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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-... - Amerigo Vespucci (3736 bytes)
1: ...Italian ship named after Vespucci, see [[Amerigo Vespucci (ship)]]''.
4: '''Amerigo Vespucci''' ([[March 9]], [[1454]] - [[February 22]],...
6: ...:Amerigo_Vespucci.jpg|thumb|200px|right| Amerigo Vespucci]]
8: ...[[Florence]], [[Italy]], as the third child of a respected family. His father was a notary for the Mon...
10: ...instead proposed that the two letters were forgeries written by others of the same period. - Diane de Poitiers (2609 bytes)
1: ...|French]] kings, and became notorious as the mistress of King [[Henry II of France|Henri II]].
3: ...ce|King Fran篩s I]], she gained the title of Duchesse de Valentinois.
5: ...ve. They had one daughter born in 1538 Diane, Duchess d'Angoulꭥ (1538-1619) who married Fran篩s, Du...
9: ...e]]", he did not forget to present the royal mistress with a pearl necklace.
13: ...Catherine de' Medici took control, restricting access to him. Although the king called out repeatedly ... - Mediterranean Sea (9773 bytes)
6: ...to understanding the origin and development of [[Western Civilization]].
9: ...ddle' + ''terra'', 'land, earth'), in [[Greek]] "mesogeios".
11: ...on" (הים התיכון), "the middle sea", a literal adap...
13: Presently, "The Med" is a common English language cont...
17: ...a]], by the [[Dardanelles]] and the [[Bosporus]] respectively, on the east. The Sea of Marmara is ofte... - Switzerland (22270 bytes)
3: ..., avoids choosing one of the four official languages. The abbreviation is similarly used; for example,...
11: national_motto = Unus pro omnibus, omnes pro uno<br>(English: One for all, all for one)|
13: official_languages = [[German language|German]], [[French language|...
15: largest_city = [[Zurich]] |
17: leader_titles = [[Swiss Federal Council|Federal Council]]| - Israel (51605 bytes)
1: ...e from north to south). Israel shares the coastlines of the [[Mediterranean Sea|Mediterranean]], the [...
13: official_languages = [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]], [[Arabic]] |
14: capital = [[Jerusalem]]<sup>[[#Footnotes|1]]</sup> |
17: leader_titles = [[Prime Minister]]<br>[[President]] |
18: leader_names = [[Ariel Sharon]]<br>[[Moshe Katsav]] | - Cotton (7876 bytes)
4: ...he fibers dry into flat, twisted, ribbon-like shapes and become kinked together and interlocked. This ...
9: ...uth America and India domesticated different species of cotton independently thousands of years ago.
11: ...ss that of [[sheep]]. The Indians make their clothes of this tree wool".
13: ...an language|German]] ''Baumwolle'', which translates as "tree wool".
17: The Indian cotton processing industry was eclipsed during the [[Britain|Br... - 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... - Baldassare Castiglione (7242 bytes)
10: ...is duties would have included representative offices for the court; for instance, he accompanied his m...
13: ...tellectual competitions which resulted in an interesting, stimulating cultural life that produced a br...
15: ...epicts the court of Urbino. The work contains echoes of both ancient and contemporary poetry, with rec...
17: ...ose of other guests in some letters to other princes, maintaining an activity very near to diplomacy, ...
19: ...lose friend of him, frequently asking for his suggestions. Raphael gratefully painted a famous portait... - Niccolo Machiavelli (11084 bytes)
1: ...g|thumb|150px|Machiavelli, ca [[1500]], in the robes of a Florentine public official]]
10: ...xander VI]] and his son, [[Cesare Borgia]], and these characters fill a large space of ''The Prince''.
12: ...erature. He died in Florence in [[1527]] and his resting place is unknown, however a symbolic tomb in ...
15: ...me view point. Notwithstanding the mitigating themes in ''The Prince'', it was viewed in a negative li...
17: ...also adopted by some of Machiavelli's contemporaries, often used in the introductions of political tra... - John Cabot (5966 bytes)
2: '''Giovanni Caboto''' (c. [[1450]] – [[1499]]), known as '''''John Cabot''''' in [[English la...
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... - Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo (4763 bytes)
2: ...of present day [[California]] in the [[United States]]. He also helped found the city of [[Oaxaca, Oax...
5: ...riguez Cabrillo,'' historian [[Harry Kelsey]] writes that Cabrillo appears to have been born in Spain,...
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... - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
16: *[[Maria Gaetana Agnesi]] (Italy, [[1718]] - [[1799]])
18: *[[Ahmes]] (Egypt, roughly around [[17th century BC]])
23: *[[Giacomo Albanese]] (Italy, Brazil)
31: *[[Anthemius of Tralles]] (Constantinople c. [[474]] - c. [[534]])
36: *[[Archimedes]] (Syracuse, [[287 BC|287 B.C.]] - [[212 BC|212 B... - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
16: *[[Alessandro Achillini]], (1463-1512)
26: *[[Aedesius]], (d. 355)
27: *[[Aenesidemus]], (1st century BC){{fn|R}}
44: *[[Alcibiades]], (c. 450-404 BC)
51: *[[Alexander of Hales]], (d. 1245){{fn|C}}{{fn|R}}
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