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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
1: ...t utility vehicle|SUV]], see [[Ford Expedition]] (especially replacing the [[Ford Excursion]]). For th...
6: *[[Diogo de Azambuja]] ([[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
7: *[[Pêro de Alenquer]] ([[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
8: ...Francisco de Almeida]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] naval explorer and [[viceroy]] of [[India]])
9: ...fonso de Albuquerque]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] naval explorer and [[viceroy]] of [[India]]) - Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
1: ...d that a ship could reach the [[Far East]] via a westward course.
3: ...hout running out of food or getting stuck in windless regions. Although his explorations were not the...
5: ...s likely due to the invention of the [[printing press]].
7: ...]]. He never reached the present-day [[United States]] where "Columbus Day" ([[12 October]], the anniv...
9: ...ficial to humans, such as [[tomato]]es, [[potato]]es, [[maize]], and [[horse]]s), and the first large-... - Alexandria (28378 bytes)
1: ...r dm|31|12|N|29|15|E|}}, 208 km (129 miles) northwest of [[Cairo]]. The Canopic mouth of the [[Nile]]...
3: ...s of Egypt quickly became one of the greatest cities of the [[Hellenistic civilization|Hellenistic]] w...
5: ...right|Alexandria's state-of-the-art [[library]], designed by [[Christoph Kapellar]], was inaugurated i...
19: ...er's seers, and in particular [[Aristander of Telmessus]], interpreted this as an omen that the city w...
21: ...knowledge of their appearance, erects metal effigies on the beach which succeed in frightening the mon... - Age of Exploration (14467 bytes)
1: ...topher Columbus]], [[Vasco da Gama]], [[Pedro ?vares Cabral]], [[John Cabot]], [[Juan Ponce de Le,...
3: ...e a combination of traditional European and Arab designs were the first ships that could leave the rel...
7: ...ns in hopes of finding coverts, or the fabled [[Prester John]].
9: The first of these travelers was [[Giovanni de Plano Carpini]] who ...
11: ...[[Ottoman Empire]] further limited the possibilities for Europeans. - Alexander of Aphrodisias (2599 bytes)
1: ...]], and styled, by way of pre-eminence, ''o exegetes'' ("the expositor"), was a native of [[Aphrodisia...
6: Commentaries by Alexander on the following works of Aristotle ...
13: His commentaries were greatly esteemed among the [[Arab]]ians, who translated many...
16: ...ch he argues against the [[Stoic]] doctrine of necessity; and one ''On the Soul'', in which he contend...
18: ... whose agency the potential intellect in man becomes actual, with God. - List of painters (54090 bytes)
12: ..., ([[1840]]-[[1926]]), French [[Impressionism|impressionist]] painter
14: ...1956]]), US [[Abstract expressionism|abstract expressionist]] [[painter]]
17: ..., ([[1841]]-[[1919]]), French [[Impressionism|impressionist]] painter
33: *[[Jacques-Laurent Agasse]] ([[1767]]-[[1848]])
42: *[[Mikolas Ales]] ([[1852]]-[[1913]]) - Leonardo da Vinci (25889 bytes)
2: ...]]'' and ''[[Mona Lisa]]''. He is also known for designing many inventions that anticipated modern tec...
7: ... most likely a peasant girl. It has also been suggested, albeit on scanty evidence, that she was a [[M...
9: ...r to his works as "Leonardos", not "da Vincis". Presumably he did not use his father's name because of...
11: ...ted [[drawing]] and [[painting]]. His early sketches were of such quality that his father soon showed ...
12: ...rea's pupils was Leonardo da Vinci, in whom, besides a beauty of person never sufficiently admired and... - Florence (11538 bytes)
1: ... around 400,000, plus a suburban population in excess of 200,000. Florence is the capital of the regio...
3: ...[Europe]]an trade and finance, the city is sometimes considered the birthplace of the [[Italian Renais...
5: [[Image:FlorenceSymbol-giglio.png|thumb|right|127px|"Giglio di Fire...
9: ...e:Florence_bridges.jpg|right|thumb|300px|The bridges of Florence at sunset from Piazzale Michelangelo]...
17: Florence's recorded history began with the establishment in [[59 BC]] of a settlement ("Florent... - History of India (31279 bytes)
5: ...Madhya Pradesh]] are found the earliest known traces of human life in [[India]]: [[Stone Age]] rock sh...
8: ...om [[Central Asia]] followed, with the successive establishment in northern India of the [[Indo-Greek]...
11: ...|philosophy]] flourished under the patronage of these kings.
14: ...indigenous kingdoms remained in or rose to power, especially in the relatively sheltered south, where ...
17: ... [[Sanchi|Sanchi stupa]] in Sanchi, [[Madhya Pradesh]] built by emperor [[Ashoka]] in the 3rd century... - John Cabot (5966 bytes)
4: ...r made [[England]] his base of operations and is best known as John Cabot for his explorations made un...
6: Cabot's birthplace is uncertain; some references give [[Genoa]], others [[Gaeta]]. The date was ar...
10: ...to eastern Asia would be shorter at higher latitudes.
12: ..., regions or provinces of the heathen and infidelles, whatsoever they bee, and in what part of the wor...
16: ...land]] may have been found on (one of) these voyages. - Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo (4763 bytes)
2: ...of present day [[California]] in the [[United States]]. He also helped found the city of [[Oaxaca, Oax...
5: ...ey to believe he was born of poor parents "around 1498 or 1500," and then worked for his keep in the hom...
7: ==Voyages==
8: ...ne gold in [[Guatemala]], made him one of the richest of the [[conquistador]]s in Mexico.
10: ...[[Hudson Bay]], providing a route for the [[Northwest Passage]]. Cabrillo, who had started life as a s... - Ancient India (31279 bytes)
5: ...Madhya Pradesh]] are found the earliest known traces of human life in [[India]]: [[Stone Age]] rock sh...
8: ...om [[Central Asia]] followed, with the successive establishment in northern India of the [[Indo-Greek]...
11: ...|philosophy]] flourished under the patronage of these kings.
14: ...indigenous kingdoms remained in or rose to power, especially in the relatively sheltered south, where ...
17: ... [[Sanchi|Sanchi stupa]] in Sanchi, [[Madhya Pradesh]] built by emperor [[Ashoka]] in the 3rd century...
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