Our American Cousin. Our American Cousin is a play in three acts by Tom Taylor. The play is a farcical comedy whose plot is based on the introduction of an awkward, boorish American to his aristocratic English relatives. It premiered at Laura Keene's Theatre in New York City on October 15, 1858.
1 The Amazon: The World's Largest Rainforest. 2  WWF in the Amazon rainforest. 3  Amazonia.org.br Good daily updated Amazon information database on the web, held by Friends of The Earth â Brazilian Amazon. 4  amazonia.org Sustainable Development in the Extractive Reserve of the Baixo Rio Branco â Rio Jauaperi â Brazilian Amazon.
View full size image. The largest tree in the world is a giant sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum) in California's Sequoia National Park. Called General Sherman, the tree is about 52,500 cubic feet (1,487 cubic meters) in volume.