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Vorticon The Vorticon are a race of grayish, dog-like, bipedal aliens featured in the Commander Keen: Invasion of the Vorticons computer games. They have formidable claws, rayguns and sometimes work as, oddly enough, ninjas.
Vortigaunt Vortigaunts (sometimes known as "alien slaves") are a fictional species from the Half-Life video game series. Their native home is the Xen border world, from which they travelled to Earth during the portal storms.
Vortigern Vortigern, (also spelled Vortiger and Vortigen) was a 5th century warlord in Britain, a leading ruler among the Britons (Brythons). His existence is considered likely, though information about him is shrouded in legend.
Vortiporius Vortiporius (Old Welsh Guortepir) was a 6th century king or ruler of Dyfed in south-west Wales, an area roughly corresponding to the modern Pembrokeshire. He is one of five kings castigated for their sins by Gildas in De Excidio Britanniae:
Voruta Voruta may have been a capital of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania established in the time of king Mindaugas in the 13th century. The exact location of Voruta is unknown and there are many contradictory theories about it.
Vorwärts Vorwärts ("Forward") was the central organ of the Social Democratic Party of Germany published daily in Berlin from 1891 to 1933 by decision of the party's Halle Congress, as the successor of Berliner Volksblatt, founded in 1884.
Vosburgh Stakes The Vosburgh Stakes is a race for thoroughbred horses of either gender, three-years-old and up. Its 68th running in 2007 will be run at Belmont Park on Long Island, New York at a distance of six furlongs, and will offer a purse of $400,000.
Vosegus In Gallo-Roman religion, Vosegus was the patron god of the Vosges in eastern Gaul. His name is attested in about five inscriptions from western Germany and eastern France, twice in the form Vosego Silv(estri) and once as Merc(urio) Vos(ego).
Voseo In Spanish, voseo is the use of the second person singular pronoun vos instead of tĂş; tĂş is often considered the standard, but vos is much more common in many dialects. Vos is used extensively as the primary spoken form of the second-person singular in various countries around Latin America, including Argentina, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Bolivia, Nicaragua, Paraguay, and Uruguay but only in Argentina, Uruguay, and increasingly in Paraguay, is it also the standard written form.
Vosges Mountains The Vosges Mountains is a range in central-western Europe, stretching along the west side of the Rhine valley in a NNE direction, from Basel (Switzerland) to Mainz (Germany). Geographically, the Vosges mountains are completely located in France with the Col de Saverne separating it from the Pfälzer Wald.
Voshon Lenard Voshon Kelan Lenard (born May 14 1973 in Detroit, Michigan) is an American professional basketball player. He is currently not on the roster of any NBA team, but working out in Metro Detroit waiting for a team to call requesting his services.
Voskhod programme The Voskhod programme (, translated as "rising") was a Soviet human spaceflight project. Voskhod development was both a follow-on to the Vostok programme, and a recycling of components left over from that programme's cancellation following its first six flights.
Voskhod rocket The Voskhod rocket (Russian: Восход, translated as "Sunrise") was a derivative of the Soviet R-7 ICBM designed for the human spaceflight programme but later used for launching Zenit reconnaissance satellites. It combined the R-7 with an upper stage that had been originally designed to launch interplanetary probes.
Voskhod spacecraft The Voskhod (Восход, Voschod, or Wosschod, translated as "Rising") was a spacecraft built by the Soviet Union's space program for human spaceflight (see Voskhod programme). It was a development of and a follow-on to the Vostok spacecraft.
Voskresenie The Voskresenie was a left-leaning, quasi-Masonic sect, which existed in Petrograd between 1918 and 1928. The group sought to support the Bolsheviks' economic policy but oppose their atheistic culture, and in so doing to 'renew humanity and the construction of communism' (as seen in Brandist 2002, p.
Vosloorus Vosloorus is a township situated in Boksburg just east of Katlehong on the east Rand, Gauteng, South Africa. It was established in 1963 when Africans were removed from Stirtonville because it was considered by the apartheid government too close to a white town.
Vosne-Romanée Vosne-Romanée is a wine-producing village and commune in the Côte de Nuits area of the Côte-d'Or, Burgundy, France. Together with Chambolle-Musigny and Gevrey-Chambertin it produces the region's best red wines, all made entirely from the Pinot Noir grape.
Vosper & Company Vosper & Company, often referred to simply as Vospers, was a British shipbuilding company based in Portsmouth, England. It was established in 1871 by Herbert Edward Vosper, concentrating on ship repair and refitting work.
