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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
6: ...th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
7: ...th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
14: *[[Charles Albanel]] (1616-1696), Canada
21: ...aval officer, several expeditions to the [[Canada|Canadian]] [[Arctic]]
22: ...century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of [[North America]]) - Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
1: ...October 12th [[1492]] under the flag of [[Castile|Castilian]] [[Spain]]. He believed that the [[earth]...
3: ...explorations were not the first to reach the Americas, they inaugurated permanent contact between the ...
5: ...ess than two decades later, the existence of America was known to the general public throughout Europe...
7: ...s of [[Central America|Central]] and [[South America]]. He never reached the present-day [[United Stat...
9: ...he first large-scale [[colonization]] of the Americas by Europeans. - Alexandria (28378 bytes)
1: ... east, near the ancient city of [[Canopus (Egypt)|Canopus]]. It has a population of approximately 3,34...
3: ...ig;val Islamic rulers its status as the country's capital was ended, and it fell into a long decline, ...
7: ...n Alexandria's Eastern Harbour, close to Kait Bey Castle]]
19: ... the arrival of flocks of birds to eat it. In any case, the story explains Alexandria's role as the sh...
23: ...to the author known as [[Alexander Romance|pseudo-Callisthenes]]. - Age of Exploration (14467 bytes)
1: ...[Vasco da Gama]], [[Pedro ?vares Cabral]], [[John Cabot]], [[Juan Ponce de Le, and [[Ferdinand Mag...
3: ...the invention of first the [[Carrack]] and then [[caravel]] in [[Iberia]]. These that were a combinati...
7: ... much of Eurasia creating trade routes and communication lines stretching from the Middle East to Chin...
9: ... first of these travelers was [[Giovanni de Plano Carpini]] who journeyed to [[Mongolia]] and back fro...
11: ...kly as it formed and soon the route to the east became far more difficult and dangerous. The [[Black D... - Alexander of Aphrodisias (2599 bytes)
1: ...expositor"), was a native of [[Aphrodisias]] in [[Caria]].
3: ...ns]] towards the end of the [[2nd century]] AD, became head of the [[Lyceum]] and lectured on [[peripa...
4: ...doctrine from the [[syncretism]] of [[Ammonius Saccas|Ammonius]] and to reproduce the pure doctrine of...
7: *the ''Analytica Priora'', i
8: *the ''Topica'' - List of painters (54090 bytes)
8: *[[Salvador Dali]], ([[1904]]-[[1989]]), Catalan artist
13: *[[Pablo Picasso]], ([[1881]]-[[1973]]), Spanish [[Cubism|cubis...
26: *[[Bernard Accama]] ([[1697]]-[[1756]])
57: *[[Carl Andre]] ([[1935]]-)
73: *[[Hendrick Avercamp]] ([[1585]]-[[1634]]) - Leonardo da Vinci (25889 bytes)
7: ...sant girl. It has also been suggested, albeit on scanty evidence, that she was a [[Middle East|Middle ...
9: ...s". Presumably he did not use his father's name because of his illegitimate status.
14: Later, he became an independent painter in Florence.
16: ...e]]. After two months in jail, he was acquitted because no witnesses stepped forward. For some time af...
20: ...al]]. One of his loves may have been Gian Giacomo Caprotti da Oreno (nicknamed Salai (Little Devil)). ... - Florence (11538 bytes)
1: ...on of Tuscany and briefly ([[1865]]-[[1871]]) the capital of the kingdom of Italy. Florence was long r...
21: ...ano della Bella]], that resulted in a set of laws called the [[Ordinances of Justice]] ([[1293]]).
23: ...f the Ciompi]]. After their suppression, the city came under the sway ([[1382]]-[[1434]]) of the [[Alb...
25: ...can prior [[Girolamo Savonarola]], whose monomaniacal persecution of the widespread Florentine [[Homos...
27: ...have often been seen as a legitimisation of political expediency and even malpractice. Commissioned by... - History of India (31279 bytes)
8: ...a]], contributed greatly to India's cultural landscape. Beginning around [[180 BC]], a series of invas...
26: ...h a series of five more tests in [[1998]]. Significant economic reforms beginning in [[1991]], have tr...
36: ...dia was the '''Indus Valley Civilization''', also called the Harappan civilization, which thrived betw...
38: ...gh India may bear some of the most extreme geological and climatic features, these difficult condition...
40: ...h large scale growth in so small a period of time can be attributed to two factors, an organized civil... - John Cabot (5966 bytes)
2: ... popularly credited as the modern discoverer of [[Canada]], or at least the region that would become t...
4: ...oute to [[Asia]]. He ended up in the [[North America]]n mainland, he and his men being the first [[Eur...
6: ... he moved to [[Venice]] in his youth, and later became a Venetian citizen.
8: ...mage:Johncabotbonavista.jpg|left|thumb|150px|John Cabot in Bonavista, Newfoundland]]
10: ...for himself. He went with his plans to England, because he incorrectly thought [[spices]] were coming ... - Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo (4763 bytes)
2: ...]. He also helped found the city of [[Oaxaca, Oaxaca]], in [[Mexico]].
5: ...ey to believe he was born of poor parents "around 1498 or 1500," and then worked for his keep in the hom...
8: Rodríguez Cabrillo shipped for [[Havana]] as a lad and joined ...
10: ... providing a route for the [[Northwest Passage]]. Cabrillo, who had started life as a shipbuilder's bo...
11: ...ght|The Cabrillo National Monument in San Diego, California]] - Ancient India (31279 bytes)
8: ...a]], contributed greatly to India's cultural landscape. Beginning around [[180 BC]], a series of invas...
26: ...h a series of five more tests in [[1998]]. Significant economic reforms beginning in [[1991]], have tr...
36: ...dia was the '''Indus Valley Civilization''', also called the Harappan civilization, which thrived betw...
38: ...gh India may bear some of the most extreme geological and climatic features, these difficult condition...
40: ...h large scale growth in so small a period of time can be attributed to two factors, an organized civil...
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