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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... - List of maritime explorers (2541 bytes)
1: [[de:seefahrer]]
8: *[[Diogo de Azambuja]]
10: *[[Pêro de Alenquer]]
24: *[[António Fernandes]]
25: *[[Pêro de Sintra]] - 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... - Australia (39438 bytes)
13: leader_titles = [[Queen of Australia|Queen]]<br>[[Gover...
14: leader_names = [[Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom|Eli...
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24: population_density = 2|
25: population_density_rank = —| - Netherlands (35958 bytes)
1: ...arch]], located in northwestern [[Europe]]. It borders the [[North Sea]] to the north and west, [[Belg...
7: native_name = Nederland |
18: government_type= [[Democracy|Dem.]] [[Constitution|const.]] [[monarchy]] |
19: leader_titles = [[Dutch monarch|Queen]]<br>[[Prime mini...
20: ...he Netherlands|Beatrix]] <br> [[Jan Peter Balkenende]] | - South Africa (40100 bytes)
1: ...o]] is an independent [[nation]], entirely surrounded by South African territory.
3: ...the leadership of [[Frederik Willem de Klerk|F.W. de Klerk]] who started to dismantle it in [[1990]] a...
5: ...loped of the entire [[Africa]]n continent, with modern [[infrastructure]] common throughout the countr...
9: ...]], [[Swati language|Swati]], [[Ndebele language|Ndebele]], [[Sesotho language|Southern Sotho]], [[Nor...
11: ...lations are not as such that they require nationwide recognition. - 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]] - 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]]) - Printmaking (6788 bytes)
1: ...rately producing one or more [[artist's proof]]s. Depending on the complexity of the process chosen, t...
3: ... stretched in a frame. Small prints can even be made using the surface of a potato.
6: ...een-printing]]. Other printmaking techniques include [[chine-coll靝, [[collography]], [[monotyping]],...
15: Artists using this technique include
25: [[Emil Nolde]], - Timeline of microscope technology (1673 bytes)
6: * [[1609]] - [[Galileo Galilei]] develops an ''occhiolino'' or compound microscope wi...
7: ...o'' to [[Poland|Polish]] king [[Sigismund I of Sweden|Sigismund III]].
10: ... Prince Federico Cesi, founder of the ''Accademia dei Lincei'' (in English, ''The [[Linceans]]'').
16: ...[1981]] - [[Gerd Binnig]] and [[Heinrich Rohrer]] develop the [[scanning tunneling microscope]]. - March 18 (10594 bytes)
7: ...elf [[King of Jerusalem]] during the [[Sixth Crusade]].
12: *[[1850]] - [[American Express]] is founded by [[Henry Wells]] & [[William Fargo]].
13: ...[American Civil War]]: The Congress of the [[Confederate States of America]] adjourns for the last tim...
14: ... of the [[France|French]] government [[Thiers]] orders evacuation of [[Paris]], a [[Paris_Commune|soci...
15: ...ith the [[United States]] granting exclusive [[trade|trading]] rights. - March 19 (9902 bytes)
7: ...for the mouth of the [[Mississippi River]], is murdered by his own men.
10: ... By the end of the battle two days later the Confederate forces have retreated from [[Greenville, Nort...
20: ...s and communications facilities in [[Germany]] be destroyed.
21: ... [[Martinique]] and [[R鵮ion]] become overseas [[departement|d鰡rtements]] of [[France]].
22: *[[1953]] - [[Academy Awards]] are first televised. - March 21 (10586 bytes)
6: *[[1788]] - A [[fire]] destroys 856 buildings in [[New Orleans]] and leaves...
7: ...]] with a temporary [[Papal Tiara|papal tiara]] made of [[papier-m⣨靝.
9: *[[1804]] - [[Napoleonic code|Code Napol鯮]] was adopted as [[France|French]] [[civ...
19: ...en fire on a group of unarmed black South African demonstrators, killing 69 and wounding 180
20: *[[1963]] - [[Alcatraz]], a federal [[penitentiary]] on an island in [[San Francis... - List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
1: ...s [[astronomer]]s and [[astrophysicist]]s''' include:
9: *[[George Ogden Abell]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1927]] –...
19: *[[George Biddell Airy]], ([[England]], [[1801]] – [[1892]]...
26: *[[Harold Alden]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1890]] – [[196...
27: *[[Hannes Alfv鮝] ([[Sweden]], [[1908]] – [[1995]]) - List of festivals (6550 bytes)
6: *[[World Festival of Youth and Students]]
41: ===[[Denmark]]===
42: *[[Roskilde Festival]]
48: *[[Festival de Marseille]],
54: ...logne Carnival]], [[M'era Luna Festival]] in [[Hildesheim]], [[Oktoberfest]] in [[Munich]], [[Bavaria]... - Helium (36603 bytes)
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26: | [[Density]]
35: | 0.95 [[Kelvin|K]] (-272.2 °[[Celsius|C]])
38: | 4.22 [[Kelvin|K]] (-268.93 °[[Celsius|C]]) - Painting of the United States (3965 bytes)
3: ...tward expansion of settlement brought the transcendent beauty of frontier landscapes to painters' atte...
5: ...ncompromising realist whose unflinching honesty undercut the genteel preference for romantic sentiment...
7: ...city life. Soon the ash-can artists gave way to modernists arriving from [[Europe]]—the cubists ...
10: ...nstinctual arrangements of space and color and to demonstrate the effects of the physical action of pa...
12: ...[1930]]- ), who used photos, newsprint, and discarded objects in their compositions. Pop artists, such... - Vincent van Gogh (11980 bytes)
2: ...s]] on [[March 17]], [[1901]] (11 years after his death).
4: ...terlo]] (also in [[the Netherlands]]), has a considerable collection of Vincent van Gogh paintings as ...
9: ...ould be drawn to it later in his life. His sister described him as serious and introspective.
11: ...eserved and were published in [[1914]]. They provide much insight into the life of the painter, and sh...
20: ...ostitute]] Sien Hoornik and her children and considered marrying her; his father was strictly against ... - Drawing (17083 bytes)
2: ...] in a blank sheet of paper, and lines are then made between the dots, superficially speaking the subj...
10: ...Very rarely, artists have drawn with (usually decoded) [[invisible ink]].
12: Some examples of drawing media include:
26: ...chniques that experience has proven useful for rendering a higher quality drawing.
29: .... Thus a courser material is useful for producing deeper contrast.
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