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  1. List of explorers (24013 bytes)
    8: *[[Francisco de Almeida]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] naval explorer...
    14: *[[Charles Albanel]] (1616-1696), Canada
    21: ...] naval officer, several expeditions to the [[Canada|Canadian]] [[Arctic]]
    23: ...]], first to sight the [[Pacific Ocean]], founded Darién, oldest surviving European settlement in the...
    38: *[[Saint Brendan]] - [[Ireland|Irish]] [[abbot]] who sailed the [...
  2. Francisco Vasquez de Coronado (3639 bytes)
    1: ...as a [[Spain|Spanish]] [[conquistador]], who in [[1540]]-[[1542]] visited [[New Mexico]] and other parts...
    3: ...xpedition.jpg|thumb|500px|The Coronado Expedition 1540-1542.]]
    7: ...ecided to try to get that [[gold]]. He set out in 1540, joined by a large expedition of 340 Spanish, 300...
    9: ...ed the [[Gila]] to Cibola, in the west of present-day New Mexico. There he was met by disappointment. ...
    12: ...nter quarters in one of them, [[Tiguex]] (present-day [[Bernalillo]] near [[Albuquerque, New Mexico]])...
  3. List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
    15: *[[Frank Abbandando|Abbandando, Frank]], (1910-1942), Mafia hitman
    34: *[[Dimebag Darrell|Abbott, Darrell]], (1966-2004), US musician
    69: *[[Thomas Abel|Abel, Thomas]], (circa 1497-1540), an English priest
    114: ...], (circa 1000 BC), Biblical figure, third son of David
    115: *[[Absalon]], (circa 1128-1201), Danish archbishop
  4. List of people by name: Ac (3800 bytes)
    38: *[[Johann Adam Ackermann|Ackermann, Johann Adam]] (1780-1853)
    43: ...Magdalene Charlotte Ackermann|Ackermann, Marie Magdalene Charlotte]] (1757-1775)
    53: *[[Jose de Acosta|Acosta, Jose de]] (1540-1600)
  5. Arizona (24367 bytes)
    20: LandArea = 294,312 |
    28: AdmittanceDate = [[February 14]], [[1912]] |
    29: ... [[UTC]]-7<br /><small>(Arizona doesn't observe [[Daylight saving time|DST]] except in the [[Navajo Na...
    67: Dance = Unknown |
    82: ...iver]], bordering [[New Mexico]], [[Utah]], [[Nevada]], [[California]] and [[Mexico]], and touching [[...
  6. Georgia (U.S. state) (26579 bytes)
    16: LandArea = 150,132 |
    24: AdmittanceDate = [[January 2]], [[1788]] |
    25: ...Eastern Standard Time Zone|Eastern]]: [[UTC]]-5/[[Daylight saving time|-4]] |
    48: ...rnando de Soto (explorer)|Hernando de Soto]] in [[1540]], had completely disappeared by [[1560]].
    50: ... the Spanish moving north from their base in Florida. In [[1724]], it was first suggested that what wa...
  7. Utah (29154 bytes)
    18: LandArea = 212,751 |
    26: AdmittanceDate = [[January 4]], [[1896]] |
    27: ...untain Standard Time Zone|Mountain]]: [[UTC]]-7/[[Daylight saving time|-6]] |
    59: Dance = N/A |
    76: ... center of the [[Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] (LDS or [[Mormon]] Church), of which ap...
  8. New Mexico (31079 bytes)
    17: LandArea = 314,590 |
    25: AdmittanceDate = [[January 6]], [[1912]] |
    26: ...untain Standard Time Zone|Mountain]]: [[UTC]]-7/[[Daylight saving time|-6]] |
    46: ...542]]. Coronado camped near an excavated pueblo today preserved as [[Coronado State Monument]] in [[15...
    52: ...ted Native Americans to forced labor on the haciendas and attempted to convert them to Christianity. T...
  9. List of painters (54090 bytes)
    8: *[[Salvador Dali]], ([[1904]]-[[1989]]), Catalan artist
    11: *[[Leonardo da Vinci]], ([[1452]]-[[1519]]), Italian painter, sc...
    29: *[[Franklin Adams]]
    45: *[[David Allan]] ([[1744]]-[[1796]])
    110: *[[David Bates (painter)|David Bates]] ([[1952]]-)
  10. Castle (27805 bytes)
    2: ...astle" designations, relics of the [[feudalism|feudal]] age, often remained attached to the dwelling, ...
    4: ...y of Japan|Japanese history]], where the feudal [[Daimyo]] inhabited them.
    26: ...as lower grade housing within the walls to accommodate some of the key population of the local area, s...
    30: ...structures and many survive through to the modern day; they are now mostly considered monuments.
    48: ... in the life of John, [[bishop]] of Terouanne (''Ada Sanctorum'', quoted by GT Clark, ''Medieval Mil. ...
  11. Francesco Guicciardini (1068 bytes)
    1: ...cciardini''' ([[March 6]], [[1483]]-[[May 22]], [[1540]]), [[Florentine]] [[historian]] and [[statesman]...
