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- Costa Rica (12931 bytes)
1: ...inent|continental]] neighbors, Costa Rica, alongside [[Uruguay]], is seen as an exceptional example of...
5: ...ackground: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaaaaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"
6: |+<big><big>'''Rep?a de Costa Rica'''</big></big>
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13: ...er" width="140px" | ([[Coat of Arms of Costa Rica|Detail]]) - List of U.S. state capitals (5230 bytes)
28: | [[Denver, Colorado|Denver]]
35: | [[Delaware]]
36: | [[Dover, Delaware|Dover]]
41: | [[1839]] — [[1845]]
53: ...ash; [[1913]], [[1919]] — [[1920]] (wings added) - 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... - John C. Fremont (3726 bytes)
2: ...sident of the United States]], and the first Presidential candidate of a major party to run on a platf...
4: ...[Image:Fremonts men marker.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Modern marker for site where two of Frémont's men wer...
5: ...to view [[Lake Tahoe]]. He is also credited with determining that the [[Great Basin]] had no outlet t...
7: ...dential]] candidate, but he lost (see [[U.S. presidential election, 1856]]) to [[James Buchanan]].
9: ...nd declared [[martial law]] in [[Missouri]]. This declaration led to a conflict with [[Abraham Lincoln... - Jacques Cartier (8139 bytes)
3: '''Jacques Cartier''' ([[December 31]], [[1491]] – [[September 1]] [[15...
5: ...d his social status in 1520 by marrying Catherine des Granches, member of a leading ship-owning family...
7: ...it (see right) was painted by a Russian artist in 1839 for the city of Saint-Malo.
9: ...ere victims of an epidemic ashore, he may be considered one of the most conscientious explorers of the...
13: - List of people by name: Ah (925 bytes)
4: ...951]]), [[Taoiseach|Irish prime minister]] and leader of [[Fianna Fᩬ]]
11: ...ad|Ahmad, Mirza Ghulam]] ([[1839]]-[[1908]]), founder of [[Ahmadi]] sect
16: ...isaari, Martti]], (born 1937), UN diplomat & president of [[Finland]] - Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
7: ...7]], and Empress of India from [[1876]] until her death. Her reign lasted more than sixty-three years ...
12: ...ged from their wives) and father children to provide an heir for the king. At the age of fifty the Duk...
16: ...Regent during the queen's minority. Ignoring precedent, Parliament did not create a council to limit t...
18: ...an prince) and out of a sense of duty (his family desired the match). Whatever Albert's original reaso...
20: ...h II of the United Kingdom|Queen Elizabeth II]]'s descendants a separate family surname, [[Mountbatten... - Ouida (1938 bytes)
1: ... [[England|English]] [[novelist]] '''Marie Louise de la Ram饧''.
3: ...], to an English father and a French mother. She derived her pen name from her own baby-talk nickname...
8: ...4) (also published with the title ''Two Little Wooden Shoes'') [http://www.gutenberg.net/etext/13912 G...
11: * ''[[A Dog of Flanders]]'' (1872)
13: * ''Findelkind'' (??) [http://www.gutenberg.net/etext/1367... - Ada Lovelace (5406 bytes)
2: ...], [[1852]]) is mainly known for having written a description of
6: ...d Ada with her. On [[April 21]], Byron signed the Deed of Separation and left England for good a few d...
8: ...and [[science]]; one of her tutors was [[Augustus De Morgan]]. An active member of [[London]] society,...
11: ...Countess of Lovelace'''. She is widely known in modern times simply as '''Ada Lovelace'''.
15: ...e elaborate and scientific pieces of music of any degree of complexity or extent." - Painting (4567 bytes)
2: ...using written language. Artistic painting is considered by many to be among the most important of the ...
8: The oldest known '''paintings''' are at the [[Grotte Chauv...
14: ...ry:Artistic techniques|Painting technique]]s include:
34: ...at the pigment is suspended or embedded in, which determines the general working characteristics of th...
