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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... - Amerigo Vespucci (3736 bytes)
4: ...lblazers setting out from European docks were travelling to [[East Asia]].
10: ...pucci was exaggerating his role and constructing deliberate fabrications, others have instead proposed...
12: ... (See also [[Naming of America]].) ''Amerigo'' itself is an Italian form of ''[[Haimirich]]'' (in Engl...
16: ...etermined his longitude celestially on August 23, 1499, while on this voyage. But his claim is clearly f...
18: ...f [[South America]]. If his own account is to be believed, he reached the latitude of [[Patagonia]] be... - Diane de Poitiers (2609 bytes)
1: '''Diane de Poitiers''' ([[September 3]], [[1499]] - [[April 25]], [[1566]]) was a fixture at the ...
5: ...' Medici]], Diane de Poitiers would remain his lifelong true love. They had one daughter born in 1538 ...
9: ...l into her fifties, Diane possessed an extreme intellect and a political astuteness to the point that ...
11: ...au Chenonceau]] that Catherine had wanted for herself.
13: ... she was also not invited to the funeral. Immediately thereafter, Catherine de' Medici banished Diane ... - Mediterranean Sea (9773 bytes)
1: ...ranian_Sea_16.61811E_38.99124N.jpg|thumb|300px|Satellite image]]
3: [[Image:Mediterranean_Relief.jpg|350px|thumb|300px|Map of the Mediterranean...
4: ...is a part of the [[Atlantic Ocean]] almost completely enclosed by land, on the north by [[Europe]], on...
6: ...] is important to understanding the origin and development of [[Western Civilization]].
11: ...literal adaptation of the German equivalent ''Mittelmeer''. In [[Turkish language|Turkish]], it is ''A... - Switzerland (22270 bytes)
3: ...it is used as Switzerland's [[country code top-level domain|ccTLD]], [[.ch]].
18: ...tion (Switzerland)|Pres. 2005]])</small><br>[[Micheline Calmy-Rey]]<br>[[Christoph Blocher]]<br>[[Hans...
42: Switzerland is a federation of relatively autonomous [[Cantons of Switzerland|canton]]s, s...
44: ...inst foreign rule by the [[Habsburg]]s, who then held the German imperial throne of the [[Holy Roman E...
46: ...tory in a war against the [[Swabian League]] in [[1499]] amounted to de facto independence from the [[Ho... - Israel (51605 bytes)
1: ...ypt]] (listed clockwise from north to south). Israel shares the coastlines of the [[Mediterranean Sea|...
6: ...7;שראל<br>("Medinat Yisra'el")<br>دولة اس&...
7: common_name = Israel |
8: image_flag = Israel_flag_large.png |
9: image_coat = Israel-coa-medium.png | - Cotton (7876 bytes)
3: ...d.jpg|thumb|none|550px|Cotton plants growing in field]]
4: ...h fiber is made up of twenty to thirty layers of cellulose coiled in a neat series of natural springs....
9: ...her]]s and [[fur]]) which dated back to approximately 7,000 years ago. There is clear archaeological e...
13: ...in [[1350]], stated as fact the now-preposterous belief: "There grew there India a wonderful tree whic...
17: ...roved by the invention of the [[cotton gin]] by [[Eli Whitney]] in [[1793]]. - 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]])... - Baldassare Castiglione (7242 bytes)
1: '''Baldassare Castiglione, count of Novellata''' ([[December 6]], [[1478]] – [[Februa...
8: ...] at the time of marquis [[Lodovico Gonzaga]], a relative of Luigia Gonzaga, mother of Castiglione.
10: ...of [[Urbino]], and in [[1504]] Gonzaga, although reluctant, allowed him to pass to that court.
13: ... many others. Notably, guests used to organise intellectual competitions which resulted in an interest...
15: ...mo Gonzaga) his eclogue ''Tirsi'' in which allusively, beyond the figures of three shepherds, he origi... - 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 ... - John Cabot (5966 bytes)
2: '''Giovanni Caboto''' (c. [[1450]] – [[1499]]), known as '''''John Cabot''''' in [[English la...
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 ... - Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo (4763 bytes)
2: ...[[California]] in the [[United States]]. He also helped found the city of [[Oaxaca, Oaxaca]], in [[Mex...
5: ..., but events in Cabrillo’s life lead Kelsey to believe he was born of poor parents "around 1498 or 1...
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... - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
1: The famous [[mathematician]]s are listed below in [[English language|English]] [[alphabet]]ica...
9: *[[Niels Henrik Abel]] (Norway, [[1802]] - [[1829]])
13: *[[Wilhelm Ackermann]] (Germany, [[1896]] - [[1962]])
15: *[[Robert Adrain]] (Ireland)
19: *[[Selman Akbulut]] (Turkey) - 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)
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