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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]... - Francisco Vasquez de Coronado (3639 bytes)
1: ...as a [[Spain|Spanish]] [[conquistador]], who in [[1540]]-[[1542]] visited [[New Mexico]] and other parts...
3: ...xpedition.jpg|thumb|500px|The Coronado Expedition 1540-1542.]]
7: ...ecided to try to get that [[gold]]. He set out in 1540, joined by a large expedition of 340 Spanish, 300...
9: ...f Cortez]] northward to the [[Sonora]], then traveled upstream the Sonora, and crossed the [[Gila]] t...
11: ...]] was sent out to find this river, and found himself - List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
9: *[[Abati]] ''aka'' Niccolo Dell'Abbato, (1512-1571), artist
17: ...e|Abbadie, Antoine Thomson d']], (1810-1897), traveler
34: *[[Dimebag Darrell|Abbott, Darrell]], (1966-2004), US musician
49: *[[Abd-el-Aziz IV]], (1880-), sultan of Morocco
50: *[[Abd-el-Kader]], (circa 1807-1883), Emir of Mascara - List of people by name: Ac (3800 bytes)
8: *[[Marcel Achard|Achard, Marcel]], (1899-1974), playwrighter and scriptwriter
29: *[[Nate Ackerman|Ackerman, Nathanael Leedon]] (born 1978)
32: ... Wilhelm Ackermann|Ackermann, Ernst Christian Wilhelm]] (1761-1835)
36: *[[Jacob Fidelis Ackermann|Ackermann, Jacob Fidelis]] (1765-1815)
47: *[[Wilhelm Ackermann|Ackermann, Wilhelm]], (1896-1962), mathematician - Arizona (24367 bytes)
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34: HighestElev = 3,851 |
35: MeanElev = 1,250 |
36: LowestElev = 21 |
96: ...[Mexican War]] in [[1848]]. In [[1853]] the land below the [[Gila River]] was acquired from Mexico in ... - Georgia (U.S. state) (26579 bytes)
30: HighestElev = 1,458 |
31: MeanElev = 180 |
32: LowestElev = 0 |
38: ...]], ''[[Georgia on My Mind]]'' by [[Hoagy Carmichael]] was originally written about a woman of that na...
48: ...lorer)|Hernando de Soto]] in [[1540]], had completely disappeared by [[1560]]. - Utah (29154 bytes)
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32: HighestElev = 4,123 |
33: MeanElev = 1,920 |
34: LowestElev = 610 |
45: Animal = [[Red deer|Rocky Mountain Elk]] | - New Mexico (31079 bytes)
31: HighestElev = Wheeler Peak, 13,161 ft, 4,014 |
32: MeanElev = 5,692 ft, 1735 |
33: LowestElev = Red Bluff Reservoir, 2,817 ft, 859 |
38: ...h language|Spanish]], the state's name would be spelled ''Nuevo M骩co''.
46: ...a full-scale expedition to find these cities in [[1540]]-[[1542]]. Coronado camped near an excavated pue... - 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]]) - Castle (27805 bytes)
1: ...ure]]. The term is most often applied to a small self-contained [[fortress]], usually of the [[Middle ...
2: ...tached to the dwelling, resulting in many un-castlelike castles and ''[[chaux]]''.
7: ...0px|thumb|right|Castle found along the coast of Ireland. Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.co...
12: ...ent]], whose defensive look was probably built merely to impress, and inside the castle is geared towa...
15: ...ers. For he could do what he liked without fear, relying on the protection of the castle, while others... - Francesco Guicciardini (1068 bytes)
1: ...tesman]]. A friend and critic of [[Niccolchiavelli]], he is considered one of the major political ...
3: ...eptical and more conservative than that of Machiavelli.
