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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
11: ...ury]] [[Portuguese]] missionary and explorer in [[Ethiopia]])
23: ...an]], founded Darién, oldest surviving European settlement in the South American continent.
27: *[[Robert Bartlett]] ([[1875]]-[[1946]]), notable Arctic explorer
28: *[[Willem Barents]], ([[1550]]?-[[1597]]), [[Netherlands|Dutch]], died on [[Novaya Zemlya]] [[Nort...
37: *[[Pietro Savorgnan di Brazza|Pierre Savorgan de Brazza]]... - 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. - List of people by name: Ag (3474 bytes)
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4: *[[Pope Agapetus I|Agapetus I, Pope]], (pope 535-536)
5: *[[Pope Agapetus II|Agapetus II, Pope]], (pope 946-955)
6: *[[John Agapetus|Agapetus, John]], patriarch of Constantinople
7: ...jit Agarkar|Agarkar, Ajit]], (1977-), Indian cricketer - Marie Antoinette (40871 bytes)
1: ...:MarieAntoinette1769-70.jpg|thumbnail|Marie-Antoinette, painted by Wagenschon shortly after her marria...
2: '''Marie-Antoinette''', Queen of [[France]] and Archduchess of [[Au...
4: ...cial described the new baby as "a small, but completely healthy Archduchess."
7: ...he Austrian Empire for fifteen years before Antoinette's birth. She was considered one of the most bri...
9: ...ess's youngest daughter in marriage - Marie-Antoinette (much to the Empress's amusement.) - Geology (12007 bytes)
1: ...Geology''' (from [[Greek language|Greek]] γη- (''ge-'', "the earth") and λο&g...
3: ...e]]s, such as [[oil]] and [[coal]], as well as [[metals]] such as [[iron]], [[copper]], and [[uranium]...
5: ...oon]]), ''areology'' (of [[Mars (planet)|Mars]]), etc., are also in use.
7: ...y [[Richard de Bury]]. He used it to distinguish between earthly and [[Theology|theological]] jurispru...
12: ...an, summarized the knowledge of [[mining]] and [[metallurgy]] [[1556]]. - Age of Exploration (14467 bytes)
7: ...etween Europe and the Middle East was almost completely controlled by traders from the Italian city st...
15: .... Another factor was the centuries long conflict between the Iberians and the Muslims to the south. Fo...
22: ...union of [[Aragon]] and [[Castille]] and the completion of the ''[[reconquista]]'' that the large nati...
24: ...f this line, territory that was still almost completely unknown.
28: ...umnavigation|circumnavigate]] the world upon its return three years later. - Jamaica (16893 bytes)
10: ...n="center" width="140px" | ([[Flag of Jamaica|In Detail]])
24: ... [[Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom|Queen Elizabeth II]]
56: | '''[[Top-level domain|Internet TLD]]'''
65: ...r [[Taino]] people from South America, who first settled there around the year [[1000]] - [[400]] BC.
67: ... and produced over 77,000 tons of sugar annually between 1820 - 1824, which was achieved through the m... - 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]]) - Timeline of United States pre-history (before 1600) (1679 bytes)
8: ...-[[Treaty of Tordesillas]] divides the New World between [[Spain]] and [[Portugal]]
21: ...h]] founds [[Roanoke Colony]], the first English settlement in the New World, in the [[Virginia]] terr... - Josquin Des Prez (6810 bytes)
2: ...the central figure of the [[Dutch School (music)|Netherlands]] style.
6: ...ara]] hired him for the chapel there; so Josquin returned to Italy.
8: ...in the Duke's name. While there he also wrote a setting of the [[Miserere]], Psalm 50, for five voice...
10: ...ense fame, and although he was well known to the Netherlands court and his works were often performed ...
14: .....but [[Heinrich Isaac|Isaac]] is better able to get along with his colleagues." His fame lasted long... - Niccolo Machiavelli (11084 bytes)
3: ...ne]] [[political philosopher]], [[musician]], [[poet]], and romantic comedic [[playwright]]. Machiavel...
10: ...work ''The Prince'' from the European leaders he met. His first mission was in [[1499]] to [[Caterina ...
12: ...iavelli and sent him into [[exile]]. Machiavelli returned to [[Sant'Andrea in Percussina]], where he d...
21: ... here is why: "The ends justify the means", is sometimes (all too often!!) attributed to him but this ...
23: ...ort and a historical Novum clearly distinguishes between the two and actually divorces them. '''Politi... - Florence (11538 bytes)
1: ...dom of Italy. Florence was long ruled ([[1434]]-[[1494]], [[1512]]-[[1527]] and [[1530]]-[[1737]]) by th...
3: ...al [[Europe]]an trade and finance, the city is sometimes considered the birthplace of the [[Italian Re...
9: ...|right|thumb|300px|The bridges of Florence at sunset from Piazzale Michelangelo]]
17: ...ement ("Florentia") for [[Roman Republic|Roman]] veterans. The seat of a bishopric from around the beg...
19: ...fe by the [[13th century|13th-century]] struggle between the [[Ghibellines]], supporters of the [[Germ... - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
1: ... in the history of philosophy)'', '''listed alphabetically:'''
5: *[[Pietro d'Abano]], (1250?-1316)
10: *[[Pierre Ab鬡rd]] (or ''Peter Abelard''), (1079-1142){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R}}
73: *[[Anaximenes of Miletus]]{{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R}}
89: *[[Isaac ben Moses Arama]], (1420-1494){{fn|R}} - Chile (capsicum) (7837 bytes)
5: ...ecause they are widely used as [[spice]]s or [[vegetable]]s in cuisine, and even as medicine.
11: ...nd first wrote about their medicinal effects in [[1494]].
18: ...Capsicum annuum'', which includes many common varieties such as [[bell pepper]]s, [[paprika]], and [[j...
20: ...st peppers such as [[habanero]]s and [[Scotch bonnet]]s
26: ...ans, Scotch bonnets, and habaneros are common varieties of ''C. chinense''. The species ''C. frutescen... - History of Italy during foreign domination and the unification (3859 bytes)
10: ...quisition of Naples with the help of a Ventian fleet and troops under the command of [[Gonzalo de C�...
35: ...hat the dukes of [[Savoy]] (a mountainous region between Italy and France) had become kings of Sardini...
37: ...uation close to that of [[1795]], dividing Italy between Austria (in the north-east and Lombardy), the... - Caterpillar track (7234 bytes)
1: ...nowmobile]]s, the Caterpillar tracks are made or metal or some rigid material. The tracks help the ve...
14: ...chaeologists]] to reconstruct these methods have met with variable success. The system is a pre-cursor...
18: ...zkum מזקו"ם ''(or זחלים for short), which en...
23: ... a joint enabling the chains to change the angle between them. This allows the track to be flexible an...
25: ...modern ''hydropneumatic'' systems allow several feet of travel and include [[shock absorber]]s. - Lichen (7988 bytes)
14: ... forms below). The form of a lichen is generally determined by the fungus, though the photobiont may a...
16: ...ferent species of fungus and photobiont living together.
22: ...ersing themselves to resume growth when moisture returns.
25: ...ost lichen, though it is more common in basidiomycetous lichens since they appear to lack structures s...
29: ...re relatively slow-growing, and do not always compete well against even similarly low-growing [[moss|m...
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