Sweden. First successful navigation of North-East passage 1878-9.
Picasso, Pablo. 1881-1973. Spanish/French Cubist painter. Desmoiselles d’Avignon 1907. Guernica 1937.
Pont d’Avignon. 12C-1680. Built after divine command to shepherd, St Bénézet.
Savigny, Friedrich von. 1779-1861. German jurist, historian of Roman and medieval law. Modern system of civil law.
Sévigné, Marie de. 1626-96. Author of Letters 1671 to her daughter depicting 17C France.
Tasman, Abel. c1603-59. Dutch navigator. Discovered Tasmania, New Zealand. 1642; Fiji, Tonga 1643.
Urban V. 1310-70. Avignon pope. Returned to Rome temporarily 1367-70.
Urban VI. 1318-89. Avignon pope 1378-. Caused Schism.
Vigée-Lebrun, Elizabeth. 1755-1842. French portrait painter. Marie-Antoinette.
Vigeland, Gustav. 1869-1943. Norwegian sculptor depicting man’s struggle for life. Frogner Parken.
Vigilante. US extralegal law enforcers on frontier.
Vigny, Alfred de. 1797-1863. French Romantic writer. Shakespeare adaptations. Cinq-Mars 1826.
Washington, Treaty. 1871. Britain/US recognize Canada, regulate Great Lakes navigation.