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1. Francis Drake (14963 bytes)
   2: ... was second in command of the English fleet which defeated the [[Spanish Armada]] in [[1588]].
   7: ...e in his life. Francis was the eldest or second eldest of twelve children.
   9: ... Drake made the first English [[Atlantic slave trade|slave-trading]] expeditions.
   12: ... against the [[Spanish Empire]]; the Spanish considered him an outlaw [[pirate]], but to England he wa...
   13: ... Train to the nearby port of Nombre de Dios. He made off with a fortune in gold, but had to leave behi...

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1. 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...
2. List of maritime explorers (2541 bytes)
   1: [[de:seefahrer]]
   8: *[[Diogo de Azambuja]]
   10: *[[Pêro de Alenquer]]
   24: *[[António Fernandes]]
   25: *[[Pêro de Sintra]]
3. Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
   7: ...al monarch of the [[Tudor dynasty]], having succeeded her half-sister, [[Mary I of England|Mary I]]. S...
   9: ...]. Elizabeth was a short-tempered and sometimes indecisive ruler. This last quality, viewed with impat...
   11: The reign was marked by prudence in the granting of [[British honours system|ho...
   16: ...on after [[Edward VI of England|Prince Edward]] under the [[English Act of Succession|Act of Successio...
   18: ...daughter's spiritual welfare to Parker before her death. Later, Parker would become the first Archbish...
4. Ellen MacArthur (3652 bytes)
   2: ...tandwell]] near [[Matlock, England|Matlock]] in [[Derbyshire]], now based in [[Cowes]], [[Isle of Wigh...
   8: ...]), and subsequently MacArthur was awarded an [[Order of the British Empire|MBE]] for services to spor...
   12: ...d unveiled in [[January]] [[2004]], was specially designed by Nigel Irens and Benoit Cabaret for her t...
   18: ...thur was also made an honorary [[Lieutenant Commander]] of the [[Royal Naval Reserve]] on the same day...
   20: The new record for a single-handed circumnavigation is 71 days 14 hours 18 minutes ...
5. Grover Cleveland (20963 bytes)
   1: <table border="0" align="right" style="margin-left:1em"><tr><t...
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   5: <tr><td>'''Order:'''</td><td>
   6: 22nd President<br>
   7: 24th President</td></tr>
6. Flag of California (3028 bytes)
   1: ...ed|The modern Bear Flag of California. Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip A...
   5: ...irteen years under [[Mexico|Mexican]] rule as the department of [[Alta California]], whose Spanish-spe...
   7: The modern flag is white with a wide [[red]] strip along the bottom. There is a red st...
   9: ... is a California [[grizzly bear|grizzly]] or [[golden bear]], a grizzly subspecies that is now [[extin...
   11: ... namesake, Sir [[Francis Drake]] (in 1579), and made good American colonial claims on the lands from t...
7. California (63989 bytes)
   8: Nickname = The Golden State |
   23: PCDesert = 25 |
   28: DensityRank = 12^th |
   29: 2000Density = 83.78 |
   30: AdmittanceOrder = 31^st |
8. Iowa (24205 bytes)
   9: Capital = [[Des Moines, Iowa|Des Moines]] |
   11: LargestCity = [[Des Moines, Iowa|Des Moines]] |
   21: DensityRank = 33^rd |
   22: 2000Density = 20.22 |
   23: AdmittanceOrder = 29^th |
9. Pennsylvania (32594 bytes)
   10: ...rgestCity = [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania|Philadelphia]] |
   11: Governor = [[Ed Rendell]] |
   21: DensityRank = 10^th |
   22: 2000Density = 105.80 |
   23: AdmittanceOrder = 2^nd |
10. Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
    3: ...s ambiguity, the date of the first practical, fielded version of the invention is used here.
    60: * [[Odometer]] : [[Ancient Rome|Rome]]: [[Archimedes]]?
    66: ...ntury BC|200s BC]]: Compound [[pulley]]: [[Archimedes]]
    74: * [[1st century]]: [[Rudder|Stern mounted rudder]] in [[History of China|China]]
    83: * [[9th century|800s]]: [[Black powder|Gunpowder]] in [[History of China|China]]
11. Planet (8450 bytes)
    1: ...jects in orbit around other stars, the problem of defining a planet has become rather more acute.
    3: ... gas and dust that orbited the [[protostar]] in a dense protostellar disk before the star's core ignit...
    16: ...Mars]] (&#x2642;) - 2 satellites ([[Deimos (moon)|Deimos]], [[Phobos (moon)|Phobos]])
    25: ... size between Mercury and Ceres, which would include the five objects mentioned above (Pluto, Sedna, O...
    27: Planets within Earth's solar system can be divided into categories according to composition.
