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Britannica Concise Encyclopedia, published by Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
The Britannica Concise Encyclopedia, a condensed version of the Encyclopædia Britannica, offers short, concise, easy-to-read entries on everything from art and zoology to current events and history. Includes statistics, charts, maps and flags.
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Piccard, Auguste (Belgian physicist)
Piccolomini (-Pieri), Ottavio (Italian-Holy Roman military leader)
picker (Technology)
Pickering, Timothy (American politician & military leader)
picketing (in politics)
Pickett, George E(dward) (American military leader)
Pickford, Mary (American actress & filmmaker)
Pict (One of an ancient people of northern Britain)
pictography (Language)
picturesque (in art)
Picus (Roman mythology)
pidgin (in linguistics)
Piedmont (region, Italy)
Piedmont (plateau region of the eastern United States)
pier (structure)
Pierce, Franklin (14th President of the United States)
Piero della Francesca (Italian painter)
Piero di Cosimo (Italian painter)
Pierre (capital, South dakota)
Pietà (painting or sculpture of the Virgin Mary)
Pietism (in Protestantism)
Pietro da Cortona (Italian painter & architect)
piezoelectricity (in electricity)
Pigalle, Jean-Baptiste (French sculptor)
pigeon (bird)
pigment (in art, painting)
pika (mammal)
pike (term)
pike (Zoology)
Pike, Zebulon Montgomery (American explorer & military leader)
Pikes Peak (mountain, Colorado)
pilaster (in architecture)
Pilate, Pontius (Ancient Roman jurist & statesman)
pile (material, structure)
Pilgrimage of Grace (history, England)
Pilgrims (Protestantism, church, history, Massachusetts)