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- 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... - Ukulele (6345 bytes)
1: ...0th century]], the instrument's name was often rendered as "ukelele", a spelling stilll used in Great ...
3:
5: ...eturned to the ukulele to its ancestral home of Madeira Island off the coast of North Africa. Flora Fo...
11: ...The tension and tone are a little brighter and louder. This tuning is still used today by some known ...
13: ...e-entrant tuning is the characteristic that most identified the original ukulele. - 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... - North Africa (3562 bytes)
3: ...frica''' is a region generally considered to include:
14: ...]], [[Azores]] and [[Madeira]] are sometimes considered to be a part of North Africa, though they do n...
18: ...n, the [[Sinai Peninsula]] of Egypt is often considered part of Asia, and hence of the Middle East.
22: ...de of most of Morocco and parts of Algeria, most identify as Arab.
26: ...e era) as well as indigenous [[Mizrahi Jew|{{Unicode|Mizrāḥ}]]. Today, less than fifteen... - Brazil (12581 bytes)
1: ...easternmost country of the [[Americas]] and it borders [[Uruguay]], [[Argentina]], [[Paraguay]], [[Bol...
8: ...|Dom Pedro II]] was deposed and a [[federation|federal]] [[republic]] was established on [[15 Novembe...
10: ...ls appointed by the military. Today Brazil is a [[democracy]].
15: ...ket by popular vote for four-year terms. The president has extensive [[executive]] powers and is both ...
17: ... there is the Chamber of Deputies or ''C⭡ra dos Deputados'' of 513 seats, whose members are elected ... - Portugal (61755 bytes)
1: ... [[Azores Islands|Azores]]and [[Madeira Islands|Madeira and Porto Santo]] (including the [[Savage Isla...
5: ...After the rise of other colonial powers, Portugal declined.
7: ...ocial and economic progress in the subsequent decades, with a clear slow-down in the last few years.
15: ...ver among some other tribes. {{Inote | ''Hist de Portugal - A Forma磯 do Territ'', page 9, "A...
17: ...atin Right]] in [[73|73 AD]].{{Inote | ''Hist de Portugal - A Forma磯 do Territ'', page 135, ... - Boto (5572 bytes)
17: ...'') is a freshwater or [[river dolphin]]. It is endemic to the [[Amazon River]] and [[Orinoco River]] ...
20: ...poise''', and '''Tonina''' as other names used to describe this species.
24: ... specimen was described by [[Henri Marie Ducrotay de Blainville]] in 1817.
28: ...rensis'' - Amazon basin population (excluding [[Madeira river]] drainage area, above the Teotonio Rap...
29: ... boliviensis'' - Amazon basin population in the Madeira drainage area - Endangered species (12553 bytes)
2: ...ding [[hunting]], banning their [[habitat]]s from development, etc.) to prevent extinction. Only a few...
4: ...ation has recovered; whether restrictions on land development constitute a "taking" of land by the [[g...
6: ...ire, as it makes a species more valuable and more desirable for collectors and poachers[http://news.bb...
8: ...the number remaining, but the overall increase or decrease in the population over time, breeding succe...
10: The best-known worldwide conservation status listing is the [[IUCN Red Lis... - Henry the Navigator (6878 bytes)
2: [[Image:Heinrich der Seefahrer.jpg|right|200px|Henry the Navigator]]
3: ...Ceuta served as a terminus for that trade. The trade dried up after [[Battle of Ceuta|Ceuta fell into ...
5: ... life, and as time passed he became more and more devoted to Christianity. For the purposes of his int...
7: ...er resources. When John I died in 1433, Henry's eldest brother [[Edward of Portugal|Duarte]] became ki...
9: ...he Arabs, made the complicated return voyages, headed upwind, possible; without it, the brothers Ugoli... - Roald Amundsen (8034 bytes)
6: ...]]'s crossing of [[Greenland]] in [[1888]] he decided on a life of exploration.
10: ...ica]]. Also on board was an American doctor, [[Frederick Cook]]. Cook probably saved the crew from [[s...
14: ...a success message ([[collect call|collect]]) on [[December 5]], [[1905]]. [[Nome, Alaska|Nome]] was re...
18: ...th Pole]]. On hearing in [[1909]] that first [[Frederick Cook]] and then [[Robert Peary]] claimed the ...
20: ...e change. Every member agreed to continue. Leon made the news public on October 2. - Canary (4349 bytes)
16: This [[bird]] is native to [[Madeira islands|Madeira]] and the [[Canary Islands]]; it was named for...
24: ... were able to breed the birds themselves. This made them very popular and resulted in many breeds ari...
28: ...aries (bred for their shape and conformation - Border, Gloster, Gibber Italicus, Raza Espanola, Berner...
30: ...the unique band number, the club to which the breeder belongs. Song Canaries are judged later in the...
32: ...in Europe each year and attracts thousands of breeders. As many as 20,000 birds are brought for compe... - Charles Darwin (47469 bytes)
4: ...38]]. Fully aware of the likely reaction, he confided only in close friends and researched to meet ant...
6: ...nts and animals, now including mankind in ''[[The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex]]'' ...
12: ''For details see [[Charles Darwin's education]].''
17: ... was only eight and the next year he became a boarder at the ''[[Shrewsbury School]]''. After finishin...
19: ...ation'' Charles saw [[John James Audubon]] give a demonstration of his method of using wires to prop u... - List of autonomous entities (9309 bytes)
1: Several countries have autonomous entities inside their territory, usually giving autonomy to ethni...
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38: | 1 autonomous province under international law
55: | [[Sardinia]] (Sardegna)
73: | [[Madeira]] - Rock formations (10410 bytes)
7: ...ken off other rocks by wind or water erosion, and deposited by wind, ice, or water. [[Erosion]] later ...
13: Geologists have created a number of terms to describe different rock structures in the [[landscap...
39: *Wave Rock, Hyden, [[Western Australia]]
40: *Murphy's Hay Stacks, Nullarbor Desert, [[Western Australia]]
43: *Pinnacles Desert, Nambung National Park, Western [[Australia]] - Akvavit (2178 bytes)
4: ...seeds, [[cumin]], [[dill]], [[fennel]] or [[coriander]], among others. Akvavit usually has a yellowis...
8: ...other brands. A similar process is applied to [[Madeira wine]].
10: ...akvavit like fine whisky, sipping slowly away and delving into flavours and aromas.
12: ...quantity of akvavit is usually preceded (or succeeded) by a swig of beer.
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