Voss (novel) Voss is an epic novel by Patrick White, first published in 1957. It is based upon the life of the nineteenth-century Prussian explorer and naturalist Ludwig Leichhardt who disappeared whilst on an expedition into the Australian outback.
Vossische Zeitung The Vossische Zeitung (more precisely: "(Königlich Privilegierte) Berlinische Zeitung von Staats- und Gelehrten Sachen") was the well known liberal German newspaper that was published in Berlin (1721–1934). Its predecessor was founded in 1704.
Vosstaniya Square Vosstaniya Square (, literally Uprising Square) is a major square in the Central Business District of Saint Petersburg, Russia. The square lies at the crossing of Nevsky Prospekt, Ligovsky Prospekt, Vosstaniya Street and Goncharnaya Street, in front of the Moskovsky Rail Terminal, which is the northern terminus of the line connecting the city with Moscow.
Vostani Serbije Vostani Serbije (Arise, Serbia), also known as Pesma na insurekciju Serbijanov (Ode to the Uprising of the Serbs) was a national anthem of revolutionary Serbia, written by Dositej Obradovic during the First Serbian Uprising against Ottoman Empire in 1804. It is one of the best known patriotic songs in the country, and for some time it was considered as a potential national anthem following the replacement of old Yugoslav anthem Hej Sloveni.
Vostok Airlines Vostok Airlines (Vostok Aviation Company) is an airline based in Khabarovsk, Russia. It operates scheduled and charter passenger services, freight services, air ambulance, air patrol, firefighting and oil rig support.
Vostok Island Vostok Island also known as Staver Island, is an uninhabited coral island in the central Pacific Ocean, part of the Line Islands belonging to Kiribati. Other names for the island were Anne Island, Bostock Island, Leavitts Island, Reaper Island, Staver Island, Vostock Island, Wostock Island or Wostok Island.
Vostok traverse The Vostok traverse was an epic 3000 kilometre four month trip across Antarctica undertaken by ANARE the Australian National Antarctic Research Expedition in 1962. Using two bright red painted 1943 World War II M29 Weasel tracked vehicles and two 1950 D4 Caterpillar Inc.
Votadini The Votadini (the Wotādīnī, or Votādīnī)Claudius Ptolemaeus, "Geographia" (ca. 2nd century CE) were a people of the Iron Age in Great Britain, and their territory was briefly part of the Roman province Britannia.
Votanikos Votanikos (Greek: Βοτανικός) is a subdivision located 3 km west of the downtown part of the Greek capital of Athens. The area is named after a nearby botanical garden situated to the southwest (Athens Botanical Gardens).
Vote allocation Vote allocation is a system of tactical voting used on the Republic of China on Taiwan from the late-1990s until 2004, after which the voting system is to be changed from single non-transferable vote to a parallel voting system. In this system, voters are asked to vote for a party candidate based on items such as their day of birthday so as to evenly distribute votes.
Vote For Yourself Rainbow Dream Ticket Vote For Yourself Rainbow Dream Ticket is a minor United Kingdom political party which advocates the abolition of parliament in favour of devolution to city states and decision-making by referendum. Its founder and leader is Rainbow George Weiss, who has also contested various elections under the 'www.
Vote Marriage Canada Vote Marriage Canada is a socially conservative political lobbying group in Canada, started by former Members of Parliament Pat O'Brien (Liberal) and Grant Hill (Conservative) in 2005. It opposes same-sex marriage, and is officially non-partisan.
Vote Mob In 2004, 21st Century Democrats launched Vote Mob to increase the Democratic youth vote. The group opened nine field offices in Ohio, Minnesota, Oregon, and Nevada, and hired over thirty full-time organizers and dozens of canvassers and student team leaders.
Vote pairing Vote pairing (or vote swapping as it has also been called) is the method where a voter in one district agrees to vote tactically for a less-preferred candidate or party who has a greater chance of winning in their district, in exchange for a voter from another district voting tactically for the candidate the first voter prefers, because that candidate has a greater possibility of winning in that district.
Vote to Stop Bush "Vote to Stop Bush" is a statement endorsed by prominent Ralph Nader supporters from his 2000 campaign who in 2004 "urge[d] support for Kerry/Edwards in all swing states, even while [they] strongly disagree with Kerry's policies on Iraq and other issues". Most of the signers were members of Nader's 113-person Nader 2000 Citizens Committee.
