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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]]) - Francisco Vasquez de Coronado (3639 bytes)
1: ... of the southwest of what is now the [[United States]].
7: ...n of 340 Spanish, 300 Indian allies, and 1000 slaves, both native Americans and Africans.
9: ...thing like the great golden city fray Marcos had described, it was just a simple [[pueblo]] of the [[Z...
11: ...nt northwest, and heard of a great river further west (the [[Colorado River (U.S.)|Colorado]]). [[Garc...
12: ...his winter quarters in one of them, [[Tiguex]] (present-day [[Bernalillo]] near [[Albuquerque, New Mex... - Mary I of England (24813 bytes)
8: ..., however, were in many cases reversed by her successor, [[Elizabeth I of England|Elizabeth I]].
10: Mary I is sometimes confused with her first cousin, once removed [[Ma...
13: ...se assertions that she was created Princess of Wales, even though he was deeply disappointed that his ...
15: ...ives]] upon the subject, but was herself the Princess Mary's first teacher in Latin.
17: ...iage treaty was signed; it provided that the Princess Mary should marry either Francis or his second s... - Mary I of Scotland (27810 bytes)
7: ...ndash; [[July 24]], [[1567]]. She is perhaps the best known of the Scottish monarchs, in part because ...
9: Mary, Queen of Scots, is sometimes confused with her first cousin once removed, [[Ma...
12: ...tland]], on [[December 8]], [[1542]] to King [[James V of Scotland]] and his French wife, [[Marie de G...
14: ...es could inherit only after extinction of male lines.
15: ...ary ascended the throne because all other male lines of the royal house had gone extinct before the de... - Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
7: ...irgin Queen''', '''Gloriana''', or '''Good Queen Bess''', Elizabeth I was the fifth and final monarch ...
9: ...en saved her from political and marital misalliances. Like her father [[Henry VIII of England|Henry VI...
11: ...ies, one [[earl|earldom]] and seven [[baron|baronies]] in the [[Peerage of England]], and one barony i...
13: ...ica]] and afterwards a member of the [[United States]], was named after Elizabeth I, the "Virgin Queen...
16: ... under the [[English Act of Succession|Act of Succession 1544]]. - Africa (35389 bytes)
3: ...h over 800 million human inhabitants in 54 countries, it accounts for about one seventh of the [[world...
8: ...ce of Africa]] with its capital [[Carthage]], corresponding to modern-day [[Tunisia]].
11: *the [[Phoenician languages|Phoenician]] ''`afar'', dust;
16: The historian [[Leo Africanus]] ([[1495]]-[[1554]]) attributed the origin to the Greek word ''phri...
24: ...om the main mass of the Earth's surface. It includes within its remarkably regular outline an area, of... - 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. - Francisco Coronado (5090 bytes)
1: ... of the southwest of what is now the [[United States]]. He was born in [[Salamanca]], [[Spain]].
5: ...of which was [[Juan de Padilla]], and several slaves, both native Americans and Africans.
8: ...thing like the great golden city fray Marcos had described, it was just a simple [[pueblo]] of the [[Z...
10: ...he brutal [[Tiguex War]], which resulted in the destruction of the Tiguex pueblos and the death of hu...
12: ...rther to Quivira, and he reached a village near present-day [[Lindsborg, Kansas]]. But his disappointm... - 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}} - Sebastiano Serlio (4494 bytes)
1: ...[[Bologna]] 1475 – [[Fontainebleau]] ''ca'' 1554), the Italian [[Mannerist]] [[architect]], was pa...
6: ... the air in the 1530s: several contemporary churches compete for primacy: but Serlio's woodcut put the...
8:
10: ...itecture]]. Later Serlio's book was in the libraries of Sir [[Christopher Wren]] and Robert Woods, the...
12: ...provided such a useful repertory of classical images that it was reprinted in 1563 and in 1572. - Guinea pig (19730 bytes)
12: ..._subdivision | color = pink | plural_taxon = Species}}
22: ...y that evidence from [[mitochondrial DNA]] indicates that the [[Hystricognathi]] may belong to a diffe...
24: ...]. Although there are more than 20 different species, the one most familiar to people is ''C. porcellu...
27: ...e meal. Guinea pigs are called ''cuy'' (pl. ''cuyes'') in Per? considered a [[Peruvian Cuisine|culina...
31: ...d to call it ''[[Wiktionary:guinees biggetje|guinees biggetje]]'' (Guinean piglet), in Sweden they are... - Guinea Pigs (18488 bytes)
12: ..._subdivision | color = pink | plural_taxon = Species}}
22: ...y that evidence from [[mitochondrial DNA]] indicates that the [[Hystricognathi]] may belong to a diffe...
24: ...]. Although there are more than 20 different species, the one most familiar to people is ''C. porcellu...
27: ...e meal. Guinea pigs are called ''cuy'' (pl. ''cuyes'') in Per? considered a [[Peruvian Cuisine|culina...
31: ...d to call it ''[[Wiktionary:guinees biggetje|guinees biggetje]]'' (Guinean piglet), in Sweden they are... - 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.
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