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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]]) - List of people by name: Ai (1915 bytes)
4: *[[Jan Santini Aichel|Aichel, Jan Santini]], (circa 1670-1723), Czech architect
5: ...Gregor Aichinger|Aichinger, Gregor]], (circa 1565-1628), German composer
9: ...al writer, librettist, playwright, member of the Acad魩e fran硩se
16: ...[[Troy Aikman|Aikman, Troy]], (born 1966), [[American football]] star
28: ...[[Joseph Aiuppa|Aiuppa, Joseph]], (1907-1997), Chicago [[mafia]] boss - Artemisia Gentileschi (23093 bytes)
1: ...ith]] Beheading [[Holofernes]]'' (1612-21) Oil on canvas 199 x 162 cm Galleria degli [[Uffizi]], Flore...
3: ...irst female painter to become a member of the [[Accademia dell' Arte del Disegno]] in Florence. She wa...
7: ...er father's style took heavily inspiration from [[Caravaggio]] during that period, her style was just ...
10: ...e of the [[Bologna]] school (which had [[Annibale Carracci]] among its major artists).
12: ...iosi Palace]] in [[Rome]], so Orazio hired the Tuscan painter to tutor his daughter privately. The unf... - Circulatory system (8794 bytes)
1: The '''circulatory system''' or '''cardiovascular system''' is the [[organ (anatomy)|or...
2: [[Image:Heart_crca.jpg|thumb|200px|Human Heart Clipart provided by [...
15: ...ph]] in this case) through the arteries to spaces called [[sinuses]] which surround the organs, allowi...
18: ...e system of blood vessels consisting of arteries, capillaries and veins.
20: ...gh the capillaries of the [[gill]]s and on to the capillaries of the body tissues. This is known as ''... - Printing (4400 bytes)
4: ...producing copies of [[text]]s and [[image]]s, typically with [[ink]] on [[paper]] using a [[printing p...
6: ...hich is principally used for [[newspaper]]s and [[catalogue]]s). The largest commercial and industria...
11: ...est surviving book printed using the more sophisticated [[block printing]] dates from 868 AD (The ''[[...
15: ...ssachusetts Bay in 1628, and helped establish the Cambridge Press.
17: In ''Prints and Visual Communication'', [[William Ivins]] offers the following con... - 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... - Barbados (21887 bytes)
1: ...with some hills in the island's interior. It is located 13? north of the [[Equator]] and 59? west of t...
3: ...island's interior are also dotted with large sugarcane estates and wide [[pastures]] with many good vi...
9: ...lodoid-Barrancoid. For the next few centries, the Caribs—like the Arawak and the Salodoid-Barran...
11: ...[[Slavery|slave labor]] on [[plantation]]s. Other Caribs fled the island, moving elsewhere.
13: ...ess, Barbados always enjoyed a large measure of local autonomy. Its House of Assembly began meeting in... - 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 microscope technology (1673 bytes)
5: ...by later writers ([[Pierre Borel]] 1620 - 1671 or 1628 - 1689 and [[Willem Boreel]] 1591 - 1668) to have...
6: ...o'' or compound microscope with a convex and a concave lens.
10: ...ino'' to Prince Federico Cesi, founder of the ''Accademia dei Lincei'' (in English, ''The [[Linceans]]...
12: ...ublishes ''Micrographia'', a collection of biological micrographs. He coins the word ''cell'' for the...
13: ...mproves on a simple microscope for viewing biological specimens. - Thomas Hobbes (26163 bytes)
4: ...h (people)|English]] [[Political philosophy|political philosopher]], most famous for his book ''[[Levi...
6: ...es|Descartes]] and wrote one of the replies to Descartes' ''Meditations.''
8: ==Early life and education==
10: ...e care of an older brother Francis. Hobbes was educated at Westport church from the age of four, passe...
12: ...William Cavendish, 3rd Earl of Devonshire|William Cavendish]], Baron of Hardwick (and later [[Duke of ... - Rene Descartes (17976 bytes)
1: ...estern World. He is also known for inventing the Cartesian coordinate system used in plane geometry a...
2: ...portrait-photo-image-crca.jpg|thumb|400px|Rene Descartes Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.co...
4: Descartes frequently contrasted his views with those of...
6: ...nvention of the [[calculus]] and [[analysis]]. Descartes's reflections on mind and mechanism began the...
11: ...at the University of [[Poitiers]], earning a ''Baccalauréat'' and ''Licence'' in [[law]] in [[1616]]. - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
1: ... the history of philosophy)'', '''listed alphabetically:'''
65: *[[Ammonius Saccas]], (3rd century){{fn|C}}
80: *[[Anselm of Canterbury|Anselm]], (1034-1109){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn...
81: *[[Antiochus of Ascalon]], (c. 130-68 BC){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R}}
165: *[[Cesare, Marquis of Beccaria]], (1738-1794){{fn|C}} - Samuel de Champlain (12497 bytes)
3: ...pend several months or years exploring North America and then he would have to head back to France to ...
7: ...[[September 20]], wrote an account of his travels called ''Des sauvages'' (The Savages).
9: ...he [[Habitation at Port-Royal]] (which had been located with Champlain's assistance), where Champlain ...
13: ... one of his passions, which he embarked on periodically for the rest of his life.
19: ...ain attempted to form better relations with the local Indians. He made alliances with the [[Huron]] an... - Linnaean classification (11503 bytes)
1: ...e science of [[taxonomy]] or [[systematics|biological systematics]].
9: ...ner]] (1516–1565). Gesner's work was a critical compilation of life known at the time.
11: ...he research of people like [[Marcello Malpighi]] (1628–1694), [[Jan Swammerdam]] (1637–1680)...
13: ...ral theology. The approach he took to the classification of plants in his [[Historia Plantarum]] was a...
17: ...or his introduction of a method of modern classification; he created systematic zoology and botany in ... - Medieval medicine (14745 bytes)
1: ...influences played as great a part as any physical cause.
7: ... profession were loose and movable. Classical medical texts, such as those by [[Galen]], were widely u...
9: ...es. Such spells had to be separated from the physical remedies, or replaced with Christian prayers or ...
17: ...ons from a variety of classical works alongside local folk remedies.
19: ...es, even though by the [[Thirteenth Century]] medical leadership had passed to the newer universities ...
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