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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]]) - Francisco Vasquez de Coronado (3639 bytes)
1: ...ain|Spanish]] [[conquistador]], who in [[1540]]-[[1542]] visited [[New Mexico]] and other parts of the s...
3: ...tion.jpg|thumb|500px|The Coronado Expedition 1540-1542.]]
5: He was born in [[Salamanca]], [[Spain]].
7: ...s, and 1000 slaves, both native Americans and Africans.
11: ...orado River (U.S.)|Colorado]]). [[Garcia Lopez de Cardenas]] was sent out to find this river, and foun... - 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. - Jacques Cartier (8139 bytes)
1: [[Image:Cartier.png|thumb|200px|right|Jacques Cartier]]
3: ...e major discoverers of [[Canada]], or more specifically, the interior eastern region that would become...
5: ...nd improved his social status in 1520 by marrying Catherine des Granches, member of a leading ship-own...
7: No contemporary portrait of Jacques Cartier has been found and the most familiar portrai...
9: ...ties can be easily ascertained. Considering that Cartier made three voyages of discovery in dangerous... - Mary I of Scotland (27810 bytes)
7: ...he best known of the Scottish monarchs, in part because of the tragedy of her life.
12: ... West Lothian, [[Scotland]], on [[December 8]], [[1542]] to King [[James V of Scotland]] and his French ...
14: ...ons, who were listed in that parliamentary act, because the legitimacy of Robert's children of first m...
15: ...emi-Salic]] situation, Mary ascended the throne because all other male lines of the royal house had go...
17: ...e birth and prophesied, "The devil go with it! It came with a lass, it will gang with a lass!" The Ste... - Arizona (24367 bytes)
11: Nickname = The [[Grand Canyon]] State, The Copper State |
12: Capital = [[Phoenix, Arizona|Phoenix]] |
46: Nickname = The Grand Canyon State |
47: Capital = [[Phoenix, Arizona|Phoenix]] |
48: Bird = [[Cactus Wren]] | - California (63989 bytes)
2: Name = California|
3: Fullname = State of California ! |
4: Flag = California state flag.png |
5: Flaglink = [[Flag of California]] |
6: Seal = California state seal.png | - New Mexico (31079 bytes)
10: Capital = [[Santa Fe, New Mexico|Santa Fe]] |
38: ...or their strong Spanish, Mexican, and Native American cultural influences. For a variety of reasons, s...
42: === Native American Pueblos ===
44: ...n]] ruins indicate a presence at modern Santa Fe. Caves in the [[Sandia Mountains]] near Albuquerque c...
46: ...s in [[1540]]-[[1542]]. Coronado camped near an excavated pueblo today preserved as [[Coronado State M... - 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]]) - Timeline of United States pre-history (before 1600) (1679 bytes)
9: ...ean since the [[Viking]]s to reach the North American mainland, which he claims for [[England]]
15: *[[1519]]-[[HernᮠCort鳝] defeats [[Tlaxcala]], a small state neighboring the [[Aztec]] empi...
18: ...ce]], explores coastline from present-day [[North Carolina]] to [[Maine]]
19: ...ning Spanish claims to the interior of North America - History of California (38344 bytes)
1: ... in the 20th century and beyond, see [[History of California (20th century)]].}}
3: ...zation means that most of the known '''history of California''' begins with European exploration.
7: ...California Poppy|California golden poppies]] ''circa'' [[1910]].]]
10: [[Image:Tunnel view.jpg|thumb|300px|California's [[Yosemite Valley]].]]
11: ...Arlington Springs Woman]] on [[Santa Rosa Island, California|Santa Rosa Island]] are among the traces ... - Nicolaus Copernicus (26283 bytes)
3: ...es rendered were in [[Royal Prussia]] as church [[canon]], governor and administrator, [[jurist]], [[a...
8: ...ecame canon in [[Frombork]]. A sister, Barbara, became a [[Benedictine]] nun and the other sister, Kat...
