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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-... - Prime Meridian (3211 bytes)
2: ...ian at which longitude is 0 degrees. It is sometimes referred to as the Greenwich Meridian.
4: ...U.S. President]] [[Chester A. Arthur]], 41 delegates from 25 nations met in [[Washington, D.C.]], USA ...
6: ...onference the following important principles were established:
7: ...a single world meridian to replace the numerous ones already in existence.
9: ...all longitudes would be calculated both east and west from this meridian up to 180?. - List of countries by continent (11037 bytes)
1: ...density|by population density]], [[list of countries by date of nationhood|by date of nationhood]] and...
3: ... for some explanation of the difference between these.
5: '''Countries listed by [[continent]] and their [[capital]]s:''...
34: *[[Lesotho]] - [[Maseru]]
50: *[[Saint Helena]] - [[Jamestown]] (United Kingdom) - List of national capitals (10847 bytes)
4: *[[List of capitals and larger cities by country]]
5: *[[list of capitals of subnational entities]]
11: <tr><td>[[Abu Dhabi]] <td>[[United Arab Emirates]]
51: <tr><td>[[Bucharest]] <td>[[Romania]]
52: <tr><td>[[Budapest]] <td>[[Hungary]] - Argentina (30219 bytes)
10: official_languages = [[Spanish language|Spanish]]|
11: capital = [[Buenos Aires]] |
13: largest_city = [[Buenos Aires]] |
15: leader_titles = [[President of Argentina|President]]|
16: leader_names = [[Néstor Kirchner]] | - 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)
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}} - Death Valley National Park (38245 bytes)
1: ...h Valley Pupfish]] - a survivor of much wetter times.
3: ...[[book]]s, [[radio]] programs, [[television]] series and [[movie]]s. '''Death Valley National Monument...
5: ...lleys filled with sediment and, during the wet times of [[ice age]]s, with [[lake]]s, such as [[Lake M...
6: ...Park.png|frame|A slice through the highest and lowest points in Death Valley National Park.]]
9: ...ion in the central part of Death Valley which causes a slight widening and relatively more subsidence ... - Cusco (5603 bytes)
1: ... [[Huatanay Valley]] (Sacred Valley), of the [[Andes]] mountain range. It is the [[capital]] of the [[...
22: ...le="white-space: nowrap;" | <br>278 590 ([[1998]] estimate)
36: ...Indians still abandon their homes and build new ones when they marry, even if no one remains in the ho...
40: ...tourists from around the world enjoy looking at these ruins within the living city.
44: ...hquake wracked Cusco. The Priory was completely destroyed in 1650 as well. - 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...
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