File PungoAndongo, Malange, Angola.JPG thumb 300px The Black Stones of Pungo Adongo File Black Stones Pungo Adongo.JPG thumb 300px Impressive Black Stones of Pungo Adongo The Black Rocks at PungoAndongo Pedras Negras de PungoAndongo are found some 116 km from the provincial capital of Malanje in Angola . They are a series of mysterious Rock formation rock formations , many incredibly and spectacular shaped in the form of animals, standing high above the flat African Savanna . ref cite book title Culture and Customs of Angola last Oyebade first Adebayo year 2006 publisher Greenwood Publishing Group isbn 9780313015298 pages 102 url http books.google.co.uk books?id 3i10eQQLU8QC&pg PA102&dq 22Pungo Andongo 22 2Brocks 2Banimals&num 100&as brr 3&client firefox a&sig ACfU3U1rHDBVvmQe3YmHZEZXyoUhYSsRAg accessdate 2008 10 03 ref There is a Fortification fort ref cite book title Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa last Livingstone first David year 1858 publisher Harper & Bros. pages 456 url http books.google.co.uk books?id hgUMAAAAYAAJ&pg PA456&dq 22Pungo Andongo 22 2Bfort&num 100&as brr 3&client firefox a accessdate 2008 10 03 ref erected by the Portuguese people Portuguese in 1671. The region is noted for its 350 foot 107 metre high Calandula waterfalls on the Lucala River the Luando Game Reserve in the south the Milando animal reserve in the north and the PungoAndongo stones, giant black Monolith monoliths associated with Tribe tribal legend . Most of the region s inhabitants are members of the Mbundu people s. The chief economic activities are stock raising. We can find Ana de Sousa Nzinga Mbande footprint on the rock, ref cite news title Prime Minister Ends Visit to PungoAndongo url http allafrica.com stories 200807100960.html work Angola Press Agency date 10 July 2008 accessdate 2008 10 03 ref the history proves that the Angola Angolan queen Nzinga ... Category Tourism in Angola pt Pedras Negras de PungoAndongo ... more details
Citations missing date July 2008 The Pungo River is a river in eastern North Carolina , USA . It originally began in the Great Dismal Swamp in Washington County, North Carolina the upper part of the river has since been supplanted by the Pungo River Canal, dug in the 1950s to improve drainage of local farmland. The river flows southeast and forms part of the boundary between Beaufort County, North Carolina Beaufort County and Hyde County, North Carolina Hyde County . The river then widens dramatically, turns west, and flows past Belhaven, North Carolina before joining the Pamlico River near Pamlico Sound . A 21 mile canal connects the Pungo River with the Alligator River North Carolina Alligator River to its east. See also Pungo, Virginia External links http www.trails.com tcatalog trail.asp?trailid XPO001 055 Pungo River, Trails.com http www.belhavennc.us Belhaven, North Carolina official site http www.ncsu.edu paddletrails pamlicopeninsula pp6.html Pungo River paddle trail map , North Carolina State University NorthCarolina geo stub Coord 35.634509 76.5989462 display title Category Rivers of North Carolina Category Geography of Beaufort County, North Carolina Category Geography of Washington County, North Carolina ar ... more details
Infobox settlement name Pungo official name settlement type Unincorporated community nickname motto Images ... System GNIS feature ID blank1 info website footnotes Pungo is a rural community located in the southern ... Like much of southern Virginia Beach, the area is surrounded by farmland. Pungo is known for its Pungo Strawberry Festival , which is held there every spring. Also well known is the story of Grace Sherwood , the so called Witch of Pungo . Notable features of the area include the historic downtown ... Asbury preached there. ref name nimmochurch Location Pungo is located about ten miles 16 km south of the heart ... . ref name seven The heart of the Pungo area is its only intersection with a stoplight at Princess Anne Road and Indian River Road. ref name map Witch of Pungo main Grace Sherwood Grace Sherwood 1660 late 1740 is a local legend in the old Princess Anne County and Pungo, Virginia. The Associated ... Strawberry Festival File PungoIntersection.jpg thumb upright 0.75 