10: ...ous [[astronomer]]. He followed his lessons and became a disciple and assistant.
14: ...nd Copernicus was named a canon in the Frombork [[cathedral]], but he waited in Italy for the great [[...
16: ...where in [[1503]] received his doctoral degree in canon law. It has been supposed that it was in Padua... - San Francisco, California (55022 bytes)
4: official_name = San Francisco, California |
6: image_flag = Us-ca-sf.png |
8: image_map = California map showing San Francisco County.png |
9: ...cation of the City and County of San Francisco in California |
28: website = http://www.ci.sf.ca.us/ | - Hernando de Soto (explorer) (19418 bytes)
2: ... the side of Pedro Arias d'Avila (Pedrarias), [[Nicaragua]] and was with [[Francisco Pizarro]] in [[Pe...
4: == Travels and Career ==
5: ...his discovery and colonization voyage through [[Nicaragua]] and [[Honduras]].
6:
7: ...oto led his own expedition along the coast of [[Yucatan]], hoping to find a direct connection by sea b... - Cabeza de Vaca (4807 bytes)
1: ...w World]] and is remembered as a protoanthropological author.
3: ...lating his shipwreck and wanderings in North America, he refers to his forefather's service to the Kin...
5: ...ermed ''Malhado'', or Island of Doom) but later escaped and eventually reached [[Mexico City]].
7: ...ed [[Pánfilo de Narváez]] (whose ineptitude had caused the deaths of most of the party) as governor ...
9: ...rated and wrote an extensive report on South America, which bound with his earlier ''La Relación'' an... - Francisco Coronado (5090 bytes)
1: ...ow the [[United States]]. He was born in [[Salamanca]], [[Spain]].
5: ...and several slaves, both native Americans and Africans.
10: ...the first European to see the magnificent [[Grand Canyon]]. [[Hernando de Alvarado]] was sent east, an...
12: ...e Turk as his guide. He traversed the [[Llano Estacado]] and what is now the [[Texas Panhandle]], and ...
14: ...y the same route he had come. Only 100 of his men came back with him. Although the expedition was a co... - Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo (4763 bytes)
2: ...]. He also helped found the city of [[Oaxaca, Oaxaca]], in [[Mexico]].
5: ...rth and parentage are also unknown, but events in Cabrillo’s life lead Kelsey to believe he was born...
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]] - Apache (7848 bytes)
3: ...erican]]s, aboriginal inhabitants of [[North America]], who speak an [[Southern Athabaskan languages|S...
8: ...ests a recent entry of these people into the American Southwest, with substantial numbers not present ...
12: ...ow the cattle. They have dogs which they load to carry their tents, poles, and belongings.'' (See Ha...
14: ...n those used for hauling loads by modern northern Canadian peoples. Recent experiments show these dog...
16: ...ern Athabaskans may have lived are difficult to locate, and even more difficult to firmly identify as ... - Inquisition (9274 bytes)
1: ...l governments are subjects of considerable historical inquiry.
5: ...iciently from the orthodoxy of the councils now became the objects of efforts to bring them into the f...
7: ... But in the [[Middle Ages]] a permanent structure came into being to combat heresies. Beginning in the...
11: There were four Inquisitions; in chronological order, they were the [[Medieval Inquisition]], t...
16: ... the "episcopal" because it was administered by local [[bishop]]s, which in Greek is ''episcopos''. Th... - Navajo Nation (14007 bytes)
2: ... within the [[United States|United States of America]]. The [[2000]] [[census]] reported 253,000 Navaj...
6: [[Image:Canyon_de_Chelly.jpg|thumb|300px|Canyon de Chelly]]
7: ...[Shiprock]] landmark. The seat of government is located at the town of [[Window Rock, Arizona]].
9: ...s ''[[Navajo]]'', also spelled ''Navaho''. Navajo call themselves ''Din駧, a term from the [[Navajo l...
13: ...ior|Department of the Interior]] attempted to relocate Din頬iving in the [[Navajo/Hopi Joint Use Area...
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