10: * ''Relazione di Spagna'' (1514)
14: * ''Del reggimento di Firenze'' (1527)
15: ...''Considerazioni intorno ai "Discorsi" del Machiavelli sopra la prima deca di Tito Livio'' (1528) - Protestant Reformation (26890 bytes)
10: ... [[Martin Luther]], [[Johann Tetzel]], [[Philipp Melanchthon]], [[Indulgences]], ''[[95 Theses]]'', [...
20: ...g disaffection with the wealth and power of the [[elite]] [[clergy]], sensitizing the population to th...
22: ...trade, industry, and burgeoning urban growth in fields as diverse as banking (the [[Fugger]] banking f...
24: ...herlands]] and new textile industries began to develop.
28: ...and God. New thinking favored the notion that no religious [[doctrine]] can be supported by philosophi... - Gerardus Mercator (3294 bytes)
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9: ... of the world ([[1538]]) and a map of Flanders ([[1540]]). During this period he learned [[Italic]] scri...
12: ...ction and first used it in [[1569]]; it had parallel lines of longitude to aid navigation by sea, as c...
15: ...a collection of maps, and encouraged [[Abraham Ortelius]] to compile the first modern world atlas, ''[...
17: The Mercatormuseum in [[Sint-Niklaas]], [[Belgium]] features exhibits about Mercator's life and... - Hernando de Soto (explorer) (19418 bytes)
4: == Travels and Career ==
5: ...n [[Panama]]. His only possessions then were a shield and his sword. In [[1516]], he became commander ...
6: De Soto gained fame as an excellent horseman, fighter, and tactician, but was kno...
9: ... large areas of land in the Spanish colonies, as well as gold mines and trade ships. Apparently though...
13: ...d to Spain in [[1536]], taking with him approximately 100,000 golden [[peso]]s — his share of th... - Francis Drake (14963 bytes)
1: ...e:FrancisDrake.jpg|framed|Sir Francis Drake, c. [[1540]]–[[1596]].]]
2: ...d on his return by Queen [[Elizabeth I of England|Elizabeth I]]. He was second in command of the Engli...
7: ...ife. Francis was the eldest or second eldest of twelve children.
12: ...rake the favour of [[Elizabeth I of England|Queen Elizabeth]].
13: ...t each survivor was rich for life. However, Queen Elizabeth, who had up to this point sponsored and en... - Cabeza de Vaca (4807 bytes)
3: ...s head there. In the prologue to his great story relating his shipwreck and wanderings in North Americ...
5: ...ve [[Estevanico]], Andres de Dorantes and Alonso del Castillo Maldonado were the only survivors of the...
7: ...ight prepare them for the hardships they would surely face.
9: ...South America, which bound with his earlier ''La Relación'' and published under the title ''Comentari...
18: ...rative of Cabeza De Vaca.'' Translation of ''La Relacion'' by Rolena Adorno and Patrick Charles Pautz... - Francisco Coronado (5090 bytes)
1: ...[[Spain|Spanish]] [[conquistador]], who between [[1540]]-[[1542]] visited [[New Mexico]] and other parts...
5: ... cities and take all of their gold. He set out in 1540, joined by a large expedition of 335 Spanish, 1,3...
8: ...f Cortez]] northward to the [[Sonora]], then traveled upstream on the Sonora, and crossed the [[Gila]...
10: ...ar [[Albuquerque, New Mexico]]). In the winter of 1540-41 the demands of his army resulted in conflicts ...
17: ...borg that is called Coronado Heights. A small [[obelisk]] about halfway up commemorates Coronado's exp... - 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) - Apache (7848 bytes)
3: ...rom the Northern Plains into the Southwest relatively recently. Noted leaders have included [[Cochise...
8: ...驠tribal groups of the American Southwest speak related languages of the language family referred to ...
10: ...with their possessions. In April 1541, while traveling on the plains east of the Pueblo region, [[Fra...
12: ...which they load to carry their tents, poles, and belongings.'' (See Hammond and Rey.)
14: ...k spots, and ?''not much larger than water [[spaniels]].? '' Plains dogs were slightly smaller than th...
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