The only stoplight in Pungo. The defunct Munden s store is in the background The Pungo Strawberry Festival began in 1983 and is held every ... has an honorary mayor, first lady, and witch of Pungo. ref name honorarywitch References ... pungo strawberry festival schedule title Pungo Strawberry Festival Schedule date May ... hamptonroads.com node 270701 title Pungo Strawberry Festival is this weekend last Evans Hylton first ... cite web url http maps.google.com maps?q pungo virginia&oe utf 8&rls org.mozilla en US official&client firefox a&um 1&ie UTF 8&hq &hnear Pungo, VA&gl us&ei MPmDTP3xCYycsQPRypD3Bw&sa X&oi geocode result&ct image&resnum 1&ved 0CBcQ8gEwAA title Pungo, VA publisher Google Maps accessdate 2010 09 05 ref ref name usatoday cite web url http www.usatoday.com news nation 2006 07 09 witch pungo x.htm title Va. woman seeks to clear Witch of Pungo date July 09, 2006 publisher USA Today via The Associated ... kyle.html title Grace Sherwood & The Witch of Pungo publisher Princess Anne County Virginia ... more details
PungoAndongo Nzinga a Nkuwu List of women who led a revolt or rebellion External links http .... In her correspondence in 1624 she styled herself Lady of Andongo senhora de Andongo , but in a letter of 1626 she now called herself Queen of Andongo rainha de Andongo , a title which she bore ... more details
Giovanni Antonio Cavazzi da Montecuccolo 1621 1678 was an Italy Italian Order of Friars Minor Capuchin Capuchin missionary noted for his travels in 17th century Angola then a Portugal Portuguese colony and his lengthy account of local history and culture as well as a history of the Capuchin mission there. Cavazzi was an indifferent student and was almost denied a position in the central Africa n mission, but eventually prevailed thanks to his piety. He arrived in Luanda in 1654 and was dispatched to the Portuguese Empire Portuguese possessions in the eastern end of the colony. He traveled widely as a chaplain with the Portuguese Army including a stay at the court of the king of Pungo Andongo , a trip with them, in 1659 into the central highlands region, a visit in 1660 to the court of Queen Nzinga or Njinga in Matamba and the Kingdom of Kongo . ref For details of his visit, and the sources he used to rewrite his work on Kongo in later editions of Istorica Descrizioni see John Thornton, New Light on Cavazzi s Seventeenth Century Description of Kongo, History in Africa 6 1979 253 4. ref He returned to Njinga s court in 1662 and remained there after the queen s death in 1663. He presided at her funeral and left Matamba in 1665, returning to Italy in 1667. He was assigned the task of writing a history of the Capuchin Mission Christian mission , perhaps because since 1662 or so he had been writing his own history. He worked in the archives in Italy to round out his history, but The Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples Holy Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith , which had commissioned the work was reluctant to publish it, and in fact it was not published until 1687, after Cavazzi s death. In 1673 he returned to Angola as prefect of the Capuchin mission. He returned to Italy in 1677 where he wrote a second biographical account of the Capuchin mission, which was not published until the twentieth century. He died on July 18, 1678. ref Biographical details ... more details
Pongo River can refer to The Pongo River Guinea , an estuary in Guinea The Pongo River South Sudan , a river in the Bahr el Ghazal region of South Sudan. See also Pungo River , a river in North Carolina Pongo disambiguation Pongo geodis ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 The Commonwealth of Virginia has a number of food festivals held throughout the year class wikitable sortable Month Festival Name Location Food July Pork, Peanut, and Pine Festival Surry County, Virginia Surry County Pork, Peanuts May Pungo Strawberry Festival Virginia Beach Strawberries May Taste of Arlington Arlington, Virginia Arlington General restaurant cuisine September Charlottesville Vegetarian Festival ref http www.cvillevegfest.org Charlottesville Vegetarian Festival official site ref Charlottesville, Virginia Charlottesville Vegetarian cuisine References references External links http www.pungostrawberryfestival.info Pungo Strawberry Festival http www.toursurryva.com pppfestival.html Pork, Peanut, and Pine Festival http www.tasteofarlington.com home.php Taste of Arlington DEFAULTSORT Virginia Food Festivals Category Food festivals in the United States Category Festivals in Virginia Category Virginia related lists Festivals ... more details
