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- 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. - 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... - Crocodile (5982 bytes)
3: ...[image:NileCrocodile.jpg|Nile Crocodile|240px]] | caption = [[Nile Crocodile]]}}
16: ...t is, the true crocodiles; the [[alligator]]s and caimans (family [[Alligatoridae]]); and the Gharial ...
18: ...f the tropics in [[Africa]], [[Asia]], the [[Americas]] and [[Australia]]. Crocodiles tend to live in ...
20: ...Alligators]], and possibly the endangered [[Black Caiman]], are also dangerous to humans.
22: ...king with a rush. As cold-blooded predators, they can survive long periods without food, and rarely ne... - Boto (5572 bytes)
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15: ...map_Amazon_River_Dolphin.PNG|200px|Boto range]] | caption= Boto range}}
17: ...in]]. It is endemic to the [[Amazon River]] and [[Orinoco River]] systems. The Boto is the largest of the r...
26: Rice's 1998 classification lists a single species, ''I. geoffrensis'', i...
30: :''I.g. humboldtiana'' - Orinoco basin population - Woodpecker (14469 bytes)
2: ... Harry_woodpecker_on_house_20050108.jpg|200px]] | caption = [[Hairy Woodpecker]]}}
17: ...ound in some woodpeckers can be darted forward to capture insects.
19: ...eir rivals, and a method of [[Echolocation|echo-locating]] [[larva|grub]]s under the bark of the tree.
21: ...odpeckers inspired [[Walter Lantz]] to create the cartoon character [[Woody Woodpecker]].
27: * '''Family Capitonidae''', ([[barbet]]s) - River (12397 bytes)
1: [[Image:Nile_river.jpg|300px|right|thumb|A Feluca sailing down the nile river.Image provided by [ht...
4: ...e level]], commonly called its mouth, a river typically widens at its end and forms what is known as a...
7: ...nd leaving a remnant, [[oxbow lake]]. Rivers that carry large amounts of [[sediment]] develop conspicu...
13: ...he area drained by a river and its tributaries is called its [[watershed]].
22: ...vers are much different from those of the ocean because the water is [[fresh water|sweet]] (non-salty)... - Geese and Ducks (6827 bytes)
2: ...= [[Image:CanadaGoose.jpg|240px]] | caption = A [[Canada Goose]]}}
24: ...orth and wintering much further south. However, escapes and introductions have led to resident feral p...
26: Geese have been domesticated for centuries. In the West, farmyard geese are...
28: ...eese eat an exclusively vegetarian diet, and some can become pests when flocks feed on arable crops.
33: A group of geese on the ground is called a ''gaggle''. When flying, a group of geese i... - Woodpeckers (14469 bytes)
2: ... Harry_woodpecker_on_house_20050108.jpg|200px]] | caption = [[Hairy Woodpecker]]}}
17: ...ound in some woodpeckers can be darted forward to capture insects.
19: ...eir rivals, and a method of [[Echolocation|echo-locating]] [[larva|grub]]s under the bark of the tree.
21: ...odpeckers inspired [[Walter Lantz]] to create the cartoon character [[Woody Woodpecker]].
27: * '''Family Capitonidae''', ([[barbet]]s) - List of steel producers (917 bytes)
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