    18: * ''Storia d'Italia'' (1537-1540)
  12. Protestant Reformation (26890 bytes)
    6: * [[Jan Hus]], [[John Wycliffe]], [[William Tyndale]]
    20: ...tural debate about religious reforms and later fundamental religious values. Historians would generall...
    24: ...enturies,</b> the combination of both a newly abundant labor supply as well as improved productivity, ...
    28: ...breakdown of the [[philosophy|philosophical]] foundations of [[scholasticism]], the new [[nominalism]]...
    30: ... to reason. The European Renaissance laid the foundation for the Northern humanists in its reinforceme...
  13. Gerardus Mercator (3294 bytes)
    7: '''Gerardus Mercator''' ([[March 5]], [[1512]] &ndash; [[December 2]], [[1594]]) was a [[Flanders|Fle...
    9: ... of the world ([[1538]]) and a map of Flanders ([[1540]]). During this period he learned [[Italic]] scri...
  14. Hernando de Soto (explorer) (19418 bytes)
    2: ...th century through the southeast and midwest of today's [[United States|USA]].
    6: ...reason and defeated Gonzales's army. As a result, Davilas leadership was secured and de Soto gained hi...
    13: ... [[1537]], [[In鳠de Bobadilla]], the daughter of Davila. She came from one of the most respectable fa...
    15: ... [[governor]] of [[Cuba]] ''y adelante de La Florida'' (meaning: all lands north of Mexico) by [[Emper...
    17: == Expedition to Florida 1538-1542 ==
  15. Francis Drake (14963 bytes)
    1: ...sDrake.jpg|framed|Sir Francis Drake, c. [[1540]]&ndash;[[1596]].]]
    2: ...he English fleet which defeated the [[Spanish Armada]] in [[1588]].
    7: ...n and could be as early as [[1535]]. The [[1540]] date is taken from a portrait painted quite late in ...
    12: ...se attack in violation of a truce agreed to a few days before, nearly costing Drake his life. From the...
    13: ..., Drake raided the waters around [[Dari鮬 Panama|Darien]] (in modern [[Panama]]) and tracked the Silv...
  16. Cabeza de Vaca (4807 bytes)
    1: ...''Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca''' (c. [[1490]] &ndash; c. [[1559]]) was an early [[Spain|Spanish]] ex...
    7: ...eaths of most of the party) as governor of [[Florida]] and return there, but [[Charles V, Holy Roman E...
    9: Instead, in [[1540]] he was appointed governor of [[La Plata]], in w...
    24: ...t/index.html Cabeza de Vaca's ''La Relación''] &ndash; contains hi-res photography of the 1555 editio...
    25: ...uñez Cabeza de Vaca and his companions from Florida to the Pacific, 1528-1536''], hosted by the Porta...
  17. Francisco Coronado (5090 bytes)
    1: ...[[Spain|Spanish]] [[conquistador]], who between [[1540]]-[[1542]] visited [[New Mexico]] and other parts...
    5: ... cities and take all of their gold. He set out in 1540, joined by a large expedition of 335 Spanish, 1,3...
    8: ...ed the [[Gila]] to Cibola, in the west of present-day New Mexico. There he was met by disappointment. ...
    10: ...ar [[Albuquerque, New Mexico]]). In the winter of 1540-41 the demands of his army resulted in conflicts ...
    12: ...to Quivira, and he reached a village near present-day [[Lindsborg, Kansas]]. But his disappointment wa...
  18. List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
    14: *[[John Couch Adams]] (United Kingdom, [[1819]] - [[1892]])
    25: *[[Aleksandr Danilovich Aleksandrov]] (Russia, [[1912]] - [[1999]...
    66: *[[David Bates (physicist)|David Bates]]
    75: *[[Daniel Bernoulli]] (Switzerland, [[1700]] - [[1782]]...
    88: *[[Danilo Blanusa]], ([[Croatia]], [[1903]] - [[1987]])
  19. List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
    14: *[[Isaac Abrabanel|Isaac ben Judah Abravanel]], (1437-1508){{fn|C}}{{fn|R}}
    15: *[[Judah Leon Abravanel|Judah ben Isaac Abravanel]], (1460?-1535?){{fn|C}}{{fn...
    19: *[[Adam Parvipontanus]], (d. 1181)
    20: *[[Marilyn McCord Adams]], (born 1943){{fn|O}}
    21: *[[Robert Adams (philosopher)|Robert Adams]], (born 1937){{fn|O}}
  20. Apache (7848 bytes)
    3: ...leaders have included [[Cochise]], [[Mangas Coloradas]], and [[Geronimo]]. The U.S. Army found them t...
    8: ... in North America fan out from west-central [[Canada]] where some Southern Athabaskan-speaking groups ...
    12: :''After seventeen days of travel, I came upon a rancheria of the India...
    16: ...habaskan nomadic way of life complicates accurate dating, primarily because they constructed less-subs...
    18: ...tering near the Pueblos in established camps. In 1540, Coronado reported the modern [[Western Apache]] ...

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