a Ndongo or PungoAndongo in 1626, but he died in the smallpox epidemic that broke out as a result ... in 1657, leaving him feeling dishonored as only ruler of Pungo a Ndongo. In 1670, therefore ... more details
The Alligator River is a small river in eastern North Carolina , USA , separating Dare County, North Carolina Dare County with Tyrrell County, North Carolina Tyrrell County . It is a tributary of the Albemarle Sound and is part of the Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge . The Lindsey C. Warren Bridge of U.S. Route 64 crosses the river. A 21 mile canal connects the Allihigator River with the Pungo River to its west. External links GNIS 980142 Alligator River coord 35 58 2 N 75 58 54 W display title Category Rivers of North Carolina zfzvvxvzxc ru ... more details
unreferenced date December 2011 A Strawberry Festival is an event and Festival celebration in many town s in North America . In most instances, areas around these towns are, or have been, deeply involved in the production and marketing of Garden Strawberry strawberries , and the festivals are usually held in late Spring season spring around the time of the strawberry harvest. Such festivals generally involve a parade and other community events. United States File Strawberry Festival, float from Jackson, Tennessee NARA 279744.jpg thumb right A float in a Strawberry Festival in Jackson, Tennessee in 1937. Arroyo Grande, California Assonet, Massachusetts &ndash Father s Day Belleville, Michigan &ndash National Strawberry Festival Billings, Montana Recreation.2Fevents Billings, Montana Buckhannon, West Virginia &ndash West Virginia Strawberry Festival Cedarburg, Wisconsin Crawfordsville, Indiana Dayton, Tennessee &ndash Tennessee Strawberry Festival Dayton, Tennessee Garden Grove, California Garden Grove , California Humboldt, Tennessee &ndash Strawberry Festival Humboldt, Tennessee Lebanon, Oregon &ndash Strawberry Festival Lebanon, Oregon Lahaska, Pennsylvania &ndash Peddler s Village Peddler s Village Strawberry Festival Long Grove, Illinois Los Gatos, California Mattituck, New York &ndash 2nd week of June Marysville, Washington &ndash 3rd week of June Owego village , New York Owego, New York &ndash 3rd Saturday in June Oxnard, California Pasadena, Texas &ndash May 16, 17 and 18, 2008 Ponchatoula, Louisiana &ndash April 3rd 5th Plant City, Florida &ndash February 28 March 9, 2008 Portland, Tennessee &ndash Strawberry Festival Portland, Tennessee Pungo, Virginia Strawberry Festival Pungo, Virginia Strawbery Festival Schodack, New York &ndash Strawberry Festival Schodack, New York South Berwick, Maine South Windsor, Connecticut Stilwell, Oklahoma Troy, Ohio &ndash Strawberry Festival Troy, Ohio Vashon Island, Washington Vanceboro, North Carolina Australia Cleveland, Qu ... more details
Angola state The following is an incomplete List of Ngola ruler Ngolas of Ndongo , a pre colonial West Central African state in what is now Angola . The full title of those whom ruled over the Northern Mbundu people Mbundu kingdom of Ndongo was Ngola a Kilanje . The kingdom was south of Kingdom of Kongo Kongo . The last ruling dynasty moved east to the nearby kingdom of Matamba and continued independently until 1741 . Rulers of Ndongo as a BaKongo Tributary King Ngola a Nzinga ruled c.1358 King Ngola Kiluanje Inene c. 1515 1556 Rulers of Ndongo as an Independent State King Ndambi a Ngola 1556 c.1562 King Ngola Kiluanje kia Ndambi c. 1562 c. 1575 King Njinga Ngola Kilombo kia Kasenda c. 1575 1592 King Mbandi Ngola Kiluanje 1592 1617 King Ngola Nzinga Mbandi 1617 1624 Queen Nzinga of Ndongo and Matamba Ana de Sousa Nzinga Mbande ruled 1624 1626 Rulers of Ndongo under Portuguese Vassalage King Hari a Kiluanje ruled 1626 King Felipe I of Ndongo Ngola Hari ruled 1626 1657 Rulers of Ndongo Matamba Queen Nzinga of Ndongo and Matamba Ana de Sousa Nzinga Mbande ruled 1657 1663 Rulers of rump state of Pungo a Ndongo Queen Mukambu Mbandi ruled 1663 1671 after the death of her sister, Queen Ana de Sousa Nzinga Mbande External links http www.worldstatesmen.org Angola native.html Angola Traditional States Category Matamban and Ndongo monarchs Ngolas Category Lists of monarchs Ndongo Category Angola related lists Ndongo ... more details
