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- Costa Rica (12931 bytes)
1: ...efered to as the "[[Switzerland]] of [[Latin America]]."
3: ''See also: [[Military of Costa Rica]]''
6: |+<big><big>'''Rep?a de Costa Rica'''</big></big>
10: | align="center" width="140px" | [[Image:Costa rica flag large.png|125px|]]
11: ...align="center" width="140px" | ([[Flag of Costa Rica|Full Size]]) - 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 maritime explorers (2541 bytes)
27: *[[Alvise Cadamosto]]
31: *[[Alvaro Caminha]]
37: *[[Pedro Álvares Cabral]]
38: *[[Pêro Vaz de Caminha]]
51: *[[Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo|João Rodrigues Cabrilho]] - List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
8: *[[Abaris]], (circa 8th century BC), priest of [[Apollo (god)|Apollo]...
14: ...[[Abba Mari|Abba Mari ben Moses ben Joseph]], (circa 14th century), French rabbi
28: ..., Archbishop George]], (1562-1633), Archbishop of Canterbury
29: ...a Abbot|Abbot, Ezra]], (1819-1884), American biblical scholar
37: *[[Emma Abbott|Abbott, Emma]], (1849-1891), American singer - Billie Holiday (6766 bytes)
1: ...ght|thumb|<small>Billie Holiday photographed by [[Carl Van Vechten]], 1949</small>]]
3: ...a difficult childhood which affected her life and career.
9: ...rnity. This stems from a copy of her birth certificate in Baltimore archives that lists the father as ...
14: ...by [[record producer]] [[John Hammond]] at a club called Monette's (there is still some dispute among ...
18: ...mpensated for this shortcoming, however, with impecable timing, nuanced phrasing, and emotional immedi... - Adam and Eve (8913 bytes)
17: ...([[Hebrew language|Hebrew]]: ''Chava'' "life"), because she was the mother of all living. Being induce...
22: ... subject of much debate). [[Judaism]] holds the [[Cave of Machpelah]] in [[Hebron]] as the traditional...
26: ... Satan'', Cain's twin sister is named Luluwa, and Abel's twin sister is named Aklia.
28: ...re are a number of [[Pseudepigrapha|pseudepigraphical]] works about Adam and Eve:
32: *The Gnostic [[Apocalypse of Adam]]. - Rhododendron (3464 bytes)
2: ...on-by-eiffel-public-domain-20040617.jpg|250px]] | caption = ''Rhododendron ponticum''}}
7: {{Taxobox_ordo_entry | taxon = [[Ericales]]}}
8: {{Taxobox familia entry | taxon = [[Ericaceae]]}}
13: *''Candidastrum''
24: ...subsection and series. These subgenera can be basically divided into four groups: - John Tyler (18019 bytes)
3: <caption><font size="+1">'''John Tyler'''</font></caption>
17: ...t of political parties in the United States|Political Party]]:'''</td><td>[[United States Whig Party|W...
25: ...ggressive handling of the South Carolina [[nullification]] issue.
27: ... and Tyler too" are among the most famous in American politics. He assumed the presidency upon Harriso...
29: ...at aspect of succession (until the [[1967]] ratification of the [[Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United... - 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... - Zimbabwe (16088 bytes)
1: ...r|Limpopo]] rivers. It is bordered by [[South Africa]] to the south, [[Botswana]] to the west, [[Zambi...
14: | align=center style="vertical-align: top;" colspan=2 | <small>''[[List of stat...
16: ...olspan=2 style="background: #ffffff;" | [[image:LocationZimbabwe.png]]
20: | '''[[Capital]]''' || [[Harare]]<br><small>{{coor dm|17|50...
38: | '''[[List of country calling codes|Calling Code]]''' || 263 - Connecticut (28543 bytes)
9: Capital = [[Hartford, Connecticut|Hartford]]...
36: ... that revolted against British rule in the [[American Revolution]].
47: ...nties]] are still widely used for purely geographical purposes, ''e.g.'' in [[weather report]]s. There...
49: ...rnor of Connecticut]] is [[M. Jodi Rell]] (Republican) and the two U.S. senators are [[Christopher J. ...
52: ...o the days when the two cities shared the state's capital, and even back to when New Haven and Hartfor... - Mathematics (24164 bytes)
1: ...e study of the [[shape]]s and [[motion]]s of physical objects.
