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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... - Amerigo Vespucci (3736 bytes)
10: ...spucci was exaggerating his role and constructing deliberate fabrications, others have instead propose...
12: It may have been the publication and widespread circulation of his letters that led [[Marti...
14: ...rally accepted by historians that no voyage was made in [[1497]] (which allegedly began from [[C�diz...
16: ... Lorenzo di Medici, that he determined his longitude celestially on August 23, 1499, while on this voy...
18: ...t does not mention the broad estuary of the [[Rio de la Plata]], which he must have seen if he had got... - Barbados (21887 bytes)
3: ...re also dotted with large sugarcane estates and wide [[pastures]] with many good views to the sea.
5: ...ntry in the world. The island is a major tourist destination.
9: ...]], and [[Mapp's Cave]]. According to accounts by descendants of the aboriginal Arawak tribes on other...
11: ...lly called the island '''Os Barbados''' ("The Bearded Ones"), upon seeing the appearance of the island...
13: ...]] until independence in [[1966]], Barbados was under uninterrupted British control. Nevertheless, Bar... - Crocodile (5982 bytes)
16: ...to include all members of the [[order (biology)|order]] [[Crocodylia]]: that is, the true crocodiles; ...
18: ...g rivers and feed on a wide variety of living and dead [[mammal|mammals]] and [[fish]]. Some species, ...
22: ...out food, and rarely need to actively go hunting. Despite their slow appearance, crocodiles are top-le...
26: ...nd the like, while crocodile meat is considered a delicacy by connoisseurs. The main commercial speci...
30: * '''ORDER [[Crocodylia|CROCODYLIA]]''' - Boto (5572 bytes)
17: ...in]]. It is endemic to the [[Amazon River]] and [[Orinoco River]] systems. The Boto is the largest of the r...
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 - Woodpecker (14469 bytes)
15: ... of the order [[Piciformes]]. They have a world-wide distribution with many species, usually numbered ...
17: Some woodpeckers and [[wryneck]]s in the order ''Piciformes'' have zygodactyl or “yoked" ...
19: ... [[Echolocation|echo-locating]] [[larva|grub]]s under the bark of the tree.
25: '''Order Piciformes'''
29: * '''Family Indicatoridae''', ([[honeyguide]]s) - River (12397 bytes)
1: ...b|A Feluca sailing down the nile river.Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip A...
4: ...ly widens at its end and forms what is known as a delta or estuary.
7: ...of [[sediment]] develop conspicuous [[river delta|delta]]s at their mouths. Rivers whose mouths are in...
9: Where a river descends quickly over sloped topography, [[rapid]]s ...
25: ...dents (and/or negligence) account for much of the destruction of riparian [[biome|biomes]]. Heated wat... - Geese and Ducks (6827 bytes)
18: ...to the family [[Anatidae]]. This family also includes the [[swan]]s, which are mostly larger than gees...
22: This article deals with the true geese in the subfamily ''[[Anser...
24: ...owever, escapes and introductions have led to resident feral populations of several species.
26: ... centuries. In the West, farmyard geese are descended from the [[Greylag Goose|greylag]], but in Asia ...
47: * [[Bar-headed Goose]] ''A. indicus'' - Woodpeckers (14469 bytes)
15: ... of the order [[Piciformes]]. They have a world-wide distribution with many species, usually numbered ...
17: Some woodpeckers and [[wryneck]]s in the order ''Piciformes'' have zygodactyl or “yoked" ...
19: ... [[Echolocation|echo-locating]] [[larva|grub]]s under the bark of the tree.
25: '''Order Piciformes'''
29: * '''Family Indicatoridae''', ([[honeyguide]]s) - List of steel producers (917 bytes)
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