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- 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-... - 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]]. - 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. - North Africa (3562 bytes)
1: ....png|right|Map of Africa with the northern countries highlighted]]
12: *[[Western Sahara]]
14: ...[Eritrea]], [[Azores]] and [[Madeira]] are sometimes considered to be a part of North Africa, though t...
16: ...]]) is the portion of North Africa that consititutes Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and Libya (thus excludi...
18: Some North African countries, particularly Egypt and [[Libya]], often get incl... - Portugal (61755 bytes)
1: ...cean|Atlantic]], such as the [[Azores Islands|Azores]]and [[Madeira Islands|Madeira and Porto Santo]] ...
5: ...omic, political, and cultural power. The [[Portuguese Empire]] stretched across the world. After the r...
7: ...cial and economic progress in the subsequent decades, with a clear slow-down in the last few years.
13: ''Main articles: '''[[Lusitanian|Pre-Roman]]''' and '''[[Lusitani...
15: ...9, "A Lusit⮩a" paragraph 1}} The [[Conii]] were established in southern Portugal for a long time. Th... - Time zone (34024 bytes)
2: ...y usually follow the boundaries of states, countries or other administrative areas.
4: ...[image:Timezones.png|thumb|400px|Standard Time Zones of the World by the CIA]]
6: ...l other time zones are relative. UTC is, nevertheless, the official term for today's atomically measur...
10: ...r a location is given relative to UTC. Some examples:
11: ... if it is 12:00 UTC, then it is 04:00 in Los Angeles) - World War I (62979 bytes)
1: ...[Image:Chateau Wood Ypres 1917.jpg|thumb|300px|Ypres, 1917, in the vicinity of the [[Battle of Passche...
2: ...cide|civilian massacres]] took place. Four dynasties, the [[Habsburg]]s, the [[Romanov]]s, the [[Ottom...
4: ... World War I were complex developments by themselves (see [[#Diplomatic and political origins|Diplomat...
6: ... the war and failure to resolve the unsettled issues that had caused the Great War would lay the basis...
8: ...scholars view World War I as one of the consequences of French indignation at the French defeat in the... - Blue Whale (22203 bytes)
2: ...ewhale877.jpg|250px]] | caption = The world's largest animal}}
12: {{Taxobox_species_entry | taxon = '''''B. musculus '''''}}
18: ...imal ever to have lived, at up to 30 [[1 E1 m|metres]] (100 [[foot (unit of length)|feet]]) in length ...
20: ... one in [[Antarctica|Antarctic]] waters. Blue Whales found in the [[Indian Ocean]] may or may not be p...
23: ..., it is not known when the members of these families diverged from each other. - Henry the Navigator (6878 bytes)
3: ...[[Africa]] in general, and with the legend of [[Prester John]].
5: ...ted to Christianity. For the purposes of his interest in exploration, however, the appointment proved ...
7: ...nry also arranged for the colonization of the Azores during Pedro's regency (1439–1448).
9: ...]] of the Arabs, made the complicated return voyages, headed upwind, possible; without it, the brother...
11: ...ands]] in 1420, and at Henry's instigation Portuguese settlers colonized the islands. - 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. - Geyser (14881 bytes)
2: ...t Haukadalur, [[Iceland]]; that name, in turn, comes from the verb ''gj', "to gush".
4: ...tions with nearby hot springs, earthquake influences, and human intervention (Bryan, T.S. 1995).
6: ...net)|Neptune]]'s moon [[Triton (moon)|Triton]]. These phenomena are also often referred to as ''geyser...
9: ...ne or more narrow tubes that lead to underground reservoirs of water.
12: ...rheated]], i.e. to remain [[liquid]] at temperatures well above the [[boiling point]]. - Mid-Atlantic Ridge (3017 bytes)
2: ...e, from North to South, with their respective highest peaks, elevantions in m, and location):
6: ..., 2351 m, at 38°28'0"N, 28°24'0"W) </br>'''(highest elevation of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge)'''
7: #[[Saint Peter and Paul Rocks]] (Southwest Rock, 22.5 m, at 00°55'08"N, 29°20'35"W)
13: ...ther side of the rifts to expand, forming the ridges. The ridge was discovered by [[Bruce C. Heezen|Br...
15: ... is thought to be caused by upward convective forces in the [[asthenosphere]] pushing the [[oceanic cr... - Archipelago (3081 bytes)
1: ...logy)|hotspots]], but there are many other processes involved in their construction, including [[erosi...
3: ... Aegean Sea is located between [[Greece]] in the west and [[Turkey]] in the east.
5: ...gin. Continental fragments correspond to land masses that have separated from a continental mass due t...
7: ...ate in the world, by area and population, is Indonesia. The archipelago with the most islands is the A...
10: ==Examples of archipelagoes== - Atlantis (41399 bytes)
2: ... would have been more suitable in one of the cradles of civilization, the [[Mediterranean Sea]].
7: ... his grandfather also named Critias, son of Dropides.
12: ...ry event. Sonchis, priest of [[Thebes (Egypt)|Thebes]], is purported to have translated it into [[Gree...
14: ... was facing the country called the region of [[Gades]] (Greek, [[Eumelus]]; Atlantean, [[Gadeirus]]).
17: ...at is called nowadays [[Britain]]. He added that westwards from that island, there were the three isla... - Pilot Whale (5993 bytes)
10: {{Taxobox_species_entry | taxon = '''''G. melas'''''<br>'''''G. mac...
15: ... and are typically just known simply as Pilot Whales. They and other large members of the dolphin fami...
17: ==Physical description==
19: Pilot Whales are jet black or a very dark grey colour. The [[d...
21: ...s only, by [[John Edward Gray]] in [[1846]]. He presumed from the skeleton that the whale had a large ... - Pilot Whales (6380 bytes)
10: {{Taxobox_species_entry | taxon = '''''G. melas'''''<br>'''''G. mac...
17: ... and are typically just known simply as Pilot Whales. They and other large members of the dolphin fami...
19: ==Physical description==
20: ...e:two_pilot_whales.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Pilot Whales]]
21: Pilot Whales are jet black or a very dark grey colour. The [[d... - Purple Martins (2333 bytes)
6: {{Taxobox classis entry | taxon = [[bird|Aves]]}}
7: {{Taxobox ordo entry | taxon = [[Passeriformes]]}}
10: {{Taxobox species entry | taxon = '''''P. subis'''''}}
14: ...ple Martin''', '''''Progne subis''''', is the largest [[North America]]n [[Hirundinidae|swallow]] at 2...
16: ...urple on the back, and lighter underparts. Juveniles are greyish-brown above and whitish below, gainin... - List of countries by highest point (12398 bytes)
1: This is a '''list of countries by highest point''' above [[sea level]].
4: |1=||[[Nepal]]||[[Mount Everest]]||8,850m
6: |1=||[[People's Republic of China]]||[[Mount Everest]]||8,850m
32: |15||[[United States]]||[[Mount McKinley]]||6,194m
58: |28||[[Indonesia]]||[[Carstensz Pyramid]] (Puncak Jaya)||5,030m - List of autonomous entities (9309 bytes)
1: ...ritory, usually giving autonomy to ethnic minorities or isolated areas.
5: ! Sovereign states
11: | [[Buenos Aires]]
67: ...ransnistria]] (Sta Nistrului – Pridnestrovje/Придне&...
71: | [[Azores]] (A篲es)
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