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- Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
1: ...]], and argued that a ship could reach the [[Far East]] via a westward course.
7: ...) and Espanola ([[Hispaniola]]), as well as the coasts of [[Central America|Central]] and [[South Ameri...
9: ...s voyages led to a relatively quick, general and lasting recognition of the existence of the [[New Worl...
33: ...e post [[São Jorge da Mina]] at the [[Guinea]] coast.
39: ...[Indies]] (then roughly meaning all of south and east [[Asia]]) by sailing west across the Ocean Sea (t... - Steel (28384 bytes)
3: ...h higher carbon content than this are known as [[cast iron|iron]].
5: ...based alloys that can be [[plasticity (physics)|plastically]] formed (pounded, rolled, etc.).
8: ...th ancient methods that have been in use for at least 6000 years (since the [[Bronze Age]]). Since the ...
13: ...nt allotrope is [[martensite]], a chemically [[metastable]] substance with about four to five times the...
15: ...ace. The transformation into martensite, by contrast, occurs almost immediately, due to a lower activa... - Politics (7193 bytes)
18: ...hies have existed in one form or another for the past 5000 years of human history.
25: ...asses no longer existed and every person was the master of his own fate.
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86: [[he:פוליטיקה]] - Leonardo da Vinci (25889 bytes)
2: ...on, he helped advance the study of [[anatomy]], [[astronomy]], and [[civil engineering]].
7: ...ty evidence, that she was a [[Middle East|Middle Eastern]] [[slave]] owned by Piero.
12: ...t whatever he turned his mind to he made himself master of with ease" ([[Giorgio Vasari|Vasari]]).
25: ...spect for life led him to being a vegetarian at least part of his life, and Vasari reports a story that...
29: ...n Cavallo" [[horse]] [[statue]] (see below) were cast into weapons for the Duke in an attempt to save [... - Thomas More (15893 bytes)
5: ...father and was admitted to [[Lincoln's Inn]] in [[1496]]. In [[1501]] More became a [[barrister]].
7: ... rest of his life he continued to observe many monastic practices, including self-punishment in the for...
12: ...ore entered the king's service as councilor and "master of requests". After undertaking a diplomatic m...
14: ...1525]] he became chancellor of the [[Duchy of Lancaster]], a position that entailed administrative and ...
19: ...is friend [[Erasmus of Rotterdam]] dedicated his masterpiece, ''[[In Praise of Folly]]'', to him. (Ind... - Hernando de Soto (explorer) (19418 bytes)
2: ...on of the 16th and 17th century through the southeast and midwest of today's [[United States|USA]].
7: ...1528]] de Soto led his own expedition along the coast of [[Yucatan]], hoping to find a direct connectio...
13: ...ame from one of the most respectable families of Castilia, with good connections to the Spanish court. ...
15: ...a]]. Vaca was one out of four survivors of the disastrous attempt of [[Pᮦilo de Narv]] to conquer ...
23: ...ests, nine ships, and 220 horses on the western coast of Florida, in Bradenton (south of Tampa). He nam... - Ferdinand Magellan (19348 bytes)
7: ... even have been taught by [[Martin Behaim]]. In [[1496]], Magellan became a [[squire]].
11: ...aptain]]. However, after secretly sailing a ship east without permission, he lost his command and was f...
24: Ruy Faleiro, an [[astronomer]] and Portuguese [[exile]], aided him in h...
26: ...ia de Triana, giving money to the monks of the monastery so they would pray for his success.
39: ...hey were still on the [[Argentina|Argentinian]] coast. - John Cabot (5966 bytes)
2: ...d as the modern discoverer of [[Canada]], or at least the region that would become that nation.
10: ...ator]], so the voyage from western [[Europe]] to eastern Asia would be shorter at higher latitudes.
12: ...sayle to all partes, countreys, and seas, of the East, of the West, and of the North, under our banners...
20: ...o take possession of the land, and explored the coast for some time, probably departing on [[July 20]]....
26: John's son [[Sebastian Cabot (explorer)|Sebastian Cabot]] later made a voyage to North America, ... - Fashion (7767 bytes)
20: ...] (left) with her counterpart from [[Venice]], in 1496-97. The Venetian lady's high [[clogs]] make her t...
21: ...recht D? recorded in his actual or composite contrast of Nuremburg and Venetian fashions at the close o...
35: ...egative aspects of [[capitalism]]: it results in waste and encourages people ''qua'' [[consumer]]s to b...
37: ...remains an equal or larger range designated (at least currently) 'out of fashion'. (These or similar fa...
39: ...be changed has been changed at some time. In the past, new discoveries and lesser-known parts of the wo... - William Howard Taft (15237 bytes)
71: ...t"|[[Postmaster General of the United States|Postmaster General]]||align="left"|'''[[Frank H. Hitchcock...
155: ...1493;ורד טאפט]] - Hernando de Soto explorer (34946 bytes)
1: '''Hernando De Soto''' (c.1496/1497 - 1542) was a [[Spanish people|Spanish]] exp...
3: ...e Soto's expedition ranged throughout the [[southeastern United States]] searching for gold and a passa...
5: ...ds to the west (which seemed at the time to be [[East Asia]]), the whispers of glory and wealth were to...
12: ...eón, Nicaragua]], and led an expedition up the coast of the [[Yucatán Peninsula]] searching for passa...
16: ...l (which later became known as [[Lima]]) on the coast. In 1535 King [[Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor|Cha... - Flight (3194 bytes)
16: The [[Peregrine Falcon]] is the fastest animal in the world; its [[terminal velocity]]...
57: [[he:טיסה]] - Temperature (22519 bytes)
10: ...ies include [[pressure]] and [[density]]. By contrast, [[mass]] and [[volume]] are [[extrinsic property...
17: ...ate change]] or [[Earth]]'s [[geology|geologic]] past see: [[Temperature record]]
50: ... which the [[molecule]]s and [[atom]]s have the least possible [[thermal energy]]. An important unit of...
234: [[is:Hitastig]]
236: [[he:טמפרטורה]]
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