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- Jacques Cartier (8139 bytes)
1: [[Image:Cartier.png|thumb|200px|right|Jacques Cartier]]
3: '''Jacques Cartier''' ([[December 31]], [[1491]] – [[S...
5: ...arance in baptismal registers as godfather or witness.
7: No contemporary portrait of Jacques Cartier has been found and the most familiar port...
9: ...tained. Considering that Cartier made three voyages of discovery in dangerous and hitherto unknown wa... - Mary, the mother of Jesus (30135 bytes)
2: ...605;ريم''') is the mother of [[Jesus]] and the [[betrothal|betrothed]] of [[Joseph t...
6: Most, though not all, historians accept that Jesus of Nazareth was a historical figure, even if th...
8: ... their interpretations of the Scriptures[[#Footnotes|¹]].
13: ...ed to [[Bethlehem]] (Micah 5:2), some 80 or 90 miles (about 130 kilometers) from Nazareth; and while t...
15: ...ing these years only one event in the history of Jesus is recorded: his going up to [[Jerusalem]] when... - Vermont (39851 bytes)
10: LargestCity = [[Burlington, Vermont|Burlington]] |
30: HighestElev = 1,339 |
32: LowestElev = 29 |
36: ...New Hampshire]] to the east, [[New York]] to the west, and the [[Canada|Canadian]] province of [[Quebe...
38: ...[[Montpelier, Vermont|Montpelier]], while the largest city is [[Burlington, Vermont|Burlington]]. - History of California (38344 bytes)
3: Although the present-day State of [[California]] has been occupied ...
5: ...est primarily populated by [[missionary|missionaries]] and fur trappers, to a land of opportunity and ...
7: ...ield of [[California Poppy|California golden poppies]] ''circa'' [[1910]].]]
11: ... California|Santa Rosa Island]] are among the traces of a very early inhabitation, dated to the last [...
13: ...]] foothills collected [[acorn]]s from [[oak]] trees, ground them, and leached out the acidic [[tannin... - Thomas More (15893 bytes)
2: ...], in which he became the [[patron saint]] of statesmen, lawyers, and politicians.
5: ...s More was the eldest son of Sir John More, a successful lawyer who served as a judge in the [[King's ...
7: ...life he continued to observe many monastic practices, including self-punishment in the form of wearing...
9: ...ucation at a time when such learning was usually reserved for men.
12: ...an Emperor]] [[Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor|Charles V]], More was knighted and made undertreasurer in... - Protestant Reformation (26890 bytes)
1: ...ost importantly [[Lutheranism]], [[Reformed churches]], and [[Anabaptist]]s. It also led to the [[Coun...
5: ...lonian Captivity of the Church"), [[Avignon]], [[Western Schism|Great Schism]]
10: ...hilipp Melanchthon]], [[Indulgences]], ''[[95 Theses]]'', [[Nicolaus Von Amsdorf]]
20: ...tion with economic, political and demographic forces that contributed to a growing disaffection with t...
22: ...un in the thirteenth century was carried to a successful conclusion. - Gerardus Mercator (3294 bytes)
7: ... [[Flanders|Flemish]] [[cartographer]] of German descent, remembered for the [[Mercator projection]] n...
9: ...ercator produced a map of [[Palestine (region)|Palestine]] ([[1537]]), another map of the world ([[153...
12: ...as compass courses could be marked as straight lines.
15: ...e took the word [[atlas (cartography)|atlas]] to describe a collection of maps, and encouraged [[Abrah...
17: ...atormuseum in [[Sint-Niklaas]], [[Belgium]] features exhibits about Mercator's life and work. - Erasmus (18332 bytes)
2: '''Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus''' (also '''Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam''') ([[October 27]], ...
6: ...y-five, but he never seems to have worked as a priest, and monasticism was one of the chief objects of...
8: ...spending the rest of his life as an English [[professor]]. He stayed at [[Queens' College, Cambridge]]...
10: ...us]] at [[Venice]], but apart from this he had a less active association with Italian scholars than mi...
12: ...der the shelter of Swiss hospitality he could express himself freely and where he was surrounded by de... - Francis Drake (14963 bytes)
7: ... in his life. Francis was the eldest or second eldest of twelve children.
9: ...his own bark. At age 23 Drake took his first voyages to the [[New World]] under the sails of the Hawki...
11: == First adventures ==
12: ...nst Spanish forces, which claimed many English lives but earned Drake the favour of [[Elizabeth I of E...
