Granada, Nicaragua. 12N. 85W. F. 1523 by Cordova; sacked by buccaneers, 1666, burnt by the filibuster Walker, 1856.
Grand Gulf, Mississippi, U.S. 32N. 91W. Forts on taken by Federals, 1863 (Civil W.).
[Grand Pré] (or Lower Horton), Nova Scotia. 44N. 63W. Expatriation of Acadians, 1755. (See Longfellow's 'Evangeline.')
Great Bethel, see [Big Bethel].
Great Bridge, Elisabeth R., Dismal Swamp. 36N. 76W. British repulsed, 1775.
Great Meadow, near Cumberland. 39N. 78W. Washington attacked at, by French, 1754.
[Great Salt Lake], Utah. 41N. 112W. First mention of by La Hontan, 1689; discovered by Bridger, 1825; explored by Bonneville, 1833; by Frémont and others, 1843; settlement on by Mormons under Brigham Young, 1847.
[Green Bay] (Bay of Puan), Lake Michigan. 44N. 87W. Reached by Jean Nicolet during expedition, 1634-9.
Greenbriar, river, Virginia. 37N. 80W. Encounter on, between Federals and Confederates, 1861 (Civil W.).
Greenland. 70N. 40W. Norsemen settled in, 10th-11th centuries (see saga of 'Eric the Red'); the Venetian Nicolo Zeno off, about 1390; the Cortereals off, 1501; Frobisher off, 1576, 1577, and 1578; Davis off, 1585-7 (part of the coast he named Desolation); Weymouth off, 1602; Hudson, 1607; explored and colonised by the Norwegian Hans Egede ('Apostle of the North'), 1721-35. (See [Baffin's Bay].)