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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
1: ...plorers]], [[astronaut]], [[conquistador]], [[travelogue]], the [[History of Science and Technology]] ...
14: *[[Charles Albanel]] (1616-1696), Canada
22: *[[Pêro de Barcelos]] ([[15th century]]/[[16th century]] [[Portugue...
25: *[[Samuel Baker]], Africa
30: ...er]] Muslim, visited [[Mecca]] several times, travelled to [[Central Asia]], [[East Africa]], [[China]... - Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
1: ...in]]. He believed that the [[earth]] was a relatively small [[sphere]], and argued that a ship could r...
3: ...ated by [[Washington Irving]]. Contrary to this belief, most people at that time accepted that the ea...
5: ... the general public throughout Europe. This is likely due to the invention of the [[printing press]].
7: ...iversary of Columbus' landing in the Bahamas) is celebrated as a [[Holiday|holiday]].
9: ...Scandinavians, Columbus's voyages led to a relatively quick, general and lasting recognition of the ex... - List of people by name: Ag (3474 bytes)
11: ...Alexander Emanuel Agassiz|Agassiz, Alexander Emanuel]], (1835-1910), American man of science
13: *[[Agathangelus I]], patriarch of Constantinople
14: *[[Agatho of Alexandria]], (pope 665-681), religious figure
21: ...gmon, David]], [[Brigadier General]] in the [[Israel Defence Forces]]
24: *[[Gianni Agnelli|Agnelli, Gianni]], (1921-2003), Italian industrialist - Marie Antoinette (40871 bytes)
4: ...al described the new baby as "a small, but completely healthy Archduchess."
11: ...ied off to European royalty. Maria-Christina, the eldest, was married to the Regent of the [[Netherlan...
13: ...eak German. However, when her sister Johanna-Gabriella died of smallpox in [[1762]], Maria-Antonia bec...
15: ...ia|Maria Theresa]]'s daughters. With Johanna-Gabriella dead, it was decided that Maria-Antonia should ...
17: ...ple that they can say that I have sent them an angel." - Geology (12007 bytes)
3: ...elements such as [[sulfur]], [[chlorine]], and [[helium]].
5: ...lar system. However, specialised terms such as ''selenology'' (studies of the [[Moon]]), ''areology'' ...
7: The word "geology" was first used by Jean-Andreluc in the year [[1778]] and introduced as a fixed ...
10: ...on his observation of [[fossil]] [[animal shell|shell]]s in a geological [[stratum]] in a mountain hun...
14: ...ind energy]], [[hydropower|hydrodynamic power]], melting cookers, transport of [[ore]]s, extraction of... - Age of Exploration (14467 bytes)
1: ...bot]], [[Juan Ponce de Le, and [[Ferdinand Magellan]].
3: ... relatively passive [[Mediterranean]] and sail safely on the open [[Atlantic]].
7: ...ween Europe and the Middle East was almost completely controlled by traders from the Italian city stat...
9: ...o [[1295]]. His journey was written up as ''[[Travels]]'' and the work was read throughout Europe.
11: ...eath]] of the fourteenth century also blocked travel and trade. The land route to the East was always ... - Jamaica (16893 bytes)
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24: | [[Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom|Queen Elizabeth II]]
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67: ... [[Christopher Columbus]] first landed there in [[1494]]. Columbus used it as his family's private estat... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
10: *[[Michelangelo Buonarroti]], ([[1475]]-[[1564]]), Italian [[scu...
15: *[[Raffaello Santi|Raphael]], ([[1483]]-[[1520]]), [[Italy|Italian]] [[paint...
18: *[[Peter Paul Rubens]], ([[1577]]-[[1640]]), Belgian painter
38: *[[Mariotto Albertinelli]] ([[1474]]-[[1515]])
43: *[[Else Alfelt]] ([[1910]]-[[1974]]) - Timeline of United States pre-history (before 1600) (1679 bytes)
3: This section of the [[Timeline of United States history]] concerns events '''...
8: *[[1494]]-[[Treaty of Tordesillas]] divides the New World...
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29: <td align="center">[[Timeline of United States history (1600-1699)|1600-1699... - Josquin Des Prez (6810 bytes)
6: ...uke Ercole I of [[Ferrara]] hired him for the chapel there; so Josquin returned to Italy.
