Described as the first guitar Hendrix set fire to, another of his Stratocasters was sold at an auction for a record price in London two years later in 2008.

Described by the first English ambassador to the Mughal court Sir Thomas Roe.

Described first in 1849.

Described as " the grandest secular building erected in Scotland in the late Middle Ages ", it represents the first example of Renaissance-influenced royal architecture in that country.

Described by Powers as " classicism reduced to geometric shapes ", the first three storeys are clad in grey Cornish granite with Portland stone above.

Described as " the first ever comprehensive series on the natural history of the world's oceans ", each of the eight 50-minute episodes examines a different aspect of marine life.

Described as " one of the most prominent Liberal barristers in the first half of the 20th century " and " the Lord Chancellor that never was ", Birkett was noted for his skill as a speaker, which helped him defend clients with almost watertight cases against them.

Described as Britain's first musical.

Described as a stealth version of the Starfury by Straczynski, the Black Omega fighters, attached to Psi Corps, first appeared in the season one episode, " Mind War ", which originally aired in the United States in March 1994.

Described by Le Guin as a retrospective, it collects 17 previously-published stories, four of which were the germ of novels she was to write later: " The Word of Unbinding " and " The Rule of Names " gave Le Guin the place that was to become Earthsea ; " Semley's Necklace ," was first published as " Dowry of the Angyar " in 1964 and then as the Prologue of the novel Rocannon's World in 1966 ; " Winter's King " is about the inhabitants of the planet Winter, as is Le Guin's later novel The Left Hand of Darkness.

Described as America's first celebrity chef, Julia Child first appeared on American television in 1963 on the Boston based WGBH-TV.

Described as the biggest match in their history, they won 2 – 0 in Hampden Park and reach the final of the Scottish Cup for the first time in their history.

Described by sources quoted in the Serbian media as Otpor's " alpha and omega " during the movement's heyday in the spring and summer of 2000, Homen ( then widely known within the movement by his nickname Cole ), along with his first cousin Nenad Konstantinović ( nicknamed Neca ), handled everything from money to transportation.

Described in the first movie as a " positron collider ", it presumably functions by colliding high-energy positrons to generate its proton beam.

Described by her contemporary Joan Hambidge, as the Pablo Neruda of Afrikaans, Krog would publish her first book of verse, Dogter van Jefta ( Daughter of Jephta ) at the age of seventeen.

Described as a cross between Captain America and Flash Gordon, the first Captain Canuck patrols Canada in the ( then ) futuristic world of 1993, where " Canada had become the most powerful country in the world.

Described as " one of the best defensive first basemen of all time ", Tenney is credited with originating the 3-6-3 double play and originating the style of playing off the first base foul line and deep, as modern first basemen do.

Described as, " the size of a donkey ," English contact with this animal first began in the 1900s.

Described by Special Agent Nitz as a " borderline sociopath ," his motivation for returning to the reservation is at first unknown, but later revealed to be legal troubles which Nitz has promised to erase if Dashiell successfully completes his mission.

Described by team-mates as the " prince of wicket-keepers " and one of Australia's first cricketing heroes, " Black Jack " Blackham ( nicknamed for his dark beard ) was Australia's regular wicket-keeper from 1877 to 1894.

Described by Strong as " probably the first nuclear science-hero ", he is " possibly even more powerful than Tom Strange.

Described through first-person narrative as a man familiar with the firearms and machinery trade, Hank is a man who had reached the level of superintendent due to his proficiency in firearms manufacturing, with two thousand subordinates.

Described below are some common forms of poetry widely used across a number of languages.

Described as a " motorbike-car " hybrid, the Lit Motors C-1 two wheeler uses a set of futuristic electronic gyroscopes, or Control Moment Gyroscope to ensure it remains upright and balanced, similar to the positioning technology used in the International Space Station and the Hubble Space Telescope.

Described by the World Organisation of the Ovulation Method Billings ( WOOMB ) as " Natural Fertility Regulation ", this method may be used as a form of fertility awareness or natural family planning, as well as a way to monitor gynecological health.

Described as the catalyst by DC Comics ; the mini-series was even used as the inspiration for the television series Smallville.

Described in 1638 the " withdrawinge roome ", it was used by the family to withdrew from the more public ceremonies held in the Great Chamber and also could be used to form a suite with the neighbouring bedroom ( room 5 ) when eminent guests were entertained in the house.

Described as a " true lady " and often seen with hat and white gloves, MacLeod began writing at 6 a. m., continued through the morning, then used the afternoon for rewrites.

Described as ' a monument to German ingenuity and might ', it is perhaps with some irony that the IG Farben building is used by Tourneur to illustrate this dualistic contrast ; it was here that many of the German ' tools of war ' were developed, including Zyklon B gas.

