Norwegian Cruise Line
- 1966: Norwegian Caribbean Line was founded
- 1970: Maiden Voyage of M/S Skyward
- 1979: Acquired the France ship
- 1980: Maiden voyage of S/S Norway
- 1997: Norwegian Capricorn Line was founded
- 2000: Star Cruises acquire NCL
- 2000: First internet cafe at sea
- 2007: Star Cruises sells 50% of company to Apollo Management
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Land
This page is about the various uses of the term "land". The term has a multitude of uses and this page explains each of them in turn to give various interpretations of what the term actually means.
The term "land" is often used to describe the area of the world that is not covered by water. Land covers 29.22 percent of the Earth's surface. This is about 57.5 million square miles (149 x 106 square kilometers). The balance is covered by water which covers the other 70.78 percent of the Earth's surface. This is about 139.4 million square miles (361 x 106 square kilometers).http://www.enotes.com/science-fact-finder/earth/how-much-earths-surface-land-how-much-water
The term "land" can be used as part of the description of a country. For example all of the following countries have the term "land" in their name (England, Finland, French Southern and Antarctic Lands, Greenland, Iceland, Ireland, Netherlands or Holland, New Zealand, Poland, Scotland, Swaziland, Switzerland and Thailand.
An island is a piece of "land" that is surrounded by water. All of the following countries therefore use the name "land" within their name through the word "island". Country names are British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Cook Islands, Falkland Islands, Faroe Islands, Marshall Islands, Midway Islands, Norfolk Island, Northern Mariana Islands, Pitcairn Island, Solomon Islands, South Sandwich Islands, Turks and Caicos Islands, Virgin Islands (US) and Wake Island.
The term "land" is also used to an area belonging ...
