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 the first Cuban testimonial narrative that used gender as an analytical tool, it constitutes the closest perspective with direct knowledge of the experience we have of Black Cuban women's lives since the period of slavery.

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 by Heylin as an " evocation of a fragmented relationship ", the lyrics were later rewritten and overdubbed with new vocals and an additional guitar part.

Described by Rolling Stone magazine as “ the best band you ’ ve never heard of ,” Luna combined intricate guitar work, traditional rock rhythms and poetic lyrics to elegantly capture the romance of the late night.

Described by Kaizer Von Loopy as a " futuristic Wagnerian rock opera " and released in 2003, it marked a distinct stylistic change for the band favoring heavy guitar riffs and Germanic themes over the more genre expanding electro-metal style for which they had become known in the 90s.

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 Midwest Book Review as a generation of " thirty-somethings who have fallen through the cracks of parental, academic, and worldly expectations ," this group is given voice in Blyler's debut novel, Steffi's Club, set in the subterranean streets of Plzeň, Czech Republic, several years after the Velvet Revolution and the fall of Communism.

Described as " three-and-a-bit " kilometer long ship with a material hull, rather than the later design of a set of decks inside nested, ellipsoid force fields.

Described by Benaud as " one of the best innings at Test level ", it set up an Australian win.

Described as a brutal and efficient governor, what set her apart from the other Chosen during the War was that she founded many schools for children in conquered territories.

Described as an " E ticket in the sky ," the show features fireworks, lower level pyrotechnics, isopar flame effects, projections and lasers set to the soundtracks of some of Disneyland's most famous rides and shows.

Described as " remarkably intelligent, but socially naïve ", the character is a fan of buses and trains, wears a beige anorak, scarf, woollen gloves and clutching a nylon shopping bag with a set of keys taped to the handle.

Described as a baby-faced, " quiet, easy-going, meek-looking fellow ", Crecy had destroyed an antitank position and a number of German machine gun positions armed only with a machine gun and without regard for his personal safety, under heavy fire.

Described another way, the signals transmitted by the control store are being played much like a player piano roll.

Arriving at a monastery wherein dwells the dreaded High Priest Not to Be Described, Carter now suspects that the slant-eyed man is yet another conspirator of the forces that seek to thwart his quest.

Described as " scientifically speaking, perfectly laudable " by one modern commentator, another has condemned these chapters as the place where Ptolemy's " knowledge, intelligence and rhetorical skill " are most " misused ".

Described by the show's theme song as a " hero from another planet ", Billy battles the evil Queen Vanda and her gnome-like henchman, Snipe.

Described as looking like an " orange box ", it consisted of four wooden structures each holding some 250 seats, and later was affectionately nicknamed the " rabbit hutch ".

Described as " massaging of the eye cells ", this technique of camera movements and editing was responsible for much of the Gumby look and feel.

Described by historian Walter Goffart as " the bible of warfare throughout the Middle Ages ", De re militari was widely distributed through the Latin West.

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 curious and intelligent, the young Fort did not excel at school, though he was considered quite a wit and full of knowledge about the world – yet this was a world he only knew through books.

Described at her birth as " a small, but completely healthy Archduchess ", she was also known at the Austrian court as Antonia, but more often as Madame Antoine, since French was commonly spoken in the Hofburg.

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 scientifically by English naturalist John Latham in 1790, the Black Swan was formerly placed into a monotypic genus, Chenopis.

Described as " Britain's fifth most important political party " in 1986 it played a prominent role in the 1989 – 1991 mass anti-poll tax movement which was widely thought to have led to the downfall of British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.

* 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 " part of an era of political turbulence and intense social and cultural change ", the Northern Wei Dynasty is particularly noted for unifiying northern China in 439: this was also a period of introduced foreign ideas ; such as Buddhism, which became firmly established.

Described in the Mutual Assurance of Society of Virginia papers of 1796 as a “ two-story clapboard structure w / addition in which there was a cellar floored in stone w / kitchen ”.

Described as the world's greatest sporting arena, it was ready only 4 days before the White Horse Final.

Described by Allmovie as " one of the most unique and distinguished of all Hollywood actors ", Scheider was nominated for two Academy Awards, a Golden Globe Award and a BAFTA Award.

Described by Barnes as " he sound of 15 years of frustration coming out in one record ", the piece was termed " Progressive House " by Mixmag and held signficant prominence in nightclubs from 1991 onwards.

Described as " breathtaking " by David Fricke of Rolling Stone, Fricke also expanded upon his statements: " It was a perfect fit — songs about commitment and loss, written and sung by the wounded.

Described latterly as a charismatic and influential man, as well as a religious zealot, over the following months he helped bring a further eight conspirators into the plot, whose naissance was planned for 5 November 1605.

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

Described by the Guinness Book of British Hit Singles & Albums, as a " chirpy Cockney ", Brown was one of the original artists managed by the early rock impresario Larry Parnes.

Described by Messier as nebulae without stars, their true nature was not recognized until the 1920s.

Described by Allmovie as " one of the most memorable roles in one of the most memorable films of the decade ", Patrick's portrayal of the T-1000 earned him nominations for Best Villain and Best Supporting Actor at the 1992 MTV and Saturn Awards and was ranked # 39 in the Online Film Critics Society's " Top 100 Villains of All Time " in 2002, and # 29 on Wizard magazine's " Top 100 Greatest Villains Ever " list.

Described by peers as gentle, self-effacing, and ambivalent toward politics, Henry Swift was Minnesota's third governor for less than a year, completing the second term of Alexander Ramsey, who had been elected United States Senator.