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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]]... - Francisco Vasquez de Coronado (3639 bytes)
1: ...as a [[Spain|Spanish]] [[conquistador]], who in [[1540]]-[[1542]] visited [[New Mexico]] and other parts...
3: ...xpedition.jpg|thumb|500px|The Coronado Expedition 1540-1542.]]
7: ...ecided to try to get that [[gold]]. He set out in 1540, joined by a large expedition of 340 Spanish, 300...
9: ...the west of present-day New Mexico. There he was met by disappointment. Cibola was nothing like the gr...
11: ...as sent out to the mouth of the Colorado(?), to meet [[Hernando de Alarcón]] who would be shipping su... - List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
56: ...abbar|Abdul-Jabbar, Kareem]], (born 1947), US athlete
69: *[[Thomas Abel|Abel, Thomas]], (circa 1497-1540), an English priest
91: *[[Abhijeet Kale]], [[cricketer]] from [[Maharashtra]], [[India]], in the cente...
103: ...ahams, Harold]], (1899-1978), track and field athlete
104: *[[Joze Abram|Abram, Joze]], (1875-1938), poet - List of people by name: Ac (3800 bytes)
11: ...ean Acheson|Acheson, Dean]], (1893-1971), USA Secretary
51: *[[Peter Ackroyd|Ackroyd, Peter]], (born 1949), English author, novelist
52: *[[Milton Acorn|Acorn, Milton]], (1923-1986), poet
53: *[[Jose de Acosta|Acosta, Jose de]] (1540-1600)
57: *[[Oscar Zeta Acosta|Acosta, Oscar Zeta]] (1935-1974) - Arizona (24367 bytes)
16: Governor = [[Janet Napolitano]] |
61: Fossil = [[Petrified wood]] |
62: StateRock = [[Petrified wood]] |
87: Historians disagree about the [[etymology|origin]] of the name "Arizona" and its att...
96: ...ado|Coronado]]'s expedition entered the area in [[1540]]–[[1542|42]] during its search for [[Cibol... - Georgia (U.S. state) (26579 bytes)
48: ...xplorer)|Hernando de Soto]] in [[1540]], had completely disappeared by [[1560]].
50: ...olina]] colony in present-day [[South Carolina]] met the Spanish moving north from their base in Flori...
52: ...rison]]. On [[February 12]], [[1733]], the first settlers landed in the ''[[HMS Anne]]'' at what was t...
58: ...rgia General Assembly|state's legislature]] also met at other temporary sites, including [[Macon, Geor...
64: ...cutive officials who comprise the governor's cabinet are elected by the citizens of Georgia, rather th... - Utah (29154 bytes)
83: ...n about 10,000 to 12,000 years ago. Some left [[petroglyph]]s and [[pictography|pictograph]]s which e...
85: ... have crossed into what is now southern Utah in [[1540]], when he was seeking the legendary [[Cibola]].
87: ...up led by two [[Roman Catholic]] priests—sometimes called the Dominguez-Escalante Expedition&mda...
91: ===Mormon settlement===
92: [[Mormon]] settlers first came to the [[Salt Lake Valley]] on [[... - New Mexico (31079 bytes)
38: ...easons, some people in other parts of the U.S. sometimes mistake it for a part of Mexico. Both [[Engl...
46: ...a full-scale expedition to find these cities in [[1540]]-[[1542]]. Coronado camped near an excavated pue...
50: ...n the Rio Grande in [[1598]], the first European settlement in the future state of New Mexico. O p...
52: ...argas Zapata]] reestablished Spanish control and returned Spanish colonists in [[1692]].
54: ...loping Santa Fe as a trade center, the returning settlers founded the old town of [[Albuquerque]] in [... - 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]]) - Castle (27805 bytes)
10: ...of protection from an invading enemy, a place of retreat. This can be seen by many of the typical feat...
19: ...|[[Craigievar Castle]] in [[Aberdeenshire]], completed in 1626.]]
26: ...ry strong perimeter defense. [[Castle walls]], together with lodgings ([[keep]]) suitable for a [[Baro...
38: For a more complete list see [[List of castles]].
40: ...drawbridge]]s, [[battlements]], [[portcullis]]es, etc. - Francesco Guicciardini (1068 bytes)
1: ...cciardini''' ([[March 6]], [[1483]]-[[May 22]], [[1540]]), [[Florentine]] [[historian]] and [[statesman]...
18: * ''Storia d'Italia'' (1537-1540) - Protestant Reformation (26890 bytes)
10: * [[Martin Luther]], [[Johann Tetzel]], [[Philipp Melanchthon]], [[Indulgences]], '...