3: ...mathematics includes the mathematics used to do [[calculation]]s and is an indispensable tool in the [...
7: The evolution of mathematics can be seen to be an ever increasing series of abstr...
8: ...]] (e.g. [[addition]], [[subtraction]], [[multiplication]] and [[division (mathematics)|division]]).
12: ...to predict astronomical events. These three needs can be roughly related to the broad subdivision of m... - Jimmy Carter (33280 bytes)
1: :''For the submarine, see [[USS Jimmy Carter (SSN-23)]].''
2: {{Infobox President | name=James Earl Carter, Jr.
3: | nationality=american
4: | image name=Presidentcarter.jpg
15: | wife=[[Rosalynn Carter]] - James Cook (14770 bytes)
1: [[Image:captainjamescookportrait.jpg|thumb|250px|British exp...
3: ...ts main shorelines were mapped. Cook was also a [[cartographer|map maker]].
12: ...1759]]. He showed a talent for [[surveying]] and cartography and was responsible for mapping much of ...
14: ...ographic skills, courage in exploring dangerous locations to confirm the facts (''e.g.'' dipping into ...
18: ...]] in [[Tahiti]], where he built a small [[Fortification|fort]] and [[observatory]] to observe the tra... - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
1: ...elow in [[English language|English]] [[alphabet]]ical [[transliteration]] order (by [[surname]]).
9: *[[Niels Henrik Abel]] (Norway, [[1802]] - [[1829]])
12: ... Abraham|Ralph H. Abraham]] (USA, [[University of California, Santa Cruz]])
37: *[[Cahit Arf]] (Turkey, [[1910]] - [[1997]])
99: *[[Carlo Emilio Bonferroni]] (Italy [[1892]] - [[1960]]... - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
1: ... the history of philosophy)'', '''listed alphabetically:'''
9: *[[Jacob Friedrich von Abel]], (1751-1829)
10: *[[Pierre Ab鬡rd]] (or ''Peter Abelard''), (1079-1142){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R}}
65: *[[Ammonius Saccas]], (3rd century){{fn|C}}
80: *[[Anselm of Canterbury|Anselm]], (1034-1109){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn... - Berlin Wall (23423 bytes)
7: ...ng the closing months of [[World War II]]. As the capital, the city was specially divided by the Allie...
9: ...ions between the Soviets and the western allies escalated. Conflict over a [[currency reform]] in [[19...
11: ...a key factor in the decision to make [[Bonn]] the capital of West Germany in preference to either West...
13: ...mmunist bloc and particularly the Soviet Union, because East Germany's economy was being subsidized by...
17: The impetus for the creation of the Berlin Wall came from East German leader [[Walter Ulbricht]], wh... - Ethel and Julius Rosenberg (17212 bytes)
3: ... of espionage for which he was convicted). Specifically, the couple were charged with [[conspiracy]] t...
7: ...s]] where he worked on [[radar]] equipment. He became a leader in the [[Young Communist League]], whe...
9: ...ook a secretary job at a shipping company. She became involved in labor disputes and joined the [[You...
11: ...give secret information to Russian agents, many because they were sympathetic to communism (or the Sov...
13: ...]] that [[Klaus Fuchs]], a German refugee theoretical physicist working for the British mission in the... - Daniel Webster (10835 bytes)
7: ...h him but also sent him to the [[Phillips Exeter Academy]] in [[Exeter, New Hampshire]].
9: ...d in tears. The reason for his short stay at the academy is unknown but seems likely to be simply the ...
11: ...pshire]]. In [[1807]] his father took over the Boscawen firm when Webster opened a new practice in [[P...
15: ==Early political career==
17: ...reputation as a lawyer grew quickly and he also became a [[United States Federalist Party|Federalist p... - Pacific Ocean (14615 bytes)
3: ...the ocean is often placed at the [[Strait of Malacca]]. The lowest point on earth—the [[Mariana ...
7: ...n Sea]] and [[Yellow Sea]]. The [[Straits of Malacca]] joins the Pacific and the [[Indian ocean]]s on ...
9: ...nd often rocked by [[earthquake]]s. [[Tsunami]]s, caused by underwater earthquakes, have devastated ma...
18: ...ly small land area drains into the Pacific, and because of the ocean's immense size, most sediments ar...
26: ...f the temperate latitudes salinity is also low, because little evaporation of seawater takes place in ...
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