Infobox school name Floyd E. Kellam High School image imagesize motto Feed Freedom with Knowledge streetaddress 2323 Holland Road city Virginia Beach, Virginia Virginia Beach state Virginia zipcode 23453 country USA url http www.kellamhs.vbschools.com Official site district Virginia Beach City Public Schools superintendent Dr. James G. Merrill principal Mr. Bruce Biehl viceprincipal viceprincipal label Assistant Principals staff 129 fundingtype Public school government funded Public schooltype High school United States high school grades 9 12 language American English English communities Pungo, Virginia Pungo , Princess Anne, Virginia Princess Anne , Sandbridge Beach Sandbridge feeders Princess Anne Middle School campus mascot Knights colors colorbox Black colorbox Gold colorbox White Black, Gold, and White founded 1962 enrollment 1,810 enrollment as of 2008 09 rival Ocean Lakes High School Ocean Lakes conference Virginia High School League br AAA Beach District Beach District br AAA Eastern Region Eastern Region Floyd E. Kellam High School is a public high school in Virginia Beach, Virginia . Located in the city s southern section, in Princess Anne, Virginia Princess Anne the school first opened in 1962, named after judge Floyd Eaton Kellam. Kellam High School serves a large portion of the city of Virginia Beach, with the attendance boundary extending south to the North Carolina border. The student population is 82 percent Caucasian students, 9 percent African American students, 5 percent Hispanic, and 3 percent Asian Pacific Islander students. ref cite web last first authorlink coauthors year url http www.kellamhs.vbschools.com about our school.htm title About Our School work publisher Kellam High School accessdate 14 June 2006 ref The building shares the same design as Bayside High School Virginia Beach, Virginia Bayside , First Colonial High School First Colonial , and Kempsville High School s. Floyd Kellam High School is fully accredited under Virginia s Standa ... more details
Infobox protected area name Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge iucn category IV map USA relief map caption Map of the United States map width 300 photo photo caption photo width location Hyde County, North Carolina Hyde , Tyrrell County, North Carolina Tyrrell , Washington County, North Carolina Washington counties, North Carolina , United States nearest city Creswell, North Carolina lat d 35.75097 long d 76.510162 region US NC coords ref area convert 110106 acre km2 abbr on established 1963 visitation num visitation year governing body United States Fish and Wildlife Service U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service url http www.fws.gov pocosinlakes The Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge is located in North Carolina s Inner Banks on the Albemarle Pamlico Peninsula in Hyde County, North Carolina Hyde , Tyrrell County, North Carolina Tyrrell , and Washington County, North Carolina Washington Counties, North Carolina . Its headquarters is located in Columbia, NC . Pocosin Lakes NWR was established in 1990. Originally, the convert 12000 acre km2 0 sing on southwestern portion of the refuge was established in 1963 as the Pungo National Wildlife Refuge, but was merged in 1990 with Pocosin Lakes. The National Wildlife Refuge is convert 110106 acre km2 0 , and approximately convert 90000 acre km2 0 were donated. The refuge is home to endangered species, such as the Red Wolf and the Red cockaded Woodpecker On June 1, 2008, lightning struck the refuge and started a wildfire that had, As of 2008 09 17 lc on , spread to about convert 40704 acre km2 , and was completely contained. ref cite news url http www.wral.com news state story 3030331 title Wildfire smoke, odor reach Triangle publisher WRAL.com date Jun. 12, 2008 ref ref cite news url http www.wral.com news news briefs story 3568565 title Wildfire contained, not out publisher WRAL.com date September 18, 2008 ref The fire was declared out on January 9, 2009. ref cite news url http www.fws.gov pocosinlakes news news erf out.ht ... more details