11: * ''[[Exsurge Domine]]'', [[Diet of Worms]] ([[1521]]), [[Peasants' War]]
16: ...ation in [[France]] -- [[Huguenot]]s, [[Pierre Viret]]
20: ...sually yields a lot of new thinking as to how society should be organized. This was the case leading u...
22: ...ompetitive [[overproduction]], and heightened competition to maximize economic advantage, contributed ... - Gerardus Mercator (3294 bytes)
9: ... of the world ([[1538]]) and a map of Flanders ([[1540]]). During this period he learned [[Italic]] scri...
12: ... where he opened a cartographic workshop. He completed a six-panel map of Europe ([[1554]]) and he tau...
15: ...rors). Maps of [[France]], [[Germany]] and the [[Netherlands]] were added in [[1585]] and of the [[Bal...
20: *''Mercator: The Man Who Mapped the Planet'' by Nicholas Crane, ISBN 0805066241, Henry Holt ...
22: ...sive Cosmographicae Meditationes de Fabrica Mundi et Fabricati Figura'' (Atlas, or Cosmographical Medi... - Hernando de Soto (explorer) (19418 bytes)
7: ...tan]], hoping to find a direct connection by sea between the [[Atlantic Ocean|Atlantic]] and the [[Pac...
11: ...Soto often visited him in jail, and a friendship between the two men emerged.
13: ...us for being the hero of the battle of Cuzco. He settled in [[Sevilla]], where he married, in [[1537]]...
15: ...unexplored lands. His mission was to conquer, to settle, and to "pacify" the unknown territories.
26: ...discover the legendary treasures and appropriate settling grounds. - Francis Drake (14963 bytes)
1: ...e:FrancisDrake.jpg|framed|Sir Francis Drake, c. [[1540]]–[[1596]].]]
2: ...h I]]. He was second in command of the English fleet which defeated the [[Spanish Armada]] in [[1588]]...
7: ... unknown and could be as early as [[1535]]. The [[1540]] date is taken from a portrait painted quite lat...
9: ...company with his cousin, Sir [[John Hawkins]]. Together, Hawkins and Drake made the first English [[At...
12: ...he favour of [[Elizabeth I of England|Queen Elizabeth]]. - Cabeza de Vaca (4807 bytes)
3: ... to his forefather's service to the King, and regrets that his own deeds could not be as great, due to...
7: ...and jealously refused to give his countrymen any details of the country that might prepare them for th...
9: ...tical intrigue against him caused his arrest and return to Spain in chains, in around [[1545]]. He wa...
23: * [http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/people/a_c/cabezadevaca.htm PBS website ...
25: * [http://texashistory.unt.edu/permalink/meta-pth-3001 ''The journey of Alvar Nuñez Cabeza de... - Francisco Coronado (5090 bytes)
1: ...[[Spain|Spanish]] [[conquistador]], who between [[1540]]-[[1542]] visited [[New Mexico]] and other parts...
5: ... cities and take all of their gold. He set out in 1540, joined by a large expedition of 335 Spanish, 1,3...
8: ...the west of present-day New Mexico. There he was met by disappointment. Cibola was nothing like the gr...
10: ...ar [[Albuquerque, New Mexico]]). In the winter of 1540-41 the demands of his army resulted in conflicts ...
12: ...n small amounts of gold could be found. Coronado returned to Tiguex, where his main force had remained... - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
1: ...ted below in [[English language|English]] [[alphabet]]ical [[transliteration]] order (by [[surname]]).
16: *[[Maria Gaetana Agnesi]] (Italy, [[1718]] - [[1799]])
32: *[[Kenneth Appel]] (? - ?)
33: *[[Petrus Apianus]] (Germany, [[1495]] - [[1552]])
52: *[[Claude Gaspard Bachet de M麩riac]] (France, [[1581]] - [[1638]]) - 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}}
102: *[[David Malet Armstrong]], (born 1926){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R}} - Apache (7848 bytes)
8: ...indicate the Navajo and Apache were once a single ethnic group. Archaeological and historical evidenc...
16: ...rn groups. They also left behind a more austere set of tools and material goods. Sites where early S...
18: ...tering near the Pueblos in established camps. In 1540, Coronado reported the modern [[Western Apache]] ...
22: ...asket.jpg|thumb|188px|<small>Apache girl with basket, 1902</small>]]
38: ...ditors). ''Narratives of the Coronado Expedition 1540-1542.'' Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Pr...
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