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- Costa Rica (12931 bytes)
1: ...e of political stablity in the region, and sometimes refered to as the "[[Switzerland]] of [[Latin Ame...
21: ...[English language|English]] and indigenous languages on the Atlantic coast)
26: | '''[[President of Costa Rica|President]]'''
30: | [[List of countries by area|Ranked 125th]] <br /> [[1 E10 m2|51,100 k...
32: ...'[[Population]]'''<br /> - Total ([[2004]] [[Estimation|E]]) <br /> - [[Population density|D... - List of U.S. state capitals (5230 bytes)
41: | [[1839]] — [[1845]]
57: | [[1867]] — [[1876]] (design), [[1884]] — [[1887]] (construction)
64: | [[Des Moines, Iowa|Des Moines]]
69: ...[[1873]] (east wing), [[1879]] — [[1881]] (west wing), [[1884]] — [[1906]] (center)
95: | [[Minnesota]] - 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]]) - John C. Fremont (3726 bytes)
2: ...President of the United States]], and the first Presidential candidate of a major party to run on a pl...
5: ...and from 1841 to [[1846]] he led exploration parties on the [[Oregon Trail]] and into the [[Sierra Nev...
7: ...see [[U.S. presidential election, 1856]]) to [[James Buchanan]].
9: ...[[West Virginia]]), but lost several battles and resigned his post.
13: ... [[Fremont County, Wyoming|Wyoming]]. Several cities are also named after him, such as [[Fremont, Cali... - 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: ...it (see right) was painted by a Russian artist in 1839 for the city of Saint-Malo.
9: ...tained. Considering that Cartier made three voyages of discovery in dangerous and hitherto unknown wa... - List of people by name: Ah (925 bytes)
11: *[[Mirza Ghulam Ahmad|Ahmad, Mirza Ghulam]] ([[1839]]-[[1908]]), founder of [[Ahmadi]] sect
15: *[[Esko Aho|Aho, Esko]], (born 1954), Finnish prime minister
16: ...Ahtisaari, Martti]], (born 1937), UN diplomat & president of [[Finland]] - Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
2: ... United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Empress of India]]
7: ...was also the first monarch to use the title [[Empress of India]].
9: ...last monarch of the [[House of Hanover]]; her successor belonged to the [[House of Windsor|House of Sa...
12: ...ria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld]], the sister of Princess Charlotte's widower [[Leopold I of Belgium|Princ...
14: ...r was the Reverend [[George Davys]] and her governess was [[Louise Lehzen]]. - Ouida (1938 bytes)
1: ..., August 20, 1881)]]'''Ouida''' ([[January 7]], [[1839]] – [[January 25]], [[1908]]) was the ''[[p...
5: Although successful, she did not manage her money well and died i...
8: ...o published with the title ''Two Little Wooden Shoes'') [http://www.gutenberg.net/etext/13912 Gutenber...
9: * ''Bimbi, Stories for Children'' (1882)
21: * ''The Massarenes'' (?) - Ada Lovelace (5406 bytes)
2: ..., [[1852]]) is mainly known for having written a description of
3: [[Charles Babbage]]'s early mechanical general-purpose comp...
8: ... [[London]] society, she was a member of the [[Bluestockings]] in her youth.
11: ... of Lovelace'''. She is widely known in modern times simply as '''Ada Lovelace'''.
13: ... David Brewster]], [[Charles Wheatstone]], [[Charles Dickens]] and [[Michael Faraday]]. - Painting (4567 bytes)
1: ...erhaps the best-known artistic painting in the [[Western world]].]]
2: ...tes that humans have been painting for about 6 times as long as they have been using written language....
4: ...rocess of making marks on a surface by applying pressure from or moving a tool on the surface.
8: ...ros, lions, buffalo, and mammoth. There are examples of [[cave painting]] all over the world.
12: == Painting techniques == - Carpet (15753 bytes)
1: ...ficant numbers of [[Persian rug]]s introduced to Western Europe.
3: ...at is loose-laid, most often for decorative purposes.
