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- 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: ... [[Karl of Leiningen|Karl, Prince of Leiningen]]. Victoria, the only child of the couple, was born in Kensin...
14: ...r was the Reverend [[George Davys]] and her governess was [[Louise Lehzen]].
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- Mexico (27255 bytes)
2: ...a]] to the southeast. It is the northernmost and westernmost country in [[Latin America]] and the most...
10: native_name = Estados Unidos Mexicanos |
18: official_languages = [[Spanish Language|Spanish]] |
22: leader_titles = [[President of Mexico|President]] |
23: leader_names = [[Vicente Fox ]] | - 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]]) - David Livingstone (4684 bytes)
3: ...to the popular quotation, "''Dr. Livingstone, I presume.''"
8: ...r a brief time at his insistence and over the protests of the Moffats – although she was pregnan...
10: ==Discovery of Victoria Falls==
11: ...e.jpg|thumb|right|David Livingstone memorial at [[Victoria Falls]]]]
12: ...stone was a proponent of trade and missions to be established in central Africa. - May (3270 bytes)
5: ...king, the sun begins in the constellation of [[Aries]] and ends in the constellation of [[Taurus]].
7: ...an [[goddess]] of fertility, [[Bona Dea]], whose festival was held in May.
9: ...their new schoolwork or jobs. It is due to a Japanese custom that all [[schoolyear]]s and [[fiscal yea...
16: ...his is celebrated as [[Labor Day]] in many countries.
18: * [[Eastern Christianity]] celebrates [[Easter]] on a [[week|Sunday]] between [[April 4... - Burundi (13403 bytes)
1: ...he country's name derives from its [[Bantu languages|Bantu]] language, [[Kirundi]].
3: ...l size belies the magnitude of the problems it faces in seeking to bring an end to the supremacist cla...
10: ...賠([[French language|French]]: Unity, Work, Progress) |
13: official_languages = [[Kirundi language|Kirundi]] and [[French...
17: ...ader_titles = [[President of Burundi|President]] | - 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. - Boudicca (6973 bytes)
1: ...[61]] during the reign of the emperor [[Nero]]. These events are told by two historians, [[Tacitus]] (...
3: ...castatue.jpg|thumb|300px|Statue of Boudicca near Westminster Pier]]
7: ...revious Icenian rebellion in [[47]]). Hoping to preserve his line, Prasutagus made the [[Roman emperor...
9: ...their loans. Tacitus does not mention this, but does single out [[procurator]] [[Catus Decianus]] for ...
11: ...a'']], attempted to relieve the city, but his forces were routed. - 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: ... [[Karl of Leiningen|Karl, Prince of Leiningen]]. Victoria, the only child of the couple, was born in Kensin...
14: ...r was the Reverend [[George Davys]] and her governess was [[Louise Lehzen]]. - Mary of Teck (14662 bytes)
1: ...ictoria Mary of Teck.jpg|thumb|250px|HSH Princess Victoria Mary of Teck, image by Lafayette of Bond Street, ...
3: ...[[W?berg]] with the style [[HSH|''Her Serene Highness'']]. To her family, she was known as '''''May''...
5: ...ls built up over her years as queen are now priceless.
9: ...]]). Her mother was [[Her Royal Highness]] [[Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge]], the third child an...
11: ...ting the [[art gallery|art galleries]], [[church]]es and [[museum]]s. - Kim Campbell (10679 bytes)
12: | '''Predecessor:'''
15: | '''Successor:'''
24: | '''[[Profession]]:'''
28: | [[Progressive Conservative Party of Canada|Progressive Conservative]]
31: ...]]) leaders, the eight most industrialized countries in the world, after British Prime Minister [[Marg... - Margaret Atwood (6318 bytes)
2: ...to the novelist [[Graeme Gibson]]; her daughter, Jess Atwood Gibson, was born in [[1976]].
4: ...sm]]. She also has a reputation for her deep interest in [[Canada]] and [[Canadian literature|Canadian...
6: ...try]], especially as one of [[Toronto]]'s new voices in the [[1960s]], along with [[Gwendolyn MacEwen]...
10: ...h version of the competition, ''Le combat des livres'', in [[2004]].