Described by many as about " the meaning of life " or " gender identification " or " the hollow existence of the American suburbs ", the film has defied categorization by even the filmmakers.

Described by the critic Dennis Altman as " part of a major cultural assault on the assumed norms of gender and sexuality which swept the western world in the late 1960s and early 1970s ," the book's major themes are feminism, transsexuality, American expressions of machismo and patriarchy, and deviant sexual practices, as filtered through an aggressively camp sensibility.

Described by Dr. Cornel West as " the most iconoclastic public intellectual in the country ", Malveaux contributes to the public dialogue on issues such as race, culture, gender, and their economic impacts.

Described by The Times as lightly bow-legged, with a wonderful eye, wrists the envy of any batsman, and feet always the right place to play a shot, Richie Benaud stated that many Australians who saw Weekes in action said he was the closest batsman in style to the pre-World War II Donald Bradman.

Described as “ the determining moment in Fellini ’ s life ”, he enjoyed steady employment between 1939 and 1942, interacting with writers, gagmen, and scriptwriters that eventually led to opportunities in show business and cinema.

Described in more commercial terms, PCS is a generation of wireless-phone technology that combines a range of features and services surpassing those available in analog-and digital-cellular phone systems, providing a user with an all-in-one wireless phone, paging, messaging, and data service.

Described in English as a sparth ( from the Old Norse sparðr ) or pale-axe, the weapon featured a larger head with broader blade, the rearward part of the crescent sweeping up to contact ( or even be attached to ) the haft.

Described as a wealthy, sporting man who served in the army with Colonel Brandon, he is very affable and keen to throw frequent parties, picnics, and other social gatherings to bring together the young people of their village.

Described by Frank Rich of the New York Times as " now the greatest and perhaps best-known artist in the American musical theater ", his most famous works include ( as composer / lyricist ) A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Company, Follies, A Little Night Music, Sweeney Todd, Sunday in the Park with George and Into the Woods.

Described as " a typical New York butch " and " a dyke — stone butch ", she had been hit on the head by an officer with a billy club for, as one witness claimed, complaining that her handcuffs were too tight.

Described as a place of unending Springtime and a paradise of green plants, Tlalocan was the destination in the afterlife for those who died violently from phenomena associated with water, such as by lightning, drowning and water-borne diseases ( Miller and Taube, 1993 ).

Described as a " sonic novel ", the album explores Amos's alter ego, Scarlet, intertwined with her cross-country concert tour following 9 / 11.

Described in detail by eyewitness Thomé Lopes and chronicler Gaspar Correia as one that is unequalled in cold-blooded cruelty, da Gama looted the ship with over 400 pilgrims on board including 50 women, locked in the passengers, the owner and an ambassador from Egypt and burnt them to death.

Described as a giant Philistine warrior, he is famous for his combat with the young David, the future king of Israel.

Described later by Friedrich List, it was designed to allow the fledgling American manufacturing sector, largely centered on the eastern seaboard, to compete with British manufacturing through the creation of tariffs.

Described as " vain, capricious, and troublesome ", Isabella could not reconcile herself with her less prominent position in France.

Described as a jeep track, it linked Thimphu and Phuntsholing with Jaigaon, West Bengal.

" Described by writer Johannes Jonsson as " slow black metal with influences from Nordic folk music ", it has been considered a category of folk metal.

* Sam " Bo " McClelland ( 1966 – 1973 ) Described as a " tough disciplinarian ", he was personally appointed by Spence to succeed him as Chief of Staff, due to his having served in the Korean War with Spence's former regiment, the Royal Ulster Rifles.

Described as a great warrior with a " blackened face ", Gwyn is intimately associated with the otherworld in medieval Welsh literature, and is associated with the international tradition of the Wild Hunt.

* Plas Mawr, Conwy: Described with considerable justification as the best-preserved Elizabethan town house in Britain, with a gatehouse added in 1585 to the house built in 1576-80 by Robert Wynn.

Described by Joseph Bruce as a " Juggalo Woodstock ", the Gathering of the Juggalos spans four days and includes concerts, wrestling, games, contests, autograph sessions, karaoke, and seminars with artists.

Described by many as the most anti-traditional of the Abstract Expressionists, Still is credited with laying the groundwork for the movement.

* Carroll, H. K. The Religious Forces of the United States, Enumerated, Classified and Described: Returns for 1900 and 1910 Compared with the Government Census of 1890: Condition and Characteristics of Christianity in the United States ( 1912 ), very usefuul sumamries of each denomination and detailed statistics.

Described once as " an active volcano "' she was unquestionably a force to be reckoned with.

Described as " European experimental meets West Coast American grunge ", The Humans recorded their debut album We Are the Humans in Seattle in 2008, released in Estonia in May 2009 to coincide with the band's return to play in front of the country's president.