Coney Island is a 4-mile long peninsula in southwestern Brooklyn. Originally part of Outer Barrier islands, connected to mainland by land fill. Name origin disputed, possibly from Native American tribe or Dutch settlers. First European explorer was Giovanni da Verrazzano in 1527
Ottoman Empire's European territory reduced from 12,000 to 1,500 square miles. Total population of empire estimated at 9,300,000 inhabitants. Constantinople's population was about 1,250,000. UK imports totaled £32,409,576 in 1920, exports £12,092,253
Lake Tahoe is North America's largest alpine lake, located at 6,225 ft above sea level. It spans 191 square miles with 72 miles of shoreline and 122,160,280 acre⋅ft volume. Lake is second deepest in US at 1,645 ft, after Crater Lake
Lake Huron is one of five Great Lakes shared by Ontario and Michigan. Surface area is 23,007 square miles, making it third-largest freshwater lake. Contains 30,000 islands and is 577 feet above sea level. Maximum depth reaches 125 fathoms, average depth is 32 fathoms
Gouverneur Street honors 15th-century French immigrant Abraham Gouverneur. Utopia Parkway was named after Utopia Land Company's failed Jewish housing project. Desbrosses Street was NYC's first aboveground train station. Pearl Street retains 19th-century architecture from 1835 fire reconstruction. Maiden Lane was originally Dutch "maiden path" along brook
Switzerland leads with 16,000 square miles of glaciers and neutrality. Japan ranks second with 126 million people and urban lifestyle. United States ranks third as dominant economic and military power. Canada ranks fourth with 35.5 million residents near US border. Australia ranks fifth with 40,000-year-old indigenous history