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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
6: *[[Diogo de Azambuja]] ([[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] explo...
7: *[[Pêro de Alenquer]] ([[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] explo...
8: *[[Francisco de Almeida]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] naval ...
9: *[[Afonso de Albuquerque]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] na...
10: *[[Antonio de Abreu]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer... - Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
1: ...ached the [[Americas]] on October 12th [[1492]] under the flag of [[Castile|Castilian]] [[Spain]]. He ...
2: ...Christopher_columbus_2.jpg|thumb|200px|Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip A...
3: ... time accepted that the earth was round. The main debate was over whether it would be possible to get ...
5: ...first voyage from all of these: less than two decades later, the existence of America was known to the...
7: Columbus landed in the [[Bahamas]] and later explored much of th... - Alexandria (28378 bytes)
3: ...ntry's capital was ended, and it fell into a long decline, which by the late [[Ottoman]] period had se...
5: ...|right|Alexandria's state-of-the-art [[library]], designed by [[Christoph Kapellar]], was inaugurated ...
16: * The modern city from [[1798]] (red).
19: ...in. Alexander's seers, and in particular [[Aristander of Telmessus]], interpreted this as an omen that...
21: ...t the foundation, but are thwarted when Alexander descends in a glass box, and armed with exact knowle... - Age of Exploration (14467 bytes)
1: ...dro ?vares Cabral]], [[John Cabot]], [[Juan Ponce de Le, and [[Ferdinand Magellan]].
3: ...re a combination of traditional European and Arab designs were the first ships that could leave the re...
6: ...isi's world map.JPG|200px|thumb|right|This map, made by Arab geographer [[al-Idrisi]], was one of the ...
7: ...iddle East was almost completely controlled by traders from the Italian city states. Their close links...
9: The first of these travelers was [[Giovanni de Plano Carpini]] who journeyed to [[Mongolia]] and... - Alexander of Aphrodisias (2599 bytes)
1: '''Alexander of Aphrodisias''', pupil of [[Aristocles of Mess...
6: Commentaries by Alexander on the following works of Aristotle are still ex...
10: *the ''De Sensu''
15: There are also several original writings by Alexander still extant.
16: ... ''On the Soul'', in which he contends that the undeveloped reason in man is material (''nous ulikos''... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
12: *[[Claude Monet]], ([[1840]]-[[1926]]), French [[Impression...
36: *[[Tadeusz Ajdukiewicz]] ([[1852]]-[[1916]])
49: *[[Lawrence Alma-Tadema]] ([[1836]]-[[1912]])
117: *[[Romare Bearden]] ([[1914]]-[[1988]])
137: *[[Alexander Benois]] ([[1870]]-[[1960]]) - Leonardo da Vinci (25889 bytes)
2: ... for designing many inventions that anticipated modern technology but were rarely constructed in his l...
7: .... It has also been suggested, albeit on scanty evidence, that she was a [[Middle East|Middle Eastern]]...
9: As he was born before modern naming conventions developed in [[Europe]], his full name was "Leonardo...
11: ...s father soon showed them to the painter [[Andrea del Verrocchio]], who subsequently took on the fourt...
12: ...ntellect that whatever he turned his mind to he made himself master of with ease" ([[Giorgio Vasari|Va... - Florence (11538 bytes)
3: ...]an trade and finance, the city is sometimes considered the birthplace of the [[Italian Renaissance]]....
17: Florence's recorded history began with the establishment in [[59 BC]...
19: ...Alighieri]]. This factional strife was later recorded by the White Guelph [[Dino Compagni]] in his [[C...
21: ...ing an anti-aristocratic movement, led by [[Giano della Bella]], that resulted in a set of laws called...
23: ...reafter succeeded by Cosimo's grandson, [[Lorenzo de%27 Medici|Lorenzo]] in 1469. Lorenzo was a great ... - History of India (31279 bytes)
5: ...ermanent settlements appeared 9,000 years ago and developed into the [[Indus Valley Civilization]], wh...
8: ...y]] oversaw the period referred to as India's "Golden Age".
11: ...and [[Indian philosophy|philosophy]] flourished under the patronage of these kings.
14: ...ntermission by the [[Vijayanagara Empire]], which declined with the 16th Century AD.
17: ...e [[Sanchi|Sanchi stupa]] in Sanchi, [[Madhya Pradesh]] built by emperor [[Ashoka]] in the 3rd centur... - John Cabot (5966 bytes)
2: ...ion|explorer]] who is popularly credited as the modern discoverer of [[Canada]], or at least the regio...
4: ...hew]]'' looking for a sea route to [[Asia]]. He ended up in the [[North America]]n mainland, he and hi...
10: ... to eastern Asia would be shorter at higher latitudes.
12: ...eyes, regions or provinces of the heathen and infidelles, whatsoever they bee, and in what part of the...
20: ...d, and explored the coast for some time, probably departing on [[July 20]]. On the homeward voyage his... - Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo (4763 bytes)
5: ...ey to believe he was born of poor parents "around 1498 or 1500," and then worked for his keep in the hom...
8: ...his landholdings to mine gold in [[Guatemala]], made him one of the richest of the [[conquistador]]s i...
10: ... or three ships), and stood to profit from any trade or treasure.
12: ...s buried. His second-in-command brought the remainder of the party back to Navidad, where they arrived...
14: ...yage appeared in print before historian [[Antonio de Herrera]]'s account early in the 17th century. - Ancient India (31279 bytes)
5: ...ermanent settlements appeared 9,000 years ago and developed into the [[Indus Valley Civilization]], wh...
8: ...y]] oversaw the period referred to as India's "Golden Age".
11: ...and [[Indian philosophy|philosophy]] flourished under the patronage of these kings.
14: ...ntermission by the [[Vijayanagara Empire]], which declined with the 16th Century AD.
17: ...e [[Sanchi|Sanchi stupa]] in Sanchi, [[Madhya Pradesh]] built by emperor [[Ashoka]] in the 3rd centur...
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