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Galveston Island, the Glossary

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Galveston Island is a barrier island on the Texas Gulf Coast in the United States, about southeast of Houston.^[1]

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Barrier islands of Texas
Pirate dens and locations

Akokisa

The Akokisa (also known as the Accokesaws, Arkokisa, or Orcoquiza) were an Indigenous tribe who lived on Galveston Bay and the lower Trinity and Sabine rivers in Texas, primarily in the present-day Greater Houston area.

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American Civil War

The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States between the Union ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), which was formed in 1861 by states that had seceded from the Union.

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Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca

Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca (1488/90/92"Cabeza de Vaca, Alvar Núñez (1492?-1559?)." American Eras. Vol. 1: Early American Civilizations and Exploration to 1600. Detroit: Gale, 1997. 50-51. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Web. 10 December 2014. after 19 May 1559) was a Spanish explorer of the New World, and one of four survivors of the 1527 Narváez expedition.

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Ball High School

Ball High School is a public secondary school in Galveston, Texas, United States.

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Barrier island

Barrier islands are a coastal landform, a type of dune system and sand island, where an area of sand has been formed by wave and tidal action parallel to the mainland coast.

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Battle of Galveston

The Battle of Galveston was a naval and land battle of the American Civil War, when Confederate forces under Major Gen.

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Bolivar Peninsula, Texas

Bolivar Peninsula is a census-designated place (CDP) in Galveston County, Texas, United States. Galveston Island and Bolivar Peninsula, Texas are Galveston Bay Area.

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Campeche (city)

San Francisco de Campeche (Ahk'ìin Pech), 19th c., also known simply as Campeche, is a city in Campeche Municipality in the Mexican state of Campeche, on the shore of the Bay of Campeche in the Gulf of Mexico. Galveston Island and Campeche (city) are pirate dens and locations.

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Congregation B'nai Israel (Galveston, Texas)

Congregation B'nai Israel (Sons of Israel) is a Reform Jewish congregation and synagogue located in Galveston, Texas, in the United States.

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Ethnic groups in Europe

Europeans are the focus of European ethnology, the field of anthropology related to the various ethnic groups that reside in the states of Europe.

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Galveston Bay

Galveston Bay is a bay in the western Gulf of Mexico along the upper coast of Texas. Galveston Island and Galveston Bay are Galveston Bay Area.

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Galveston Causeway

The George and Cynthia Mitchell Memorial Causeway is a set of causeways in Galveston, Texas, United States.

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Galveston College

Galveston College (GC) is a public community college in Galveston, Texas.

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Galveston County, Texas

Galveston County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas, located along the Gulf Coast adjacent to Galveston Bay.

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Galveston Seawall

The Galveston Seawall is a seawall in Galveston, Texas, that was built after the Galveston hurricane of 1900 for protection from future hurricanes.

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Galveston, Texas

Galveston is a coastal resort city and port off the Southeast Texas coast on Galveston Island and Pelican Island in the U.S. state of Texas. Galveston Island and Galveston, Texas are Galveston Bay Area and pirate dens and locations.

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Gulf of Mexico

The Gulf of Mexico (Golfo de México) is an ocean basin and a marginal sea of the Atlantic Ocean, mostly surrounded by the North American continent.

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History of slavery

The history of slavery spans many cultures, nationalities, and religions from ancient times to the present day.

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History of the Jews in Galveston, Texas

Jews have inhabited the city of Galveston, Texas, for almost two centuries.

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Houston

Houston is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Texas and in the Southern United States.

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Houston Ship Channel

The Houston Ship Channel, in Houston, Texas, is part of the Port of Houston, one of the busiest seaports in the world. Galveston Island and Houston Ship Channel are Galveston Bay Area.

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Human settlement

In geography, statistics and archaeology, a settlement, locality or populated place is a community of people living in a particular place.

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Interstate 45

Interstate 45 (I-45) is a major Interstate Highway located entirely within the U.S. state of Texas.

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Isaac Cline

Isaac Monroe Cline (October 13, 1861 – August 3, 1955) was the chief meteorologist at the Galveston, Texas, office of the U.S. Weather Bureau, now known as the National Weather Service, from 1889 to 1901.

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Jamaica Beach, Texas

Jamaica Beach is a city in Galveston County, Texas, United States on Galveston Island.

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Jao de la Porta

Jao de la Porta (also José da Porta), along with his older brother Morin, was a Portuguese Jewish merchant important in the early settlement of the Texan coast.

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Jean Lafitte

Jean Lafitte (–) was a French pirate and privateer who operated in the Gulf of Mexico in the early 19th century.

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Jews

The Jews (יְהוּדִים) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and nation originating from the Israelites of the ancient Near East, and whose traditional religion is Judaism.

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John B. Magruder

John Bankhead Magruder (May 1, 1807 – February 18, 1871) often referred to as "Prince John Magruder", was an American and Confederate military officer.

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Karankawa people

The Karankawa were an Indigenous people concentrated in southern Texas along the coast of the Gulf of Mexico, largely in the lower Colorado River and Brazos River valleys.

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Merchant

A merchant is a person who trades in commodities produced by other people, especially one who trades with foreign countries.

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Mexican War of Independence

The Mexican War of Independence (Guerra de Independencia de México, 16 September 1810 – 27 September 1821) was an armed conflict and political process resulting in Mexico's independence from the Spanish Empire.

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Penguin Books

Penguin Books Limited is a British publishing house.

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Portugal

Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic, is a country located on the Iberian Peninsula in Southwestern Europe, whose territory also includes the Macaronesian archipelagos of the Azores and Madeira.

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Republic of Texas

The Republic of Texas (República de Tejas), or simply Texas, was a breakaway state in North America that existed from March 2, 1836, to February 19, 1846.

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San Antonio

San Antonio (Spanish for "Saint Anthony"), officially the City of San Antonio, is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the most populous city in Greater San Antonio, the third-largest metropolitan area in Texas and the 24th-largest metropolitan area in the United States at 2.6 million people in the 2020 US census.

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San Luis Pass (Galveston Island)

San Luis Pass is a passage of water on the Texas Gulf Coast of the United States.

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Shoal

In oceanography, geomorphology, and geoscience, a shoal is a natural submerged ridge, bank, or bar that consists of, or is covered by, sand or other unconsolidated material, and rises from the bed of a body of water close to the surface or above it, which poses a danger to navigation.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galveston_Island

Also known as Galveston Island, TX, Galveston Island, Texas, Isla de Malhado, Island of Misfortune.

Galveston Island, the Glossary

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See also

Barrier islands of Texas

Pirate dens and locations

References