John Thomas Tommy Blackburn 1913 March 21, 1994 was best known for his leadership role in World War II as first commanding officer of the famed F4U Corsair squadron that went by name of VF 61 The Jolly Rogers . Biography Born and raised in Washington D.C. to the son of a naval officer, he graduated from Duke Ellington School of the Arts Western High School . Early career Blackburn graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1933 and after becoming a Naval Aviator found himself as a flight instructor in 1941 when the United States entered World War II. First squadron command Lieutenant Commander Blackburn was anxious to get into a combat unit, but was relegated to flying the F2A Buffalo at Opa locka, Florida near Miami . After several requests for combat assignment, he received orders in July 1942 to organize VGF 29 as commanding officer and report aboard the new escort carrier USS Santee CVE 29 6 . VGF 29 was equipped with the F4F F4F 4 Wildcat . Blackburn assembled a ready room of mainly brand new ensigns fresh from winning their wings at advanced flying school at Corpus Christi. Luckily he had the assistance of a combat veteran from the recent Battle of the Coral Sea , Lt. jg Harry Brink Bass who received the Navy Cross for his attack on the ship Japanese aircraft carrier Sh h . Blackburn set up operations at a remote field at Pungo well away from the brass and traffic at NAS Norfolk and was soon promoted to Lieutenant Commander. Pungo suited Blackburn fine as he wanted an undisturbed environment to get the squadron acquainted with the Wildcat and ready for deployment and the combat likely to follow. ref name JTB AceP http www.acepilots.com usn blackburn.html Blackburn . Ace Pilots. ref First combat The squadron embarked aboard USS Santee in October 1942 to participate in Operation Torch , the Allied invasion of North Africa. Arriving in the waters off Morocco on November 6, VGF 29 flew first combat mission on 8 November but could not find their target, and ... more details
Infobox Ethnic group group Machapunga population Extinct as a tribe regions Eastern North Carolina region1 region2 pop1 ref1 region3 religions Native American languages Algonquian languages Algonquian estimate related Coree , Chowan The Machapunga were a very small Native Americans in the United States Native American tribe of Algonquian peoples Algonquian descent, one of a number in the territory of North Carolina, probably related to the Algonquian of the Powhatan Confederacy in present day Virginia , who had migrated south. They have now disappeared as a separate tribe. They spoke an Algonquian language and historically occupied a coastal area of northeastern North Carolina . History Indigenous peoples of varying cultures lived along the waterways throughout the South. Over time they gave rise to the historical tribes known at the time of European encounter. Other peoples migrated into the area as well. The early 20th century ethnographer Frank Speck believed that the historical Machapunga and other Algonquian tribes in North Carolina had probably been earlier connected to the larger population based in Virginia. He believed the tribes in North Carolina were part of an early and large Algonquian migration in a southerly direction in historical times. He noted the presence of Algonquian speaking tribes on the Northeast coast and in central Canada. ref name Speck http homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com jmack algonqin speck.htm Frank G. Speck, REMNANTS OF THE MACHAPUNGA INDIANS OF NORTH CAROLINA , American Anthropologist 18 1916 pp. 271 276, Carolina Algonkian Project, Rootsweb, permission by American Anthropologist , accessed 22 Apr 2010 ref One of a number of small, Algonquian speaking tribes in coastal North Carolina, the Machapunga meaning bad dust or much dirt which sounds like an exonym given by an opposing tribe, rather than the Endonym autonym they used for themselves lived in the Pungo River area. Many lived in a village called Mattamuskeet on the shore of Lak ... more details