12. Galileo Galilei (33761 bytes)
    2: ... [[Johannes Kepler]]. The work of Galileo is considered to be a significant break from that of [[Arist...
    7: ...610]]. During this time he explored science and made many landmark discoveries.
    10: ...ion. These are the primary justifications for his description as "father of science."
    12: ...00s]]. According to Koyr鬠the law was arrived at deductively, and the experiments were merely illustr...
    14: ... rolling balls) were replicated using the methods described by Galileo (Settle, 1961), and the precisi...
13. List of Renaissance figures (6600 bytes)
    3: ==Political leaders==
    12: **[[Cosimo de' Medici]]
    13: **[[Lorenzo de' Medici]] (a.k.a. ''Lorenzo il Magnifico'')
    22: **[[Catherine de Medici]] Queen of France
    23: ...f Poland]] (duchess of [[Finland]], queen of [[Sweden]])
14. January 2 (10888 bytes)
    8: ... [[Moors|Moorish]] stronghold in [[Spain]], surrenders.
    15: ...an]] was announced at a meeting of the [[Acad魩e des Sciences]] in [[Paris]].
    17: *[[1871]] - [[Amadeus I of Spain|Amadeus I]] becomes King of [[Spain]].
    23: ... announces the [[Open Door Policy]] to promote trade with [[China]].
    25: ...Russo-Japanese War]]: The [[Russia]]n fleet surrenders at [[L?ou|Port Arthur]], [[China]].
15. History of California (38344 bytes)
    5: ...l fields, and finally with its high-technology leadership.
    7: ...325px|A field of [[California Poppy|California golden poppies]] ''circa'' [[1910]].]]
    13: ... while those in the northern [[Cascade Range]] traded [[obsidian]], used for arrowheads, axe heads, an...
    19: ...cted by stories of [[Zihuatanejo|Ciguatan]], a wonderful country far to the northwest, populated with ...
    23: ...ula of [[Baja California]]), and laid out and founded the city that was to become LaPaz later that spr...
16. Giordano Bruno (15356 bytes)
    3: ... the cause of [[freedom of thought]] because his ideas went against church doctrine.
    7: ...ook the name Giordano on becoming a [[Dominican Order|Dominican]] friar at the [[Monastery]] of Saint ...
    10: ... illustration of one of Giordano Bruno's mnemonic devices: in the spandrels are the four [[classical e...
    11: ...covered ideas of [[Plato]]. Other influences included [[Thomas Aquinas]], [[Averroes]], [[Duns Scotus]...
    13: ...for the same reason and abandoned the Dominican order. He travelled to [[Geneva]] and briefly joined t...
17. Pirate Ship (44502 bytes)
    1: ...rm has been used to refer to raids across land borders by non-state actors. Piracy should be distingu...
    3: == Definition ==
    4: ...09-04-09 |accessdate=2009-04-09 |publisher=[[Open Democracy]]}}</ref>
    10: ...liament/2587/trade.html Phoenician Economy and Trade].</ref> By the 1st century BC, there were pirate ...
    12: ...ued and captured the pirates, and had them put to death.
18. Francis Drake (14963 bytes)
    2: ... was second in command of the English fleet which defeated the [[Spanish Armada]] in [[1588]].
    7: ...e in his life. Francis was the eldest or second eldest of twelve children.
    9: ... Drake made the first English [[Atlantic slave trade|slave-trading]] expeditions.
    12: ... against the [[Spanish Empire]]; the Spanish considered him an outlaw [[pirate]], but to England he wa...
    13: ... Train to the nearby port of Nombre de Dios. He made off with a fortune in gold, but had to leave behi...
19. Pirate (23151 bytes)
    2: A '''pirate''' is one who [[Robbery|robs]] or plunders at sea without a commission from a recognised [...
    4: ...ains a significant problem (with estimated worldwide losses of $13 to $16 billion [[United_States_doll...
    8: ...neer]]s'''. The word comes from ''boucan'', a wooden frame used for cooking meat (called a ''[[barbec...
    10: ... known as '''kapers''' or '''vrijbuiters''' ("plunderers"), the latter combining the words ''vrij'' me...
    14: ...urkish '''''Korsan''''', which seems to have been derived from the European word, which in turn comes ...
20. Cabeza de Vaca (4807 bytes)
    1: '''Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca''' (c. [[1490]] &ndash; c. [[1559]]) was an ...
    3: ...r's service to the King, and regrets that his own deeds could not be as great, due to forces beyond hi...
    5: ...ave [[Estevanico]], Andres de Dorantes and Alonso del Castillo Maldonado were the only survivors of th...
    7: ... and jealously refused to give his countrymen any details of the country that might prepare them for t...
    9: ...with his earlier ''La Relación'' and published under the title ''Comentarios'' (Commentary).

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