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 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 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 " rotund, avuncular and unbending " by one observer, Mopeli ruled QwaQwa until 26 April 1994 when the bantustan was reintegrated into South Africa.

Described by Young ( 1995: 4 ) as a " radical and original thinker " remembered for his books Ideas Have Consequences ( a recurring phrase in conservative intellectual and political discourse ) and The Ethics of Rhetoric, his writings remain influential, particularly among conservative theorists and scholars of the American South.

Described as a ' dominant personality ' and having gained a reputation for forthrightness and intolerance, MacDonnell was appointed the sixth Governor of South Australia, arriving 9 June 1855, and taking over from Boyle Finniss who had been acting since the departure of Sir Henry Young.

Described by Boulenger in 1899, the Congo Tetra is found in the upper Congo Basin in slightly acidic, murky waters similar to those that tetras from South America inhabit.

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.