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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... - Alexandria (28378 bytes)
1: ...gypt)|Canopus]]. It has a population of approximately 3,341,000.
3: ...tatus as the country's capital was ended, and it fell into a long decline, which by the late [[Ottoman...
5: ...f-the-art [[library]], designed by [[Christoph Kapellar]], was inaugurated in [[2001]]]]
15: ...om [[641]] until [[1798]] when Napoleon arrived (yellow).
19: ...yptian grain, which fed the [[Hellenistic Greece|Hellenistic]] and [[Roman Empire|Roman]] world. - 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 ... - Alexander of Aphrodisias (2599 bytes)
1: ...'', pupil of [[Aristocles of Messene]], the most celebrated of the Greek commentators on the writings ...
16: ...On the Soul'', in which he contends that the undeveloped reason in man is material (''nous ulikos'') a...
18: ...ietikos''), through whose agency the potential intellect in man becomes actual, with God.
20: ... in the Aldine edition of Aristotle, Venice, 1495-1498; his ''De Fato'' and ''De Anima'' were printed al...
21: by [[Schulthess]], was edited by [[J. C. Orelli]], [[Zurich]], [[1824]]; and his commentaries o... - 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]]) - Leonardo da Vinci (25889 bytes)
2: ...ely constructed in his lifetime. In addition, he helped advance the study of [[anatomy]], [[astronomy]...
7: ... [[lawyer]] and his mother, Caterina, was most likely a peasant girl. It has also been suggested, albe...
9: ...o, son of Mister Piero, from Vinci". Leonardo himself simply signed his works "Leonardo" or "Io, Leona...
11: ... father soon showed them to the painter [[Andrea del Verrocchio]], who subsequently took on the fourte...
12: ...t that whatever he turned his mind to he made himself master of with ease" ([[Giorgio Vasari|Vasari]])... - Florence (11538 bytes)
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]].
25: ...worldly pleasures foreshadowed many of the wider religious controversies of the following centuries. - History of India (31279 bytes)
5: ...anent settlements appeared 9,000 years ago and developed into the [[Indus Valley Civilization]], which...
11: ...nd technology|engineering]], [[Religion in India|religion]], and [[Indian philosophy|philosophy]] flou...
14: ... or rose to power, especially in the relatively sheltered south, where the [[Hoysala Empire]] flourish...
20: ...nagara Empire|Vijayanagara Empires]] to progressively colonise the country. This process unfolded unde...
26: ...parts of the country. Nonetheless, it has held itself together as a [[secular]] democracy. India has u... - John Cabot (5966 bytes)
10: ...at he decided to find a route to the west for himself. He went with his plans to England, because he i...
12: ...yes, regions or provinces of the heathen and infidelles, whatsoever they bee, and in what part of the ...
16: ...e in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] according to [[Celts|Celtic]] legends. Some people think [[Newfoundland]] ...
20: ...n [[Iceland]]). He sailed to [[Dursey Head]], [[Ireland]], from where he sailed due west to Asia - or ...
22: ...y [[Amerigo Vespucci]] in [[1497]] are generally believed to have been forgeries or fabrications. - Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo (4763 bytes)
2: ...[[California]] in the [[United States]]. He also helped found the city of [[Oaxaca, Oaxaca]], in [[Mex...
5: ...ey to believe he was born of poor parents "around 1498 or 1500," and then worked for his keep in the hom...
10: ...f of California]], reaching as far the 28th parallel, Cabrillo was commissioned by the viceroy of [[Ne...
12: ...n when he stepped on a jagged rock. The injury developed gangrene and he died on [[January 3]], [[1543...
16: ...l site is unknown; Santa Catalina Island, San Miguel Island and Santa Rosa Island have all been sugges... - Ancient India (31279 bytes)
5: ...anent settlements appeared 9,000 years ago and developed into the [[Indus Valley Civilization]], which...
11: ...nd technology|engineering]], [[Religion in India|religion]], and [[Indian philosophy|philosophy]] flou...
14: ... or rose to power, especially in the relatively sheltered south, where the [[Hoysala Empire]] flourish...
20: ...nagara Empire|Vijayanagara Empires]] to progressively colonise the country. This process unfolded unde...
26: ...parts of the country. Nonetheless, it has held itself together as a [[secular]] democracy. India has u...
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