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2. Gift Card Granny - Wikipedia

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   Website. Official Website. Gift Card Granny (or GiftCardGranny.com) is an online discount gift card retailer and comparison site based near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. [1] [2] The website allows consumers to search through numerous gift card websites and either purchase gift cards for a discounted price or sell them for below face value.

3. Cyprus Merchant Marine - Wikipedia

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   Merchant shipping has been actively developed by successive governments since the independence of Cyprus from British rule in 1960 and has since experienced sustained growth. [7] [8] The first shipping hub was created in the port of Famagusta , but since the Turkish invasion of 1974 the port has been occupied and is currently declared illegal.

4. Losses during the Battle of the Atlantic - Wikipedia

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   The following is a table of Allied shipping losses in the Battle of the Atlantic during World War II. All shipping losses are in Gross Registered Tonnage (GRT) . Total losses by U-boats: 14,668,785.

5. Merchant ship - Wikipedia

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   Merchant ship. A merchant ship, merchant vessel, trading vessel, or merchantman is a watercraft that transports cargo or carries passengers for hire. This is in contrast to pleasure craft, which are used for personal recreation, and naval ships, which are used for military purposes. They come in myriad sizes and shapes, from six-metre (20 ft ...

6. Dutch East India Company - Wikipedia

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   Products. Spices, silk, porcelain, metals, livestock, tea, grain, rice, soybeans, sugarcane, wine, coffee, slaves. The "United East India Company", or "United East Indies Company" (also known by the abbreviation "VOC" in Dutch) was the brainchild of Johan van Oldenbarnevelt, the leading statesman of the Dutch Republic. Amsterdam VOC headquarters.

7. Merchant Marine Act of 1916 (Alexander Act) - Wikipedia

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   The Merchant Marine Act of 1916 (also known as the Alexander Act) was passed by the US Congress in 1916 to create the US Shipping Board. The bill was sponsored by Representative Joshua W. Alexander (D) of Missouri, who was Chairman of the House Merchant Marine Committee. The act signified the birth of the modern American merchant marine.

8. William Russell (merchant) - Wikipedia

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   26 January 1818. (1818-01-26) (aged 77) Upton-upon-Severn, England [2] William Russell (11 November 1740 – 26 January 1818) was a practical Christian, a practising Unitarian, a Birmingham merchant and a close friend and sponsor of Joseph Priestley, who helped agitate against penal laws affecting English Dissenters and canvassed for a national ...

9. Embargo Act of 1807 - Wikipedia

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   The Embargo Act of 1807 was a general trade embargo on all foreign nations that was enacted by the United States Congress.As a successor or replacement law for the 1806 Non-importation Act and passed as the Napoleonic Wars continued, it represented an escalation of attempts to persuade Britain to stop any impressment of American sailors and to respect American sovereignty and neutrality but ...