8: ...f the [[Miserere]], Psalm 50, for five voices, widely acknowledged to be one of his masterpieces.
10: ...is time he had immense fame, and although he was well known to the Netherlands court and his works wer...
14: ...s [[polyphony|polyphonic]] dexterity and supreme melodic skill. During his lifetime he acquired immen...
16: ..., and thus venerated Palestrina as the peak of development of polyphony; contemporary musicology tends... - Niccolo Machiavelli (11084 bytes)
1: [[Image:Machiavelli.jpg|thumb|150px|Machiavelli, ca [[1500]], in the robes of a Florentine publ...
3: ...et]], and romantic comedic [[playwright]]. Machiavelli was also a key figure in [[realist]] [[politica...
6: [[Image:Macchiavelli01.jpg|thumb|Statue at the [[Uffizi]]]]
7: ...ecchio.Machiavelli.JPG|thumb|200px|Bust of Machiavelli]]
8: ...elli. His father was a lawyer of some repute and belonged to an impoverished branch of an influential ... - Florence (11538 bytes)
1: ...dom of Italy. Florence was long ruled ([[1434]]-[[1494]], [[1512]]-[[1527]] and [[1530]]-[[1737]]) by th...
9: ...dges of Florence at sunset from Piazzale Michelangelo]]
19: ...actional strife was later recorded by the White Guelph [[Dino Compagni]] in his [[Chronicles of Floren...
21: ...anti-aristocratic movement, led by [[Giano della Bella]], that resulted in a set of laws called the [[...
23: ...Michelangelo]], [[Leonardo da Vinci]] and [[Botticelli]]. - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
9: *[[Jacob Friedrich von Abel]], (1751-1829)
10: *[[Pierre Ab鬡rd]] (or ''Peter Abelard''), (1079-1142){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R}}
14: *[[Isaac Abrabanel|Isaac ben Judah Abravanel]], (1437-1508){{fn|C}}{{fn|R}}
15: *[[Judah Leon Abravanel|Judah ben Isaac Abravanel]], (1460?-1535?){{fn|C}}{{fn|R}}
17: *[[Uriel Acosta]], (1585-1640) - Chile (capsicum) (7837 bytes)
5: ...re now grown around the world because they are widely used as [[spice]]s or [[vegetable]]s in cuisine,...
11: ...nd first wrote about their medicinal effects in [[1494]].
18: ..., which includes many common varieties such as [[bell pepper]]s, [[paprika]], and [[jalape�o]]s
26: ...ent common names for culinary use. Green and red bell peppers, for example, are the same cultivar of '...
30: ...rations (habanero peppers, for example, are routinely picked with gloves). It is also the primary ingr... - History of Italy during foreign domination and the unification (3859 bytes)
8: ..., French and Spanish rivalries would present themselves in the Italian peninsula
10: ...tarts the Spanish acquisition of Naples with the help of a Ventian fleet and troops under the command ...
22: *[[Treaty of Barcelona]]
35: ...eated (e.g., [[Cisalpine Republic]]) were just satellites of France, they sparked a [[nationalist]] mo... - Caterpillar track (7234 bytes)
1: ...]s can, keeping it from sinking in areas where wheeled vehicles of the same weight would sink. For ins...
10: ...& Sons|Hornsby]] based in [[Grantham]], [[UK]] developed and patented a caterpillar track in [[1905]]....
12: ... the years. The first tanks to be fielded were developed from Holt tractors which were already in use ...
14: ...ariable success. The system is a pre-cursor to development of the axle which keep a rotating cylinder ...
18: ...helps improve mobility and speed, some of the Israeli patents were sold to ''Caterpillar Tractor Compa... - Lichen (7988 bytes)
2: ...te-lichen-growing-on-tree.jpg|thumb|500 px|right|Yellow and white lichen growing on a tree]]
8: ...is practice ignores the fact that the components belong to separate lineages.
10: ... [[chlorophyll]], permitting them to live in a purely mineral environment by producing their own organ...
14: ...uence it in some cases. Dead or dying photobiont cells may be digested by the fungus, but for the most...
16: ...is called the [[lower cortex]], consisting of densely packed fungal hyphae. The lower cortex often bea...
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