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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
21: *[[George Back]], (1796—1878), [[British Empire|Britis...
29: *[[George Bass]] - [[Australia]]n explorer
47: *[[John Cabot]] (Giovanni Caboto), (c. 1450 – 1499), [[Italy|Italian]] navigator in [[England|Englis...
94: *[[George Everest]], (1790-1866)
148: ...], (1899-2001) [[Norwegians|Norwegian]]-[[Danish people|Danish]] explorer, Governor of [[Greenland]] - Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
3: ...hington Irving]]. Contrary to this belief, most people at that time accepted that the earth was round...
5: ...s of expeditions to the Americas by a variety of peoples throughout time; see '''[[Pre-Columbian trans...
11: ...ns, if not hundreds, of millions of [[indigenous people]]s, exploitation of the Americas by Europe, an...
21: ...e younger brothers, [[Bartolomeo Columbus|Bartolomeo]], Giovanni Pellegrino, and Giacomo, and a sister...
25: ... studied [[cartography]] with his brother Bartolomeo. Christopher received almost no formal education;... - Amerigo Vespucci (3736 bytes)
16: ...etermined his longitude celestially on August 23, 1499, while on this voyage. But his claim is clearly f... - Diane de Poitiers (2609 bytes)
1: '''Diane de Poitiers''' ([[September 3]], [[1499]] - [[April 25]], [[1566]]) was a fixture at the ... - Mediterranean Sea (9773 bytes)
6: ...for trade and cultural exchange between emergent peoples of the region — [[Egyptian|Egyptians]],...
11: ...on" (הים התיכון), "the middle sea", a literal adap...
15: ==Geography==
62: ==Geology==
63: The geology of the Mediterranean is complex, involving th... - Switzerland (22270 bytes)
46: ...tory in a war against the [[Swabian League]] in [[1499]] amounted to de facto independence from the [[Ho...
54: ...n]] conquered Switzerland and in [[1803]], [[Napoleon Bonaparte]] imposed a new constitution, largely ...
84: ...)]], and 1 from the [[Swiss People's Party|Swiss People's Party (SVP/UDC)]]. This traditional distribu...
133: == Geography ==
134: ''Main article: [[Geography of Switzerland]]'' - Israel (51605 bytes)
73: ...subsequent attempted extermination of the Jewish people in the [[Shoah]], or [[the Holocaust|Holocaust...
78: ...accepted tentatively [http://www.multied.com/bio/people/BenGurion.html] by Zionist leader [[David Ben-...
96: ...ad a right to transit the [[Strait of Tiran]]. Moreover, the [[Egypt]]ian blockade prior to the [[195...
98: ...successful peace conferences (see ''[[#Geography|Geography]]'' below for more).
104: ...tate that is barred from joining any of the five geographical groupings that would make it eligible fo... - Cotton (7876 bytes)
9: ...ago. There is clear archaeological evidence that people in South America and India domesticated differ...
13: ...it came from other than that it was a [[plant]]; people in the region, familiar only with [[animal]] f...
85: [[eo:Kotono]]
88: [[he:כותנה]] - List of painters (54090 bytes)
11: *[[Leonardo da Vinci]], ([[1452]]-[[1519]]), Italian pai...
69: *[[George Ault]] ([[1891]]-[[1948]])
76: *[[Constantine Andreou]] ([[1917]]-)
83: *[[Leonard Bahr]] ([[1905]]-[[1990]])
95: *[[George Barker (painter)|George Barker]] ([[1882]]-[[1965]]) - Leonardo da Vinci (25889 bytes)
1: [[Image:Leonardo da Vinci.jpeg|thumb|Leonardo da Vinci]]
2: ...masterly paintings, such as ''[[The Last Supper (Leonardo)|The Last Supper]]'' and ''[[Mona Lisa]]''. ...
7: Leonardo was born in [[Anchiano]], near [[Vinci, Ital...
9: ...ost authorities therefore refer to his works as "Leonardos", not "da Vincis". Presumably he did not us...
11: ...ear old Leonardo as an apprentice. In this role, Leonardo also worked with [[Lorenzo di Credi]] and [[... - Baldassare Castiglione (7242 bytes)
10: ...ck to Mantua, again in the court of Gonzaga. In [[1499]] he lost his father and succeeded him in the rep...
19: ... of Novellata, a county near Pesaro. When [[Pope Leo X]] was elected, Castiglione was sent to Rome as ...
21: ...r, this time for Mantuan Dukes. In [[1521]] Pope Leo X conceded him the ''tonsura'' (first sacerdotal ...
24: On the other side, quite outrageously, Alonso de Valdes (brother of Juan de Valdes ...
36: ...s personality, but also details about the famous people he met and frequented, or about his diplomat a... - Niccolo Machiavelli (11084 bytes)
3: ...as also a key figure in [[realist]] [[political theory]], crucial to European statecraft during the [[...
10: ...ropean leaders he met. His first mission was in [[1499]] to [[Caterina Sforza]], who appeared as "my lad...
12: ...maintained his innocence throughout. When [[Pope Leo X]] became [[pontiff]] in [[1513]], himself a mem...
25: ...e can now see what it actually means: similar to Leonardo performing vivisections, interested with "ho...
27: ... American to call such a position a "political rodeo" where one does not know if a Player politically ... - John Cabot (5966 bytes)
2: '''Giovanni Caboto''' (c. [[1450]] – [[1499]]), known as '''''John Cabot''''' in [[English la...
16: ...an]] according to [[Celts|Celtic]] legends. Some people think [[Newfoundland]] may have been found on ...
20: ...but fast and able. The crew consisted of only 18 people. He departed on either [[May 2]] or [[May 20]... - Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo (4763 bytes)
2: ...e]] version ''João Rodrigues Cabrilho'') (ca. [[1499]] – [[January 3]], [[1543]]) was a [[Portug... - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
47: *[[George Atwood]] (Britain, [[1746]] - [[1807]])
100: *[[George Boole]] (Britain, [[1815]] - [[1864]])
129: *[[Georg Cantor|Georg Ferdinand Cantor]] (Germany, [[1845]] - [[1918]...
189: *[[George Dantzig]] (USA, [[1914]] - )
238: *[[Leonhard Euler]] (Switzerland, [[1707]] - [[1783]]) - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
15: *[[Judah Leon Abravanel|Judah ben Isaac Abravanel]], (1460?-15...
25: *[[Theodor Adorno]], (1903-1969){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R}}
39: *[[Leone Battista Alberti]], (1404-1472)
46: *[[Alcmaeon of Croton]], (5th century BC){{fn|O}}{{fn|R}}
109: *[[Georg Anton Friedrich Ast]], (1778-1841)
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