SAMLAND  , a See also:

• PENINSULA
• PENINSULA (Lat. paeninsula, from paene, almost, and insula, an island)

peninsula of See also:

• GERMANY
• GERMANY (Ger. Deutschland)

Germany, in the See also:

• PROVINCE
• PROVINCE (Lat. provincia; perhaps a contraction of providentia)

province of See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East See also:

• PRUSSIA
• PRUSSIA (Ger. Preussen; Lat. Borussia)

Prussia, on the Baltic . It separates the Frisches Haff on the W. from the Kurisches Haff on the N.E., and is bounded on the S. by the See also:

• RIVER

river Pregel and on the E. by the Deime . Its shape is oblong; it is 43 M. See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long, and 18 broad, and has an See also:

• AREA

area of 900 sq. m . The See also:

• SURFACE

surface is mostly See also:

• FLAT (a modification of O. Eng. flet, an obsolete word of Teutonic origin, meaning the ground beneath the feet)

flat, but on the W. See also:

• SAND
• SAND, GEORGE (1804-1876)

sand-hills rise to a height of 300 ft . The See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief product is See also:

• AMBER

amber . The former episcopal see of Samland was founded by See also:

• POPE (Gr. irarraas, post-classical Lat. papa, father)
• POPE, ALEXANDER (1688–1744)
• POPE, ALEXANDER (1763-1835)
• POPE, JANE (1742-1818)
• POPE, JOHN (1822-1892)
• POPE, SIR THOMAS (c. 1507-1559)

Pope See also:

• INNOCENT (INNOCENTIUS)
• INNOCENT (POPES)

Innocent IV. in 1249 and subordinated to the See also:

• ARCHBISHOP (Lat. archiepiscopus, from Gr. apxceatorcoros)

archbishop of See also:

• RIGA (Esth. Ria-Lin)

Riga . See also:

• BISHOP (A.S. bisceop, from Lat. episcopus, Gr. irio-Korros, " overlooker " or " overseer ")
• BISHOP, ISABELLA (1832-1904)
• BISHOP, SIR HENRY ROWLEY (1786-1855)

Bishop Georg von Polentz embraced the See also:

• REFORMATION
• REFORMATION, THE

Reformation in 1523i and in 1525 the See also:

• DISTRICT

district was incorporated with the duchy of Prussia . See See also:

• REUSCH, FRANZ HEINRICH (1823-1900)
• REUSCH, HANS HENRIK (1852– )

Reusch, Sagen See also:

• DES

des preussischen Samlandes (2nd ed., See also:

• KONIGSBERG (Polish Krolewiec)

Konigsberg, 1863) ; Jankowsky, Das Samland and See also:

• SEINE
• SEINE (Lat. Sequana)
• SEINE, or SEAN (O. Fr. seigne, mod. seine, Lat. sagena, Gr. vaytivrl, a draw-net)

seine Bevolkerung (Konigsberg, 1902); Hensel, Samland Wegweiser (4th ed., Konigsberg, 1905) ; and the Urkundenbuch des Bistums Samland, edited by Wolky and Mendthal (See also:

• LEIPZIG

Leipzig, 1891-1904) . ' See See also:

• MICHAEL
• MICHAEL (1596-1645)
• MICHAEL (Hebrew Sn,q, " Who is like God? ")

Michael See also:

• PRAETORIUS, MICHAEL (1571_1621)

Praetorius, Synt . See also:

• MUS

Mus . (Wolfenbiittel, 1618), p . 248 and pl .

42, where the See also:

• ILLUSTRATION

illustration resembles a See also:

• TAMBOURINE (Fr. tambour de Basque; Ger. baskische Trommel, Tambourin, or Schellen-trommel)

tambourine, but the description mentions strings, showing that the author himself was puzzled .