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- Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
3: ...the Americas, they inaugurated permanent contact between the New and Old Worlds.
5: ... third voyage). However, there is one thing that sets off Columbus' first voyage from all of these: le...
21: ...ni Pellegrino, and Giacomo, and a sister, Bianchinetta.
29: ...portunity to sail into the Atlantic Ocean. The fleet came under attack by [[French privateers]] off th...
31: ...maker in Lisbon. At times, the brothers worked together as [[draftsmen]] and book collectors. - Elizabeth Woodville (6291 bytes)
2: '''Elizabeth Woodville''' or '''Wydville''' (''c''. [[1437]]&...
6: ...quess of Dorset|Thomas]] (later Marquess of [[Dorset]]) and [[Richard Grey|Richard]].
10: ...derable rancour on Warwick's part, and when Elizabeth's relatives, especially her brother, [[Anthony W...
12: ...portunities; in [[1480]], for example, when Elizabeth's obscure brother-in-law Sir Anthony Grey died, ...
16: ...that Eleanor Talbot had done the same thing Elizabeth Woodville did later: A widow who caught Edward's... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
1: The following list is an incomplete '''list of painters'''.
12: *[[Claude Monet]], ([[1840]]-[[1926]]), French [[Impressionism|im...
16: *[[Rembrandt]], ([[1606]]-[[1669]]), [[Netherlands|Dutch]] [[painter]]
18: *[[Peter Paul Rubens]], ([[1577]]-[[1640]]), Belgian pai...
30: *[[Pieter Aertsen]] ([[1508]]-[[1575]]) - Michel de Montaigne (5245 bytes)
6: ...been the mayor of [[Bordeaux]]. His mother, Antoniette de Lopez, came from a Spanish Jewish family, bu...
12: ...ous edition of Boétie's works. In 1571 he retired to the Château where in his library he ...
18: ...nd Italy, partly in search for a cure. He kept a detailed journal recording various episodes and regio...
20: ...returned and served until 1585, again moderating between Catholics and Protestants. The [[plague]] bro...
22: ...ee the publication of his ''Essays''. In 1588 he met the writer [[Marie de Gournay]] who admired his w... - Venice (22017 bytes)
2: ...he [[Piave River|Piave]] (north) Rivers. The [[Venetian Republic]] was a major sea power and a [[stagi...
5: ''See also [[Veneti]].''
6: ...trategic position at head of the Adriatic made Venetian naval and commercial power almost invulnerable...
8: ...tials for the power of Venice were laid: the [[Venetian Arsenal]] was under construction in 1104; Veni...
10: ...rona, Italy|Verona]] rallied to the defence of Venetian sovereignty when it was threatened by invaders... - Hank Aaron (72330 bytes)
1: ...aseball Hall of Fame]]. Aaron is best known for setting the record for most [[home run]]s in a career...
4: ... by [[minorities]]. His family later moved to a better part of Mobile called [[Toulminville]], where ...
6: ...for the [[Brooklyn Dodgers|Dodgers]] but did not get to show his abilities to the scouts there. He the...
12: ...]. Despite enduring non-stop [[Racism|racial epithets]] and [[Hate crime|threats]], Aaron led the leag...
23: ...s]] victory behind right-handed pitcher [[Lew Burdette]], who defeated the [[New York Yankees|Yankees]... - Atlas (cartography) (4308 bytes)
9: ...d versions of original maps made by Ptolemy, or whether they were constructed by [[medieval]] [[Greek]...
11: .... Over time, it became common to bind the maps together into composite works. Although the term atlas...
13: ...is "Theatrum Orbis Terrarum", contained 53 map-sheets covering the countries of the World. This work w...
21: ...tus]] and [[Clymene]] (or Asia), brother of [[Prometheus]]. Atlas was punished by [[Zeus]] and made to...
27: ...tlas was [[King Atlas]], a mythical King of [[Mauretania]], in [[Libya]]. This Atlas was a wise philos...
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