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- Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo (4763 bytes)
2: ...of present day [[California]] in the [[United States]]. He also helped found the city of [[Oaxaca, Oax...
5: ...riguez Cabrillo,'' historian [[Harry Kelsey]] writes that Cabrillo appears to have been born in Spain,...
7: ==Voyages==
8: ...ne gold in [[Guatemala]], made him one of the richest of the [[conquistador]]s in Mexico.
10: ...[[Hudson Bay]], providing a route for the [[Northwest Passage]]. Cabrillo, who had started life as a s...
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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]]) - List of maritime explorers (2541 bytes)
3: ...d lasted for a little more than three full centuries.
15: *[[Gil Eanes]]
16: *[[João Gonçalves Zarco]]
18: *[[Bartolomeu Perestrelo]]
19: *[[Diogo Silves]] - 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-... - List of people by name: Ac (3800 bytes)
5: *[[Louis Acaries|Acaries, Louis]], (born 1954), boxer, former world title ...
10: *[[Archibald Acheson, 2nd Earl of Gosford|Acheson, Archibald]] (1776-1849), 2nd Earl of Gosford
11: *[[Dean Acheson|Acheson, Dean]], (1893-1971), USA Secretary
12: *[[Edward Goodrich Acheson|Acheson, Edward Goodrich]] (1856-1931)
13: *[[Kenny Acheson|Acheson, Kenny]] (born 1957) - Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
7: ... [[Saint Lucia]], [[Saint Vincent and the Grenadines]], the [[Solomon Islands]], [[Tuvalu]] and the [[...
9: ...[Australasia|Australasia]], and is the second-longest-serving current head of state in the world, afte...
11: ...]] to the British throne, [[Charles, Prince of Wales]].
14: ...azine-cover-p'incess-lilybet.jpg|thumb|left|"Princess Lilibet" (here spelled "Lilybet") made the cover...
15: ...ark|Queen Alexandra]] and grandmother Queen Mary respectively. - 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... - 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]]. - Joni Mitchell (9996 bytes)
1: ...oni Mitchell, on the cover of her album ''Both Sides Now'']]
3: ...] and [[jazz]], to become one of the most highly respected [[singer-songwriter]]s of the late [[20th c...
5: ...xplain the unique texture to her voice, which was especially prominent in her later albums.
7: ... by other artists, "Chelsea Morning" and "Both Sides Now".
9: ...her stardom and its costs, both in terms of its pressure and of the loss of privacy and freedom it ent... - Printing (4400 bytes)
1: :''For other articles which otherwise might have the same name, see [[P...
3: ...chine|folder]] of newspaper web offset printing press]]
4: ...on [[paper]] using a [[printing press]]. It is an essential part of [[publishing]].
6: ... for [[newspaper]]s and [[catalogue]]s). The largest commercial and industrial printer in the world i...
11: ...h and 13th century many Arabic and Chinese libraries contained tens of thousands of printed books. - Ponce De Leon (5480 bytes)
2: ...nown to have visited what is now the [[United States]] when he set foot in [[Florida]] in 1513.
4: ...e sailors brought with them and to which the natives had no immunity. Ponce de León, however, became ...
6: ...eybana.JPG|right|thumb|Cacique Agueybana greeting Juan Ponce de León]]
7: ...his newly found discoveries, the Spanish authorities refused to grant the same privilege to his son [[...
9: ...e los Castellanos'' of [[Antonio de Herrera y Tordesillas]]. - Volcano (27295 bytes)
2: ...ns exist in '''[[hotspot (geology)|hotspot volcanoes]]'''.
3: ...eru volcanoes on [[Java (island)|Java]] in [[Indonesia]].]]
5: The study of volcanoes is called [[vulcanology]] (or ''volcanology'' in ...
7: ==Volcanoes==
8: ===Types of volcanoes=== - Age of Exploration (14467 bytes)
1: ...ama]], [[Pedro ?vares Cabral]], [[John Cabot]], [[Juan Ponce de Le, and [[Ferdinand Magellan]].
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 American Plate (1264 bytes)
1: [[Image:Tectonic plates.png|thumb|right|300px|The North American plate is...
2: ...nding eastward to the [[Mid-Atlantic Ridge]] and westward to the [[Cherskiy Range]] in East [[Siberia]...
6: ...de is a boundary with the [[Cocos Plate]] to the west and the [[Caribbean Plate]] to the east.
8: ...s a [[convergent boundary]] with the subducting [[Juan de Fuca Plate]] to the north and a [[transform bo...
10: ...eas Fault. The Juan de Fuca, Cocos, and Nazca Plates are the remains of the Farallon Plate. - 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) - Lebanon (34225 bytes)
2: ... East]], along the [[Mediterranean Sea]] (on the west), bordered by [[Syria]] on the east and north, a...
9: ... width="140" | [[Image:Lebanese_COA.png|95px|Lebanese COA]]
28: | '''[[List of Presidents of Lebanon|President]]'''
32: | [[Najib Mikati]] (resigned after parliamentary elections)
35: | [[List of countries by area|Ranked 166th]]<br />[[1 E10 m2|10,452 km&... - 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]] | - Spain (36498 bytes)
1: ...ral]] and [[South America|South American]] countries.<!--
7: native_name = Reino de Espa
10: image_coat = Escudo de Espang |
14: official_languages = [[Spanish language|Spanish]]<sup>1</sup> |
17: largest_city = [[Madrid]] | - Washington (20186 bytes)
10: LargestCity = [[Seattle, Washington|Seattle]] |
30: HighestElev = 4,392 |
32: LowestElev = 0 |
34: Website = access.wa.gov
36: ...nians" (emphasis on the third syllable, which rhymes with ''bone''). - Tennessee (19096 bytes)
2: Name = Tennessee |
3: Fullname = State of Tennessee |
4: Flag = Tennessee state flag.png |
5: Flaglink = [[Flag of Tennessee]] |
6: Seal = Tennesseestateseal.jpg | - New Mexico (31079 bytes)
9: Motto = Crescit eundo (It grows as it goes) |
11: LargestCity = [[Albuquerque, New Mexico|Albuquerque]] |
31: HighestElev = Wheeler Peak, 13,161 ft, 4,014 |
33: LowestElev = Red Bluff Reservoir, 2,817 ft, 859 |
38: ...nguage|Spanish]] are officially recognized languages in the state. In [[Spain|European]] [[Spanish la...
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