Other ships USS Albemarle Infobox ship begin Infobox ship image Ship image Ship caption Infobox ship career Hide header Ship country US Ship flag USN flag 1862 Ship name Ship namesake Ship owner Ship operator Ship registry Ship route Ship ordered Ship awarded Ship builder Ship original cost Ship yard number Ship way number Ship laid down date unknown Ship launched date unknown Ship sponsor Ship christened Ship completed Ship acquired 9 May 1863 Ship commissioned Ship recommissioned Ship decommissioned Ship maiden voyage Ship in service circa February 1863 Ship out of service circa July 1865 Ship renamed Ship reclassified Ship refit Ship struck 1865 est. Ship reinstated Ship homeport Ship identification Ship motto Ship nickname Ship honours Ship honors Ship captured by Union Navy forces br 26 March 1862 Ship fate sold, 19 October 1865 Ship status Ship notes Ship badge Infobox ship characteristics Hide header Header caption Ship class Ship type Ship tonnage Ship displacement 200 tons Ship tons burthen Ship length convert 85 ft m abbr on Ship beam convert 25 ft 6 in m abbr on Ship height Ship draught Ship draft Ship depth Ship hold depth convert 7 ft 7 in m abbr on Ship decks Ship deck clearance Ship ramps Ship ice class Ship power Ship propulsion schooner sail Ship sail plan Ship speed varied Ship range Ship endurance Ship test depth Ship boats Ship capacity Ship troops Ship complement not known Ship crew Ship time to activate Ship sensors Ship EW Ship armament not known Ship armour Ship armor Ship aircraft Ship aircraft facilities Ship notes USS Albemarle 1863 was a screw Steamship steamer captured by the Union Navy during the American Civil War . She was used by the Union Navy as a ship s tender in support of the Union Navy blockade of Confederate States of America Confederate waterways. Albermarle and Lion seized by Union Navy forces On the morning of 26 March 1862, sidewheel gunboat USS Delaware 1861 Delaware during an expedition to the Pungo River in Pamlico Soun ... more details
Infobox military person name Nikolaus zu Dohna Schlodien birth date birth date 1879 4 5 df y death date death date and age 1956 8 21 1879 4 5 df y birth place Ma omice Mallmitz , Province of Silesia , Imperial Germany death place Stephanskirchen Baierbach , West Germany image File Zudohna.jpg 250px caption nickname allegiance flagicon German Empire Imperial Germany branch German Imperial Navy Navy serviceyears 1896 1919 rank Fregattenkapit n commands SMS Tsingtau br SMS M we unit battles Boxer Rebellion br World War I br Raid on Scarborough Battle of the Gulf of Riga Action of 16 January 1916 Action of 10 March 1917 awards Pour le M rite br Military Order of Max Joseph br Military Order of St. Henry br Military Merit Order W rttemberg br Milit r Karl Friedrich Verdienstorden Nikolaus Burggraf und Graf zu Dohna Schlodien 5 April 1879 &ndash 21 August 1956 was a Germany German naval officer and author. Biography Nikolaus zu Dohna Schlodien was born in Ma omice Mallmitz today Ma omice, Poland to Alfred zu Dohna Schlodien 1849 1907 and Margarethe n e von der Hagen 1845 1932 . ref name redlin http www.bodo redlin.de ansporn.htm Biography de icon ref Dohna Schlodien joined the Kaiserliche Marine German Imperial Navy in 1896, became a Second Lieutenant in 1899 and First Lieutenant in 1902. ref name redlin Immediately after the Boxer Rebellion he served on SMS Tiger in East Asia in 1901 02 and became the Commander of the Gunboat Kanonenboot SMS Tsingtau in 1910 12. In 1913 he became the Navigationofficer of the SMS Posen and was promoted to a Korvettenkapit n . ref name munz http www.munzinger.de search portrait Nikolaus Graf Dohna Schlodien 0 5934.html Biography at munzinger.de de icon ref World War I In 1915, after the outbreak of World War I , the banana freighter Pungo of the F. Laeisz line was reconstructed as a minelayer and armed merchantman , renamed SMS M we , and placed under Dohna s command. ref http smsmoewe.com ships smsmsm.htm smsmoewe.com ref Through his succ ... more details
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