12: ...mote book-signing device" at an invitation-only presentation in Toronto. The device, also called the ... - Isak Dinesen (2959 bytes)
3: ...h]] and in [[English language|English]]. She is best known, at least in English, for her account of l...
5: ...nger brother [[Thomas Dinesen]] won the British [[Victoria Cross]] and French [[Croix de Guerre]] while serv...
7: ...a [[coffee]] plantation. After several infidelities on the husband's part, the couple separated in 19...
9: ...ish and English, mostly collections of short stories; she also wrote a novel entitled ''The Angelic Av...
19: * ''Seven Gothic Tales'' (1934 in USA, 1935 in Denmark) - Florence Nightingale (15657 bytes)
3: ...rse|nursing]]. Each year, the [[International Nurses Day]] is celebrated on her birth anniversary.
7: ...[[Parthenope]] for the old city that is now [[Naples]]). A brilliant and strong-willed woman, Florence...
9: ...amily in [[1845]], evoking intense anger and distress from her family, particularly her mother.
11: ...gaged the support of [[Charles Villiers]], then president of the [[Poor Law Board]]. This led to her ...
13: ... of medical care and by the commitment and practises of the sisters. - Julie Andrews (8700 bytes)
3: ...], and [[author]], best known for her starring roles in the [[musical film]]s ''[[Mary Poppins]]'' ([[...
5: ...but at an early age, appearing in [[London]]'s [[West End]] in [[1947]]. She graduated through radio ...
9: ...e most sought-after stars in [[Hollywood]]. As a result, she appeared in the three-hour epic ''[[Hawai...
11: ...Company|ABC]] in [[1972]]-[[1973]], but the greatest critical acclaim accorded her TV work was for he...
13: ...ice to the role as Queen Lilian to the highly successful animated hit ''[[Shrek 2]]'', the sequel to t... - Nymphaeaceae (2255 bytes)
7: {{Taxobox ordo entry | taxon = [[Nymphaeales]]}}
14: ...small>[[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]]</small> - water-lilies (50 spp.)<br>
16: ''[[Victoria (waterlily)|Victoria]]'' <small>Lindl.</small> - giant water-lily (2 s...
19: ...ymphaea'' and ''Nuphar'', but fully circular in ''Victoria''.
21: ...m Phylogeny Group]] have shown that the water-lilies are among the most basal ("primitive") of the flo... - Sculpture (5545 bytes)
1: ...three-dimensional form created as an artistic expression. Sculpture is primarily concerned with space:...
3: ...h arrangement and juxtaposition or by the simple designation of an object or even an act as sculpture....
5: ...escribed as ''sculpturesque'' if it shares qualities with [[classicism|classical]] figurative sculptur...
12: ** [[limestone]]
19: ** [[Catlinite|pipestone]] - Tapestry (2919 bytes)
2: ...px|A tapestry [[cushion]], depicting [[pansy|pansies]]]]
3: '''Tapestry''' is a form of [[textile art]]. It is [[Weavi...
5: ... by a famous artist, while the tapestries themselves were made by the craftsmen.
10: ...estry from one residence to another. In [[church]]es, it could be displayed on special occasions.
13: ...Ovid]]'s [[Metamorphoses]] being two popular choices. - Alphorn (1746 bytes)
3: ...generally spruce but sometimes pine. In former times the alphorn maker would find a tree bent at the b...
5: ... now in the [[Victoria and Albert Museum]], measures 8 ft. in length and has a straight tube.
8: ...movement of his First Symphony (played in the orchestra by the French Horn) was an alphorn melody he h...
10: ...e locality, being curved near the bell in the Bernese Oberland. [[Michael Praetorius]] mentions the a... - Nile (13738 bytes)
4: ...nīl''), in [[Africa]], is one of the two longest [[river|rivers]] on [[Earth]].
8: The word "Nile" comes from the word ''Neilos'' (Νει&lam...
10: ==Longest river==
12: ...r than the mighty Amazon, partly because it receives not a single tributary from its halfway mark at t...
14: ... gives a length of approximately 5584 km (3470 miles). It drains approximately 2.8 million to 3.4 mil... - 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...
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