Vote your district Vote Your District is a political term often associated with the neo-Conservative movement within the United States' Republican Party, although members of all political affiliations are known to make use of it. The phrase is often presented as a "bait-and-switch" debate tactic in which elected officials are encouraged to vote with the will of their constituents often in opposition to their party affiliation.
Votebank A Votebank (also spelled vote-bank or vote bank) is a loyal bloc of voters from a single community, who consistently back a certain candidate or political formation in democratic elections. Such behaviour is often the result of an expectation of real or imagined benefits from the political formations, often at the cost of other communities.
Voter News Service The Voter News Service was a consortium whose mission was to provide results for United States Presidential elections, so that individual organizations and networks would not have to do exit polling and vote tallying in parallel.
Voter registration Voter registration is the requirement in some democracies for citizens to check in with some central registry before being allowed to vote in elections. An effort to get people to register is known as a voter registration drive.
Voter registration drive A voter registration drive is an effort, often undertaken by a political campaign, political party, or other outside groups (partisan and non-partisan), that seeks to register to vote those who are eligible but not registered. Sometimes these drives are undertaken for partisan purposes, and target specific demographic groups that are likely to vote for one candidate or other; on the other hand, such drives are sometimes undertaken by non-partisan groups and targeted more generally.
Voter turnout Voter turnout is the percentage of eligible voters who cast a ballot in an election. After increasing for many decades, there has been a trend of decreasing voter turnout in most established democracies since the 1960s.
Voter Verified Paper Audit Trail Voter Verified Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) or Verified Paper Record (VPR) is an independent verification system for voting machines designed to assure voters that their vote was cast correctly, to detect possible election fraud or malfunction, and to provide a means to audit the stored electronic results.
Votes Votes are people of Votia in Ingria (part of modern day northwestern Russia, roughly (south)west of Saint Petersburg, near, and east of the Estonian border-town of Narva). Their own ethnic name is Vadjalain (plural: Vadjalaizõt).
Votes at 16 The Votes at 16 campaign is a movement organised in the United Kingdom which argues in favour of the reduction of the voting age to 16 for all public elections. The chancellor of the exchequer Gordon Brown has expressed his support for the cause, and has committed himself to lowering the voting age to 16.
Voting Voting is a method of decision making wherein a group such as a meeting or an electorate attempts to gauge its opinion—usually as a final step following discussions or debates. Alternatives to voting include consensus decision making (which works to avoid polarization and the marginalization of dissent) and betting (as in an anticipatory democracy).
Voting bloc A voting bloc is a group of voters that are so motivated by a specific concern or group of concerns that it helps determine how they vote in elections. A voting bloc can be longstanding and institutionalized, such as support for business or labor, or it can be created from scratch as the result of the saliency of a new public issue, such as a war or the potential resumption of a military draft.
Voting Booth A voting booth is a room or cabin in a polling station where voters are able to cast their vote in private to protect the secrecy of the ballot. There is only one person allowed to enter at once, except if people need help.
Voting correctly Voting correctly is a concept from political psychology that means a vote decision "that is the same as the choice which would have been made under conditions of full information." Measurements of correct votes are used to determine how accurate low-information voters are at determining the candidate or party that best represent the voters interests.
Voting machine Voting machines are the total combination of mechanical, electromechanical, or electronic equipment (including software, firmware, and documentation required to program control, and support equipment), that is used to define ballots; to cast and count votes; to report or display election results; and to maintain and produce any audit trail information. In addition, a voting system includes the practices and associated documentation used to identify system components and versions of such components; to test the system during its development and maintenance; to maintain records of system errors or defects; to determine specific changes made after initial certification; and to make available any materials to the voter (such as notices, instructions, forms, or paper ballots.
Voting plan A voting plan or voting rights plan is one of five main types of poison pills that a target firm can issue against hostile takeover attempts. These plans are implemented when a company charters preferred stock with superior voting rights to common shareholders.
Voting rights in the United States In United States History, there have been three similar, but somewhat separate, movements for voting rights. Each has brought about an amendment to the United States Constitution, and each has been a product of, and also brought about, social change.
Voting Rights Act The National Voting Rights Act of 1965 () outlawed the requirement that would-be voters in the United States take literacy tests to qualify to register to vote, and it provided for federal registration of voters in areas that had less than 50% of eligible minority voters registered. The act also provided for Department of Justice oversight to registration, and the Department's approval for any change in voting law in districts that had used a "device" to limit voting and in which less than 50% of the population was registered to vote in 1964.
Voting system A voting system is a means of choosing between a number of options, based on the input of a number of voters. Voting is perhaps best known for its use in elections, where political candidates are selected for public office.
