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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: ...ain|Spanish]] [[conquistador]], who in [[1540]]-[[1542]] visited [[New Mexico]] and other parts of the s...
3: ...tion.jpg|thumb|500px|The Coronado Expedition 1540-1542.]]
7: ..., and he decided to try to get that [[gold]]. He set out in 1540, joined by a large expedition of 340 ...
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... - 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. - 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... - Mary I of Scotland (27810 bytes)
7: ...the ruler of [[Scotland]] from [[December 14]], [[1542]] – [[July 24]], [[1567]]. She is perhaps t...
9: Mary, Queen of Scots, is sometimes confused with her first cousin once removed, ...
12: ... West Lothian, [[Scotland]], on [[December 8]], [[1542]] to King [[James V of Scotland]] and his French ...
15: ...ut [[Duke of Albany]], a royal cousin, had lived yet some years ago and died 1536. Had he not died bef...
24: ...rd to the altar and put her gently in the throne set up there. Then he stood by, holding her to keep h... - 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: ...s expedition entered the area in [[1540]]–[[1542|42]] during its search for [[Cibola]]. Father Kin... - California (63989 bytes)
45: .../waisgate?WAISdocID=06487414661+1+0+0&WAISaction=retrieve
81: ... numbers. Please see [[Wikipedia:Footnotes]] for details.
98: ... political organization with bands, tribes, tribelets, and on the resource-rich coasts large chiefdoms...
100: ...ople|Portuguese]] [[Juãn Rodrigues Cabrillo]] in 1542.
101: ... institutions of Mexican California. Traders and settlers from the United States began to arrive, harb... - 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: ...ale expedition to find these cities in [[1540]]-[[1542]]. Coronado camped near an excavated pueblo today...
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]]) - Timeline of United States pre-history (before 1600) (1679 bytes)
8: ...-[[Treaty of Tordesillas]] divides the New World between [[Spain]] and [[Portugal]]
19: *[[1542]]-[[Hernando_de_Soto_(explorer)|Hernando de Soto]...
21: ...h]] founds [[Roanoke Colony]], the first English settlement in the New World, in the [[Virginia]] terr... - History of California (38344 bytes)
13: ...ne]]'' and ''[[Tongva]]''. California holds a variety of unique [[ecosystem]]s and each tribe speciali...
19: ...ve of the [[Seven Cities of Cibola]] that had streets paved with gold and silver. About the same time,...
21: ...r|La Paz]], before experiencing difficulties and returning. Cortés accompanied expeditions in [[1534]...
36: ...Cortes]] during the conquest of Mexico. In June [[1542]], Cabrillo led an expedition in two ships from t...
38: After Cabrillo's voyage in [[1542]] the concept of [[Alta California|Alta (upper) C... - Nicolaus Copernicus (26283 bytes)
3: ...ed) [[theory]] of the [[solar system]] in a form detailed enough to make it scientifically useful. His...
10: ...law|canon]] and [[civil law]] at [[Ferrara]], he met his teacher [[Domenico Maria Novara da Ferrara]],...
12: ... first observation Copernicus made in [[1497]] together with Domenico Novara, are recorded in ''De rev...
16: ...nd obtained permission to return to Italy to complete his studies in Padua (with Guarico and Fracastor...
18: ...en he progressively became ill. Throughout his lifetime he made astronomical observations and calculat... - San Francisco, California (55022 bytes)
19: population_note = 7,533,384 ([[metropolitan area|metro area]]) |
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35: The first [[Europe]]ans to settle in San Francisco were the [[Spain|Spanish]], i...
37: ...came a [[Underground culture|counterculture]] magnet in the second half of the 20th century. It was a ... - Hernando de Soto (explorer) (19418 bytes)
2: ...alleros]], [[Extremadura]], and died [[21 May]] [[1542]], probably on a branch of the [[Mississippi rive...
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. - 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: ...panish]] [[conquistador]], who between [[1540]]-[[1542]] visited [[New Mexico]] and other parts of the s...
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... - Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo (4763 bytes)
12: ...back. On [[November 23]], [[1542]], the little fleet limped back to "San Salvador" ([[Santa Catalina I...
14: ...t made by another investigator, [[Andrés de Urdaneta]], who also had access to ships' logs and charts...
19: ...pean to travel the California coast, and many streets and buildings in California bear his name. One s... - 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: Trade between the long established Pueblo peoples and the S...
22: ...asket.jpg|thumb|188px|<small>Apache girl with basket, 1902</small>]]
38: ...s). ''Narratives of the Coronado Expedition 1540-1542.'' Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, ... - Inquisition (9274 bytes)
1: ...he '''Inquisition''' ([[latin]]: ''Inquisitio Haereticae Pravitatis Sanctum Officium'') was an office ...
7: ... Councils required secular rulers to prosecute heretics.
16: ...e year [[1184]] by a [[papal bull]], an official letter from the Pope, entitled ''Ad abolendam''; "For...
28: ... in philosophy," and the first to be "formally heretical" and the second "at least erroneous in faith"...
30: Not all prosecutions of alleged heretics, atheists and other deviations from the Cathol... - 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.
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...
34: ...ge:Navajo_blanket.jpg|thumb|left|88px|Navajo blanket]]
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