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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]]... - Jacques Cartier (8139 bytes)
13: ...ities of gold and other riches"). In [[1534]] he set sail looking for a western passage to [[Asia]]. H...
17: ...ousand Hurons came to the edge of the river to greet the Frenchmen. The site of their arrival has bee...
19: ...rival in Stadacona as it was by then too late to return to France. Cartier and his men prepared for w...
21: During this winter, Cartier compiled a sort of gazetteer which included several pages on the manner of...
23: ...fathom (1.8 m) thick in the river and snow four feet (1.2 m) deep ashore. To add to the discomfort, sc... - Jeanne d'Albret (2474 bytes)
1: [[Image:JeanneIII.jpg|frame|right|Jeanne d'Albret]]
2: '''Jeanne d'Albret''' ([[January 7]] [[1528]] – [[June 9]] [[1...
10: In the first year of her reign, Jeanne d'Albret called a conference of beleaguered [[Huguenot]] m...
12: The power struggle between Catholics and Huguenots for control of the Fr...
18: In [[1541]] Jeanne married William, Duke of Cleves, annulle... - 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: ...day preserved as [[Coronado State Monument]] in [[1541]]. His maltreatment of the Pueblo people while ex...
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]]) - List of computing topics (15876 bytes)
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14: *[[Neil Bartlett]], (born 1932), English/Canadian/American chemis...
16: *[[Claude Louis Berthollet]], (1748-1822), French chemist
37: *[[Henrik Carl Peter Dam]], (1895-1976), [[Denmark|Danish]] biochemi...
39: *[[Peter Debye]], (1884-1966)
77: *[[Charles Hatchett]], (1765-1847), English chemist who discovered [... - 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. - Francisco Coronado (5090 bytes)
1: ...]) was a [[Spain|Spanish]] [[conquistador]], who between [[1540]]-[[1542]] visited [[New Mexico]] and ...
5: ...ven golden cities and take all of their gold. He set out in 1540, joined by a large expedition of 335 ...
8: ...the west of present-day New Mexico. There he was met by disappointment. Cibola was nothing like the gr...
10: ...und villages around the [[Rio Grande]]. Coronado set up his winter quarters in one of them, [[Tiguex]]...
12: ...n small amounts of gold could be found. Coronado returned to Tiguex, where his main force had remained... - Hernan Cortes (17441 bytes)
2: ...ortés''' during his lifetime and signed all his letters '''Fernán Cortés'''.
7: ...udying law like his grandfather. He had a choice between seeking fame and glory in a war in Italy, or ...
10: Due to setbacks, Cortés did not arrive in the New World unt...
12: ...hus warned, Cortés organized his expedition and set sail on the morning of [[January 18]], [[1519]], ...
15: ...and creates a heightened sense of realism in his letters." [http://academics.georgiasouthern.edu/inter... - 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...
10: ...ravois]] loaded with their possessions. In April 1541, while traveling on the plains east of the Pueblo...
16: ...rn groups. They also left behind a more austere set of tools and material goods. Sites where early S...
18: Trade between the long established Pueblo peoples and the S...
22: ...asket.jpg|thumb|188px|<small>Apache girl with basket, 1902</small>]] - Aztec (38742 bytes)
3: ... capital was [[Tenochtitlan]], built on raised islets in [[Lake Texcoco]] – the site of modern-d...
9: ...mselves as Mexica ([[International Phonetic Alphabet|IPA]]: {{IPA|[meˈʃihkah]}}) or ''Tenochca'' and...
17: ...]], is a term of uncertain origin. Very different etymologies are proposed: the old [[Nahuatl]] word f...
19: ...an "navel of the [[maguey]]" using the Nahuatl ''metl'' and the locative "co".
22: ...opean history. Like most European empires, it was ethnically very diverse, but unlike most European em... - Navajo Nation (14007 bytes)
7: ... at the [[Four Corners Monument]] landmark and stretch across the [[Colorado Plateau]] into [[Arizona]...
17: ...t until the early 1500s. Navajo oral traditions retain mention of this migration.
19: ...ravois]] loaded with their possessions. In April 1541, while traveling on the plains east of the Pueblo...
26: ...rn groups. They also left behind a more austure set of tools and material goods. Sites where early A...
29: Trade between the long established Pueblo peoples and the A... - El Greco (2407 bytes)
2: '''El Greco''' ([[1541]] – [[April 7]], [[1614]]), a Greek [[paint...
4: He was a master painter in [[Crete]], where he was born, and first trained as an ic...
7: ...elative obscurity. It was not until the late [[nineteenth century]] that artists and critics renewed i... - Zinc (12445 bytes)
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27: | 7140 [[kilogram per cubic metre|kg/m<sup>3</sup>]], 2.5
41: | 131 [[picometre|pm]]
61: | solid ([[magnetism|diamagnetic]])
70: ...ntific notation|×]]10<sup>-6</sup> [[cubic metre per mole|m<sup>3</sup>/mol]] - Chile (39914 bytes)
1: ...[[South America]] occupying a long coastal strip between the [[Andes]] mountains and the [[Pacific Oce...
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61: ...e, but the area's remoteness prevented extensive settlement.
64: ...t, [[Santiago, Chile|Santiago]], was founded in [[1541]] by [[Pedro de Valdivia]], one of [[Francisco Pi... - Francisco Vásquez de Coronado (19760 bytes)
3: ...mage:Coronado-Remington.jpg|thumb|right|Coronado Sets Out to the North, by [[Frederic Remington]], 186...
5: ... what are now the southwestern [[United States]] between 1540 and 1542. Coronado had hoped to conquer ...
11: ...ews|Jewish]] family. <ref> [http://pages.prodigy.net/bluemountain1/estrada1.htm estrada1<!-- Bot gener...
14: ...t]], towards [[New Mexico]]. When Marcos de Niza returned, he told about a city of vast wealth, a gold...
18: ...are not supported, and Coronado tells him not to let this news reach the ears of the men in his expedi... - Hernán Cortés (42809 bytes)
4: ...ntonio de Mendoza]]. Cortés returned to Spain in 1541 where he died peacefully but embittered.
10: ... latter two were most commonly used during his lifetime, but the former shortened form has become comm...
18: After two years, Cortés, tired of schooling, returned home to Medellín, much to the irritation of...
20: ...ir description of a sixteen-year-old boy who had returned home only to find himself frustrated by life...
26: ...ai, and Seville, listening to the tales of those returning from the Indies, who told of discovery and ... - Hernando de Soto explorer (34946 bytes)
12: ... Soto with fifteen men to invite Atahualpa to a meeting. When Pizarro's men attacked Atahualpa and his...
14: ...to prevent his rescue by the Incan army. De Soto returned later to report that he could find no signs ...
16: ...ned him down. De Soto packed up his treasure and returned to Spain.
17: ==Return to Spain==
18: ... [[Isabella of Castile|Queen Isabella]]. De Soto petitioned [[Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor|The King]]...
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