Voting system criterion A voting system criterion is a formally defined pass/fail criterion by which a voting system may be assessed. They are usually defined such that they only depend on the inputted votes and the resulting output of the voting system, but they may also refer to the necessary time and space complexities associated with determining the result.
Voting system of Fiji The Fijian House of Representatives consists of 71 members, all elected from single member constuencies. Fiji used the First past the post system of voting for most of its history, but the new constitution agreed to in 1997-1998 replaced it with the so-called alternative vote.
Voting trust A voting trust is a trust whereby the shares in a company of one or more shareholders and the voting rights attached thereto are legally transferred to a trustee, usually for a specified period of time (the "trust period"). In some voting trusts, the trustee may also be granted additional powers (such as to sell or redeem the shares).
Votkinsk Machine Building Plant The Votkinsk Machine Building Plant is a ballistic missile production facility in Votkinsk, Russia. It is responsible for the production of the RT-2UTTH Topol M intercontinental ballistic missile, Russia's most recent ICBM development.
Vought Vought is the name of several related aerospace firms. These have included, in the past, Lewis and Vought Corporation, Chance Vought, Vought Sikorsky, LTV Aerospace (part of Ling-Temco-Vought), Vought Aircraft Companies, and the current Vought Aircraft Industries.
Vought VE-7 The Vought VE-7 "Bluebird" was an early biplane of the United States. First flying in 1920, it was designed as a two-seat trainer for the United States Army, then adopted by the United States Navy as its very first fighter aircraft.
Voucher A voucher is a certificate which is worth a certain monetary value and which may only be spent for specific reasons or on specific goods. Examples include − but are not limited to − housing and food vouchers.
Voucher Management System A Voucher Management System (VMS) is a software solution that allows cellular prepaid subscribers to add funds to their accounts using VMS vouchers (sometimes called phone cards). Unlike the traditional phone card, where the person making a phone call decrements the value of the card as the time of the call progresses, the prepaid voucher applies the total value of the voucher to the subscriber's account by placing a call to an Interactive Voice Response unit (IVR) or an Intelligent Peripheral (IP) (see also Service Control Point) on the cellular network.
Voucher privatization Voucher privatization is a privatization method where citizens are given or can inexpensively buy a book of vouchers that represent potential shares in any state-owned company. Voucher privatization has mainly been used in the early-to-mid 1990s in the transition economies of Central and Eastern Europe - countries such as Russia, Poland and Czechoslovakia.
Voukolies Voukolies (Greek: Βουκολιές, Δήμος Βουκολιών) is a town and municipality in the west of the island of Crete, Greece. It is part of the Kissamos province which covers the north west of Chania Prefecture.
Voukourestiou Street Voukourestiou Street (Greek: Οδός Βουκουρεστίου) named for Bucharest, the capital of Romania is a rather narrow street in the Kolonaki district of Athens known for its high-end boutiques. Starting in the 1950s, this street was the street for hip and trendy European and American goods in the Greek capital as well as gold and jewelery shops.
Voula Voula (Greek: Βούλα, translating to something like a "spot") is a municipality and a suburban town in southern Attica and is the second southernmost municipality in the Megalo Daktylo (Large Fingernail), approximately 17 km S of Athens, Greece, SW of the Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport and the Attiki Odos (numbers 6 and 62), NW of Cape Sounio and south of the Hymettus Ring. Voula is linked with Posidonos Avenue (GR-91) and has the southernmost terminus of Vouliagmenis Avenue and the road from the airport and a bypass to the northeast.
Voula Patoulidou Paraskevi ("Voula") Patoulidou was born on 29 March 1965, in Tripotamo, near Florina. A prolific athlete, Patoulidou throughout her athletics career competed in the 100 metres, 100 metres hurdles and in the long jump events.
Voulet-Chanoine Mission The Voulet-Chanoine Mission or Central African Mission (in French mission Afrique Centrale) was a French military expedition sent out from Senegal in 1898 to conquer the Chad Basin and unify all French territories in West Africa. This expedition operated jointly with two other expeditions, the Foureau-Lamy and Gentil missions, which advanced from Algeria and Middle Congo respectively.
Voulez-Vous (song) "Voulez-Vous" is one of Swedish group ABBA's disco-oriented hits, and was the second track on their sixth album, Voulez-Vous. "Voulez-Vous" was written by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus, with the lyrics sung by both Agnetha Fältskog and Anni-Frid Lyngstad.
