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Bolivar volume 2 page 101
flamingos picture, volume 14 page 64
geography
Angel Falls picture, volume 14 page 63
Caracas picture, volume 3 page 36
Venice (city in Italy)
MAIN ARTICLE volume 14 page 65
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canal volume 3 page 28, picture, volume
3 page 28
Crusades volume 3 page 224
Grand Canal picture, volume 14 page 65
portolan map, volume 3 page 126
venom (biochemistry)
cobras volume 3 page 145
coral snake volume 3 page 198
sea snake volume 12 page 60
spider volume 12 page 164
Vent, Iles du (island group of theWest
Indies): see in indexWindward Islands
ventricle (heart anatomy)
cardiovascular system volume 3 page 38
heart volume 6 page 31, picture, volume
6 page 31
Ventura (city in California, U.S.)
California missions table, volume 8
page 140
venule (anatomy)
cardiovascular system volume 3 page 39
Venus (Roman goddess)
Aphrodite volume 1 page 148
Venus (planet)
MAIN ARTICLE volume 14 page 66, picture,
volume 14 page 66
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planets volume 10 page 92, picture, volume
10 page 93
solar system volume 12 page 127, picture,
volume 12 page 127
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Venuss-flytrap (plant)
MAIN ARTICLE volume 14 page 67, picture,
volume 14 page 67
Vermont (state in the U.S.)
MAIN ARTICLE volume 14 page 68
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Allen volume 1 page 83
geography
ski slope picture, volume 14 page 69
State Capitol picture, volume 8
page 177
Stowe picture, volume 14 page 68
vernal equinox (astronomy)
season volume 12 page 61, picture, volume
12 page 61
Verne, Jules (French author)
MAIN ARTICLE volume 14 page 70
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science fiction volume 12 page 51
Verrazzano, Giovanni da (Italian navigator)
MAIN ARTICLE volume 14 page 70
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New Jersey volume 9 page 50
New York volume 9 page 59
Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge (bridge in
New York City, New York, U.S.)
Verrazzano volume 14 page 71
Verrocchio, Andrea del (Italian painter)
Leonardo da Vinci volume 7 page 132
Versailles (city in France)
MAIN ARTICLE volume 14 page 71
Versailles, Palace of (building and gardens
in Versailles, France) picture, volume
14 page 71
Versailles volume 14 page 71
Versailles, Treaty of (1919)
WorldWar I volume 15 page 65
vert (sport): see in index vertical skateboarding
vertebra (anatomy)
skeletal system volume 12 page 97
vertebral column (anatomy): see in index
spine
vertebrate (animal with a backbone)
MAIN ARTICLE volume 14 page 72
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animal volume 1 page 125
brain volume 2 page 122
eye volume 4 page 176
snake volume 12 page 112
vertical skateboarding (sport)
skateboarding volume 12 page 94
vertical skating (sport)
roller skating volume 11 page 81
vertical stabilizer (aircraft part)
airplane volume 1 page 55
Very Large Array (radio telescope in the
U.S.) picture, volume 13 page 39
very-low-frequency radiation (electromagnetic
waves)
navigation volume 9 page 24
Vesalius, Andreas (Belgian physician)
anatomy volume 1 page 115
Renaissance volume 11 page 46, picture,
volume 11 page 45
Vespucci, Amerigo (Italian explorer and
navigator)
MAIN ARTICLE volume 14 page 72, map,
volume 14 page 72
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exploration and settlement of the
Americas volume 1 page 102
Vesuvius, Mount (volcano in Italy)
MAIN ARTICLE volume 14 page 73, picture,
volume 14 page 73
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Italy volume 6 page 172
Pompeii volume 10 page 120
volcano volume 14 page 102
Veterans Affairs, Department of (U.S.
government agency)
government executive departments
table, volume 14 page 35
Veterans Day (holiday)
MAIN ARTICLE volume 14 page 74, picture,
volume 14 page 74
veterinarian picture, volume 4 page 55
pet volume 10 page 66
veterinary medicine volume 14 page 75
veterinary medicine (medical science)
MAIN ARTICLE volume 14 page 75, picture,
volume 14 page 75, picture, volume 14
page 75
veto (government action)
United States government volume 14
page 34
Vianden Castle (castle in Luxembourg)
picture, volume 7 page 187
vibration (physics)
sound volume 12 page 134, picture, volume
12 page 134, picture, volume 12
page 135
speech volume 12 page 162
viburnum (shrub and tree)
MAIN ARTICLE volume 14 page 76, picture,
volume 14 page 76
Viceroyalty of la Plata (historical Spanish
viceroyalty in South America): see in
index Rio de la Plata
Victor Emmanuel II (king of Italy)
Italy volume 6 page 174
Victoria (state in Australia)
MAIN ARTICLE volume 14 page 77, picture,
volume 14 page 78
Victoria (provincial capital of British
Columbia, Canada)
British Columbia volume 2 page 132
Victoria (region in Hong Kong, China)
Hong Kong volume 6 page 78
Victoria (capital city of Seychelles)
MAIN ARTICLE volume 14 page 79, picture,
volume 14 page 79
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Seychelles volume 12 page 74
Victoria, Lake (lake in Africa)
MAIN ARTICLE volume 14 page 79, picture,
volume 14 page 80
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facts about Africa volume 1 page 41
Nile River volume 9 page 72
Tanzania volume 13 page 15
Victoria, Queen (queen of the United
Kingdom)
MAIN ARTICLE volume 14 page 76, picture,
volume 14 page 76
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crown picture, volume 7 page 24
Victoria Falls (waterfall in Zambia-
Zimbabwe)
Zambia picture, volume 15 page 101
Victoria Nile (river in Uganda)
Lake Victoria volume 14 page 79
video camera (electronics)
television volume 13 page 40
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videocassette
video recording volume 14 page 81
videocassette recorder (electronic device)
video recording volume 14 page 80
video game: see in index electronic game
video recording
MAIN ARTICLE volume 14 page 80, picture,
volume 14 page 80
video signal (electronics)
television volume 13 page 40
Vienna (capital city of Austria)
MAIN ARTICLE volume 14 page 81
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Austria volume 1 page 233
coffeehouse picture, volume 14 page 82
Schonbrunn Palace picture, volume 14
page 82
Vientiane (capital city of Laos)
MAIN ARTICLE volume 14 page 83
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Laos volume 7 page 107
That Luang picture, volume 14 page 83
Viet Cong (Vietnamese military and
political organization)
Vietnam volume 14 page 85
VietnamWar volume 14 page 86
Viet Minh (Vietnamese Communist
organization)
Vietnam volume 14 page 85, volume 14
page 86
Vietnam (country in Southeast Asia)
MAIN ARTICLE volume 14 page 84
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farmers selling fruit picture, volume 14
page 85
geography
Asia volume 1 page 200
Gulf of Tonkin picture, volume 14
page 84
Hanoi picture, volume 6 page 13
Mekong River delta picture, volume 8
page 96
history
Ho Chi Minh volume 6 page 66
VietnamWar volume 14 page 86
Vietnam Veterans Memorial (monument,
Washington, D.C., U.S.) picture,
volume 14 page 86
VietnamWar (1954-75)
MAIN ARTICLE volume 14 page 86
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ColdWar influence volume 3 page 151
Hanoi volume 6 page 13
Ho Chi Minh volume 6 page 67
peace movements volume 10 page 45