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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. - Amerigo Vespucci (3736 bytes)
4: ...rneys along the eastern coastline of [[South America]] convinced him that a new continent had been dis...
10: ...erating his role and constructing deliberate fabrications, others have instead proposed that the two l...
12: ...nine form ''America''. (See also [[Naming of America]].) ''Amerigo'' itself is an Italian form of ''[[...
14: ...made four voyages to America, while at most three can be verified from other sources. It is now genera...
16: ...oyage. But his claim is clearly fraudulent, which casts more doubt on Vespucci's credibility. - Ponce De Leon (5480 bytes)
2: ...] on his second voyage to the [[New World]]. He became the first [[Governor of Puerto Rico]] by appoin...
4: ...tives had no immunity. Ponce de León, however, became rich while serving as Governor.
6: [[Image:Agueybana.JPG|right|thumb|Cacique Agueybana greeting Juan Ponce de León]]
9: ...ed in the ''Historia general de los hechos de los Castellanos'' of [[Antonio de Herrera y Tordesillas]...
11: ...[New York]] in 1882 using the bronze from English Cannons seized after the English attacked San Juan i... - Jamaica (16893 bytes)
1: ...[Hispaniola]], on which [[Haiti]] and the [[Dominican Republic]] are situated.
3: |+<big><big>'''Jamaica'''</big></big>
7: ...[[Image:Jamaica flag large.png|125px|Flag of Jamaica]]
8: ...ht="135px" | [[Image:Jamaica_coat_medium.gif|Jamaica: Coat of Arms]]
10: | align="center" width="140px" | ([[Flag of Jamaica|In Detail]]) - Hernan Cortes (17441 bytes)
2: '''Hernán(do) Cortés, marqués del Valle de Oaxaca''' ([[1485]]–[[December 2]], [[1547]]) was ...
5: ...[Francisco Pizarro]], who later conquered the [[Inca]] empire of modern-day [[Peru]] (not to be confus...
7: Cortés took classes at [[Salamanca]] but bitterly disappointed his parents by return...
10: ...d so well in the conquest of the [[Canary Islands|Canaries]] (eliminating the indigenous [[Guanches]])...
12: - Solenodons (2732 bytes)
2: ... image | image = [[Image:Solen5.jpg]] | caption = Hispaniolan Solenodon, ''S. paradoxus''}}
16: ''Solenodon marcanoi'' (extinct)
20: ...ted and may squeal or bite with little or no provocation.
22: ...03]]. The [[Marcano's Solenodon]] (''Solenodon marcanoi'') has gone extinct in the [[Holocene]]. - List of island countries (6641 bytes)
1: ...sland nation]]s''', political entities that are located on [[island]]s or island-[[continent]]s.
4: ===By political status===
12: *[[Cape Verde]]
16: *[[Dominica]]
17: *[[Dominican Republic]] - Mammal classification (78467 bytes)
1: ...as also seen a recent surge in interest and modification due to the results of [[molecular phylogeny|m...
3: ...assic "Principles of Classification and a Classification of Mammals" ([[#References|Simpson, 1945]]) w...
5: ...remained the closest thing to an official classification of mammals.
7: ==Standardized textbook classification==
9: A somewhat standardized classification system has been adopted by most current [[mam... - Estevanico the moor (3698 bytes)
2: ...slave servant in the Spanish explorer Cabeza de Vaca's party.
5: ...ism]]. He was sold in 1520 to Andrés Dorantes de Carranza, a [[Spanish nobility|Spanish nobleman]] wi...
7: ==American explorer==
8: ... [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|Native American]] tribes along the way. The party traversed the ...
10: ...the tribe regarded him with mistrust, partially because his medicine gourd was trimmed with feathers f... - Hernán Cortés (42809 bytes)
2: ...t phase of the [[Spanish colonization of the Americas]].
4: ...warded the title of ''Marqués del Valle de [[Oaxaca]]'', while the more prestigious title of [[New Sp...
6: ...és as an individual. As a result of these historical trends, descriptions of Cortés tend to be simpl...
10: ...z''' ({{IPA-es|kɔrˈtɛθ|IPA}}), in his time he called himself ''Hernando'' or ''Fernando Cortés''....
14: ... Lord of Monroy]], and wife Mencía de Orellana y Carvajal. - 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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