Voulge [voulge (occasionally called a pole cleaver) is a type of polearm] that existed along side the similar [[glaive in medieval Europe. Superficially a voulge might strongly resemble a glaive but there are some notable differences in construction.
Vouliagmeni Olympic Centre The Vouliagmeni Olympic Centre was the site of the men's and women's triathlon at the 2004 Summer Olympics at Athens, Greece. Located at Vouliagmeni, to the southeast of Athens, the temporary facility seats up to 3,600, though only 2,200 seats will be publicly available for the event.
Voulismeno aloni Voulismeno Aloni (Βουλισμένο Αλώνι, greek: sinked threshing floor) is a sinkhole located on the foot of Strouboulas mount, next to the old national road, at the 14th kilometer from Heraklion to Rethymnon, in the island of Crete (35°19′48″N, 25°01′05″E).
Vous ĂŠtes Toujours LĂ  Vous ĂŠtes Toujours LĂ  is a 2003 live album by Australian singer Tina Arena. It includes two previously unissued tracks, 'Je Te Retrouve Un Peu' featuring Jay, 'I Want To Spend My Lifetime Loving You' featuring Roch Voisine, & one bonus track, 'Never' (Past Tense) The Roc Project.
Vous et Nous Vous et Nous is a 1977 experimental pop album by French musicians Brigitte Fontaine and Areski Belkacem. The final album by the duo before a twenty-year retirement, Vous et Nous is an avant-garde double album mixing a variety of instruments and vocal styles.
Voussoir A voussoir is a wedge-shaped element in an arch, a mason's term borrowed in Middle English from French verbs connoting a "turn" (OED). Each wedge-shaped voussoir turns aside the thrust of the mass above, transferring it from stone to stone to the final edge, which is horizontal and passes the thrust to the supports.
Vouvray Vouvray is a town and commune 10 km east of Tours on the north shore of the Loire River, in the Indre-et-Loire département of France. It is best known for its production of white wine, among some of the best rated in France.
Vouvray (wine) Vouvray, from the region of the same name is made through the vinification of the Chenin Blanc grape. As is often the case in the Loire region, the production is heavily at the mercy of the climate and poor years can produce only a meagre harvest.
Vova and Olga Galchenko Vladimir (born September 15, 1987), known as Vova, and Olga Galchenko (born July 31, 1990) are a brother and sister juggling team originally from Russia. They specialize in club juggling, particularly technical solo juggling, technical club passing and numbers club passing.
Vow A vow (Lat. votum, vow, promise; see vote) is a transaction between a person and his/her deity whereby the former undertakes in the future to render some service or gift or devotes something valuable now and here to his use.
Vow of obedience The Vow of Obedience is one of the three vows that monks and nuns must take to enter an order, such as in the Benedictine order, in accord with the rule of Saint Benedictine. It is required because they are voluntarily undertaking to fulfill the counsels of perfection.
Vowel In phonetics, a vowel is a sound in spoken language that is characterized by an open configuration of the vocal tract so that there is no build-up of air pressure above the glottis. This contrasts with consonants, which are characterized by a constriction or closure at one or more points along the vocal tract.
Vowel backness In phonetics, vowel backness is the position of the tongue relative to the back of the mouth in a vowel sound. Backness is usually modeled by subtracting the second formant frequency value (F2) of a vowel from the first formant frequency value (F1).
Vowel cluster A vowel cluster is two or more vowels occurring next to each other in a single syllable with no intervening consonant. Vowel clusters are distinct from diphthongs in that diphthongs are vowel combinations in a single syllable involving a quick but smooth movement from one vowel to another while vowel clusters have a slower rate of change of formant trajectories.
Vowel harmony Vowel harmony is a type of long-distance assimilatory phonological process involving vowels in some languages. In languages with vowel harmony, there are constraints on what vowels may be found near each other.
Vowel height In phonetics and phonology, vowel height refers to the vertical position of the tongue relative to either the roof of the mouth or the aperture of the jaw. In high vowels, such as and , the tongue is positioned high in the mouth, whereas in low vowels, such as , the tongue is positioned low in the mouth.
Vowel line During the 2001-02 NHL season the Nashville Predators head coach Barry Trotz discovered that he has a potent combination when playing Martin Erat on left wing, Vladimir Orszagh on right wing, and Denis Arkhipov at center. He almost always kept them together.
Vowel stems In Indo-European linguistics, a vowel stem is a noun or verb stem that ends in a vowel that appears in or otherwise influences the noun or verb's inflectional paradigm. The vowel and noun or verb are both called thematic.