36: Examples include: - Carpet (15753 bytes)
1: ...s or used on tables. Only with the opening of trade routes in the 17th century were significant numbe...
3: ...floor covering that is loose-laid, most often for decorative purposes.
8: ...of carpet 1.jpg|thumb|250px|Swatches of machine-made carpet]]
10: ...eave]]. Types of European flatwoven carpets include Venetian, Dutch, [[damask]], list, [[haircloth]],...
12: ...ch as burlap. This type of rug is now generally made as a [[handicraft]]. - Map (10223 bytes)
3: ...that space. Usually, a map is a [[2D geometric model|two-dimensional, geometrically accurate represen...
7: ...itten language by several millennia. One of the oldest surviving maps, painted on a wall of the [[Cat...
9: ...y in the works of J.B. Harley, Mark Monmonier and Denis Wood.
11: ... in [[English language|English]] as "[[On Exactitude in Science]]".
13: ... internationally renowned for its comprehensively detailed work). - Clarinet (18825 bytes)
2: ...''[[trumpet]]'', as the first clarinets had a strident tone similar to that of a trumpet.
4: ... varieties of [[wood]] or, in the case of some student instruments, composite material or plastic [[re...
11: ...orchestral writing. Additionally, improvements made to the fingering systems of the clarinet over tim...
12: The Bass Clarinet has a very deep and loud tone. It is often only used in large ...
20: ...e of [[ebonite]]. The instrument uses a single wooden (sometimes "fiber" or plastic) [[reed (music)|re... - Martin Van Buren (21629 bytes)
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5: <tr><td>'''Order:'''</td><td>8th President</td></tr>
8: <tr><td>'''Succeeded by:'''</td><td>[[William Henry Harrison]]</td></...
9: <tr><td>'''Date of Birth'''</td><td>[[December 5]], [[1782]]</td></tr> - George M. Dallas (3858 bytes)
3: ... of the United States|Vice President]], serving under [[James K. Polk]].
5: ... 13]], [[1831]] to [[March 3]], [[1833]], when he declined to be a candidate for reelection. He was c...
7: ...lected Vice President of the United States on the Democratic ticket in [[1844]] with [[James K. Polk]]...
9: ...om [[1856]] to [[1861]], when he returned to Philadelphia, and died there. He is interred in St. Pete...
11: ...[Rhode Island]]. He is also the uncle of [[Alexander Dallas Bache]]. - Franklin Pierce (19017 bytes)
1: {{Infobox President | name=Franklin Pierce
4: | order=14th President
7: | preceded=[[Millard Fillmore]]
8: | succeeded=[[James Buchanan]]
11: | dead=dead - Andrew Johnson (12662 bytes)
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8: | '''Order:''' || 17th President
15: | '''Succeeded by:''' || [[Ulysses S. Grant]]
17: | '''Date of Birth''' || [[December 29]], [[1808]] - 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... - Geology (12007 bytes)
3: ...d [[uranium]]. Additional economic interests include minerals such as [[asbestos]], [[perlite]], [[mic...
7: ...ween earthly and [[Theology|theological]] jurisprudence.
10: ...f the [[mountain]]s and by [[Deposition (geology)|deposition]] of [[silt]].
12: ...ks ''Peri lithōn'' by [[Theophrastus]], a student of [[Aristotle]], remained authoritative for mi...
14: ...etallica libri XII'', with an appendix ''Buch von den Lebewesen unter Tage'' (book of the creatures be... - Peru (12264 bytes)
2: ...eru is a country in western [[South America]], bordering [[Ecuador]] and [[Colombia]] to the north, [[...
3: ...; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"
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22: | '''[[List of Presidents of Peru|President]]''' || [[Alejandro Toledo Manrique]]
28: ... Total ([[2002]])<br> - [[Population density|Density]] || [[List of countries by population|World...
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