13: ...y acknowledge Drake's accomplishment. Such intrigues were typical during Drake's era. - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
15: ...eon Abravanel|Judah ben Isaac Abravanel]], (1460?-1535?){{fn|C}}{{fn|R}}
16: *[[Alessandro Achillini]], (1463-1512)
26: *[[Aedesius]], (d. 355)
27: *[[Aenesidemus]], (1st century BC){{fn|R}}
33: *[[Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa]], (1436-1535){{fn|R}} - Knights Hospitaller (26158 bytes)
1: ...ary Order of Malta''' (see below) is the main successor to this tradition.
5: ... pilgrims traveling to visit the birthplace of [[Jesus]]. It was served by [[Benedictine]] Brothers.
7: ...d into providing an armed escort to pilgrims. The escort soon grew into a substantial force.
9: ...k]]s, which in turn were divided into [[commanderies]].
13: === Knights of Rhodes === - Iron (23778 bytes)
5: <tr><td colspan="2" align="center">[[manganese]] – '''iron''' – [[cobalt]]</td>
19: <td>[[Chemical series]] </td><td>[[transit...
24: <td>[[Density]], [[Mohs hardness scale|Hardness]] </td>
30: ...lign="center" bgcolor="#ffc0c0">'''Atomic properties'''</th></tr>
48: ...gn="center" bgcolor="#ffc0c0">'''Physical properties'''</th></tr> - Chile (39914 bytes)
1: ...des]] mountains and the [[Pacific Ocean]]. It shares borders with [[Argentina]] to the east, [[Bolivia...
14: official_languages = [[Spanish language|Spanish]] |
18: leader_titles = [[President of Chile|President]] |
19: leader_names = [[Ricardo Lagos]] |
20: largest_city = [[Santiago, Chile|Santiago]] | - Tropical savanna (1816 bytes)
1: ..., either having long tap roots to reach water tables, or bulbs to store water.
3: Tropical savannas are widespread on the continent of [[Africa]], and are also...
5: ...kes]] of New York, such burning killed all the trees and created [[prairie]] instead. - Francisco Vásquez de Coronado (19760 bytes)
1: {{Nofootnotes|article|date=October 2007}}
5: ...ado had hoped to conquer the mythical [[Seven Cities of Gold]].
8: ...ef> [http://genforum.genealogy.com/coronado/messages/30.html Origin of Vázquez de
11: ... find no reliable source on either side of this question, just lots of blogs and such. -->
14: ...d that he could see the Pacific Ocean off to the west. - Hernán Cortés (42809 bytes)
2: ...]]'' who led an expedition that caused the [[conquest of the Aztec Empire|fall of the Aztec empire]] a...
4: ...qués del Valle de [[Oaxaca]]'', while the more prestigious title of [[New Spain|Viceroy]] was given t...
6: ...ividual. As a result of these historical trends, descriptions of Cortés tend to be simplistic, and ei...
10: ...th the Spanish and English languages in modern times, and is the name which many people know him by to...
14: ... distant relative of [[Nicolás de Ovando y Cáceres]], the third Governor of Hispaniola. His paternal... - Hernando de Soto explorer (34946 bytes)
1: ...into the territory of the modern-day [[United States]], was the first European to discover the [[Missi...
3: ...42 on the banks of the [[Mississippi River]] at present-day [[Lake Village, Arkansas]].
5: ...ere defeated. With discovery of new lands to the west (which seemed at the time to be [[East Asia]]), ...
7: ...for the extreme brutality with which he wielded these gifts.
11: ==First expedition – The Conquest of Peru== - Judge (10187 bytes)
3: ...rt]]. The powers, functions, and training of judges vary widely from [[jurisdiction]] to jurisdiction...
5: ...[dog show]] determines which of several [[dog]]s best meets the standards for the [[breed]].
7: ==Judges in the legal system==
9: [[Image:Jamaciajudge.jpg|framed|right|Many judges all over the world continue to wear wigs, a tradi...
10: ...ry hearings, judges wear a black gown. French judges do not wear wigs.]] - Green alga (4059 bytes)
13: ...es of higher plants, full differentiation of tissues occurs.
15: ...sted green algae, in the latter case retaining a vestigial nucleus (nucleomorph).
18: ... live on their own, while the fungal partner species are often found living in nature without the alga...
20: ...cell by a smaller motile one (oogamy). However, these traits show some variation, most notably among t...
26: * [[Chlorokybales]]
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