Vowel-Consonant synthesis Vowel-Consonant synthesis is a type of hybrid digital-analogue synthesis employed by the early Casiotone keyboards. It employs two digital waveforms, which are mixed and filtered by a static lowpass filter, with different filter positions selected for user according to presets.
Vox Canina Vōx Canīna (canine voice) or Littera Canīna (canine letter) was the name used by Romans to identify their pronunciation (as an alveolar trill) of the Latin letter r (Greek rho), as well as the letter itself. The reason for this terminology was that the sound of a rolled, voiced, non-initial r was thought by the Romans to be similar in sound to a dog's growl.
Vox Clamantis Vox Clamantis ("the voice of one crying out") is a Latin poem of around 10,000 lines in elegiac verse by John Gower that recounts the events and tragedy of the 1381 Peasants' Rising. The poem takes aim at the corruption of society and laments the rise of evil.
Vox Day Vox Day is the pseudonym of author Theodore Beale under which he has written a syndicated column on video games, a blog and a WorldNetDaily column. He has also contributed several articles to BenBella Books' SmartPop anthology series under this pen name.
Vox Femina Los Angeles Vox Femina Los Angeles (VFLA) is a women's choral ensemble dedicated to the performance of quality choral literature with an emphasis on music by women composers. VFLA is composed of women who are lesbian, bisexual and heterosexual.
Vox populi Vox populi, which means literally in Latin voice of the people, is often used in broadcasting for interviews of members of the 'general public'; usually the interviewees are shown in public places, and supposed to be giving spontaneous opinions in a chance encounter — unrehearsed persons, not selected in any way. As such, broadcast journalists almost always refer to them as the abbreviated vox pop.
Voxel-based morphometry Voxel based morphometry (VBM) is a neuroimaging analysis technique that allows investigation of focal differences in brain volume. Traditionally, brain volume is measured by drawing regions of interest (ROIs) and calculating the volume enclosed.
Voxpop A Voxpop in television terms is a segment of a programme when members of the public are asked for their opinions on an issue. It is essentially a camera in a town centre, with no presenter or interviewer in sight.
Voya Nui Voya Nui is a fictional island in Lego Bionicle storyline; and the first main setting of the Legends story arc. It is south of the island of Mata Nui; and had come into being when it violently broke off from the mainland a thousand years ago, during the Great Cataclysm.
Voyage (band) Voyage was a European disco group, consisting of lead vocalist Sylvia Mason, along with Slim Pezin (guitar/vocals), Marc Chantereau (keyboards/vocals), Sauveur Mallia (bass) and Pierre-Alain Dahan (drums/vocals).
Voyage Box Set Career-spanning 3-CD David Crosby box spotlights the two-time Rock And Roll Hall Of Famer's solo stand-outs and classics with legendary groups, including The Byrds, CSN, and CSNY. Plus one full disc of previously unreleased material.
Voyage Century Voyage Century (航海世纪) is a free to play nautical MMORPG published by IGG, the distributors of Myth War Online. Advertisements for the game suggest that it is the "First 3D Nautical Online Game", but dates of the development of Burning Sea and the presence of Uncharted Waters Online seem to dispute this marketing ploy.
Voyage d'Egypte et de Nubie Voyage d'Egypte et de Nubie (1755) records Frederic Louis Norden's extensive documentation and drawings of his voyage though Egypt in 1737-1738. It contains some of the very first realistic drawings of Egyptian monuments and to this day remains a primary source for the looks of Egyptian monuments before widespread 19th and 20th century tourism and excavations.
Voyage into the Unknown Voyage into the Unknown is a game released by Mastertronic for the ZX Spectrum in 1984. The game is notorious for it's extremely poor quality compared with other contemporary releases, and for being programmed in BASIC instead of machine code as was standard at the time.
Voyage of the Damned Voyage of the Damned is the title of a 1976 film drama (and of a 1974 book by Gordon Thomas and Max Morgan-Witts Voyage of the Damned Stein and Day Publishers; 1st Edition edition (1974) Stein and Day, Briarcliff Manor, New York ASIN: B000BKOCGM) inspired by true events concerning the fate of the "MS Saint Louis" ocean liner carrying Jewish refugees from Germany to Cuba in 1939.
Voyage to Atlantis "Voyage to Atlantis" is a 1977 slow jam released by The Isley Brothers on the T-Neck label. The single, which was off their multi-platinum album, Go For Your Guns, depicted two lovers going off on a faraway "paradise out beyond the sea (i.

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