7: == Carpet types ==
8: ...[Image:Swatches of carpet 1.jpg|thumb|250px|Swatches of machine-made carpet]]
10: ...k]], [[plain weave]], and [[tapestry weave]]. Types of European flatwoven carpets include Venetian, D... - Map (10223 bytes)
3: ...model|two-dimensional, geometrically accurate representation]] of a three-dimensional space. The scie...
7: ...outh-central [[Anatolia]] (now [[Turkey]]); it dates from about [[6200 BC]].
9: ...alem]] at the center of the world, and in some cases, related the "body" of the Earth to the body of C...
11: ...y by [[Jorge Luis Borges]] and [[Adolfo Bioy Casares]], generally known in [[English language|English]...
13: ...ergency services providers, and other local agencies. Many national surveying projects have been carr... - Clarinet (18825 bytes)
2: ...ument]] in the [[woodwind]] family. The name derives from adding the suffix ''-et'' meaning ''little''...
4: ...t uses a single [[reed (music)|reed]] which vibrates to generate the instrument's sound. (See ''Charac...
11: ...d the instrument to be very agile; there are few restrictions to what it is able to play.
12: ...rge orchestras and bands rather than small ensembles.
15: ... is an octave above high C. This last range of notes is generally only used rarely, to achieve particu... - Martin Van Buren (21629 bytes)
5: <tr><td>'''Order:'''</td><td>8th President</td></tr>
13: ...d>'''Wife:'''</td><td>[[Hannah Van Buren|Hannah Hoes Van Buren]]</td></tr>
14: <tr><td>'''[[First Lady of the United States|First Lady]]:'''</td><td>[[Angelica Van Buren]]
17: ...States|Political Party]]:'''</td><td>[[United States Democratic Party|Democrat]]</td></tr>
18: ...d>'''[[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]]:'''</td><td>[[Richard M. Johnson]]</td></t... - George M. Dallas (3858 bytes)
3: ...nited States|Vice President]], serving under [[James K. Polk]].
5: ...tates Senate]] to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of [[Isaac D. Barnard]] and served from [...
7: ...es on the Democratic ticket in [[1844]] with [[James K. Polk]] and served from [[March 4]], [[1845]] t...
9: ...lenipotentiary to [[United Kingdom|Britain]] by President [[Franklin Pierce]] from [[1856]] to [[1861]...
14: {{succession box|title=[[Mayor of Philadelphia]]|before=[[... - Franklin Pierce (19017 bytes)
1: {{Infobox President | name=Franklin Pierce
4: | order=14th President
8: | succeeded=[[James Buchanan]]
16: | vicepresident=[[William R. King]]
18: ...ollege|electoral vote]]. He became the youngest president up unto that time. - Andrew Johnson (12662 bytes)
8: | '''Order:''' || 17th President
15: | '''Succeeded by:''' || [[Ulysses S. Grant]]
23: ...'''Place of Death:''' || near [[Elizabethton, Tennessee]]
27: | '''[[First Lady of the United States|First Ladies]]:'''
32: ... '''[[List of political parties in the United States|Political Party]]:''' - 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... - Geology (12007 bytes)
1: ...ure, physical properties, history, and the processes that shape it. It is one of the [[Earth science]]...
3: ...], [[perlite]], [[mica]], [[phosphates]], [[zeolites]], [[clay]], [[pumice]], [[quartz]], and [[silica...
5: ...r, specialised terms such as ''selenology'' (studies of the [[Moon]]), ''areology'' (of [[Mars (planet...
10: ...ological [[stratum]] in a mountain hundreds of miles from the ocean, he inferred that the land was for...
12: ...as translated into [[Latin]] and the other languages of Europe such as [[French language|French]]. [[G... - Peru (12264 bytes)
2: ...] to the south, and the [[Pacific Ocean]] to the west. Peru is rich in cultural anthropology, and is ...
20: | '''[[Capital]] and largest city''' || [[Lima]]
22: | '''[[List of Presidents of Peru|President]]''' || [[Alejandro Toledo Manrique]]
26: ...sp;- Total<br> - % water || [[List of countries by area|World ranking: 20th]]<br/>[[1 E11 m2|1,28...
28: ...[Population density|Density]] || [[List of countries by population|World ranking: 39th]]<br/>27,925,62...
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