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- Costa Rica (12931 bytes)
1: ...ample of political stablity in the region, and sometimes refered to as the "[[Switzerland]] of [[Latin...
13: ...r" width="140px" | ([[Coat of Arms of Costa Rica|Detail]])
52: | '''[[Top-level domain|Internet TLD]]'''
61: ...] were part of the [[Intermediate Area]] located between the [[Mesoamerican]] and [[Andean]] cultural ...
67: ...[History of Central America]]) from [[1823]] to [[1839]]. In [[1824]], the capital moved to [[San Jos鬠... - List of U.S. state capitals (5230 bytes)
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41: | [[1839]] — [[1845]]
87: | [[Massachusetts]]
88: | [[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]] - 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]]... - John C. Fremont (3726 bytes)
5: ...h determining that the [[Great Basin]] had no outlet to the sea. - Jacques Cartier (8139 bytes)
7: ...it (see right) was painted by a Russian artist in 1839 for the city of Saint-Malo.
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... - List of people by name: Ah (925 bytes)
11: *[[Mirza Ghulam Ahmad|Ahmad, Mirza Ghulam]] ([[1839]]-[[1908]]), founder of [[Ahmadi]] sect - Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
7: ...oria''' (Alexandrina Victoria [[Wettin (dynasty)|Wettin]], ''[[n饝]'' [[House of Hanover|Hanover]]) (...
18: Princess Victoria met her future husband, [[Prince Albert of Saxe-Cobur...
20: ... [[Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom|Queen Elizabeth II]]'s descendants a separate family surname, [[...
25: ...t Augustus of Hanover. As the young queen was as yet unmarried and childless, Ernest Augustus was also...
27: ...itish policies by refusing to pass any laws. In [[1839]], unable to cope with the problems overseas, the... - Ouida (1938 bytes)
1: ..., August 20, 1881)]]'''Ouida''' ([[January 7]], [[1839]] – [[January 25]], [[1908]]) was the ''[[p...
8: ...) [http://www.gutenberg.net/etext/13912 Gutenberg etext of this book]
13: ...) [http://www.gutenberg.net/etext/1367 Gutenberg etext of this book]
31: ...) [http://www.gutenberg.net/etext/3465 Gutenberg etext of this book]
34: ... [http://www.gutenberg.net/etext/13459 Gutenberg etext of this book] - Ada Lovelace (5406 bytes)
6: Ada was the only legitimate child of the poet [[George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron|Lord Byron...
8: ...s De Morgan]]. An active member of [[London]] society, she was a member of the [[Bluestockings]] in he...
11: ...ber]] [[1837]] and Ralph Gordon born [[2 July]] [[1839]]. The family lived at Ockham Park, at [[Ockham, ...
15: ... for amendment. The evidence and correspondence between Lovelace and Babbage indicate that he wrote a...
23: ...ith mathematics, and there is some debate as to whether Lovelace understood deeply the concepts behind... - Painting (4567 bytes)
8: ...st known '''paintings''' are at the [[Grotte Chauvet]] in [[France]], dated at about 32,000 years old....
34: ...]], [[miscibility]], [[solubility]], drying time, etc.
39: *Heat-set oils
52: ... the distinctive visual elements, techniques and methods that typify an ''individual'' artist's work. ...
88: A proposed and yet-unrealised development in painting is [[four dime... - Carpet (15753 bytes)
1: ...y by the Moors. The Crusades brought Turkish carpets to all of Europe, where they were primarily hung...
3: ...ries a distinction is made between carpet (or carpeting) and rug. The former indicates a covering tha...
5: [[Image:Carpet.png|350px|thumb|Contemporary Afghan Rug]]
7: == Carpet types ==
8: ...et 1.jpg|thumb|250px|Swatches of machine-made carpet]] - Map (10223 bytes)
3: ...ap is a [[2D geometric model|two-dimensional, geometrically accurate representation]] of a three-dimen...
7: ... maps, painted on a wall of the [[Catal Huyuk]] settlement in south-central [[Anatolia]] (now [[Turke...
9: ...bly accurate. Even today, maps can be powerful rhetorical tools beyond their purely practical value, ...
11: ...ot neutral documents and must be carefully interpreted. It's of course, this abstraction that makes t...
13: ...internationally renowned for its comprehensively detailed work). - Clarinet (18825 bytes)
2: ...ets had a strident tone similar to that of a trumpet.
4: Clarinets are made from specially chosen varieties of [[wood]] or, in the case of some student in...
6: ...person who plays the clarinet is called a [[clarinetist]].
11: ...ements made to the fingering systems of the clarinet over time have enabled the instrument to be very ...
12: The Bass Clarinet has a very deep and loud tone. It is often only ... - Martin Van Buren (21629 bytes)
25: ...come to the [[New World]] in [[1631]] from the [[Netherlands]]. Martin's father was Abraham van Buren ...
27: ...ity|New York]], where he studied under [[William Peter van Ness]] ([[1778]]-[[1826]]), an eminent lawy...
33: ... Jackson|Jackson's]] [[United States Cabinet|cabinet]] in [[1829]].
39: ...suffrage]]. His course in the Senate was not altogether consistent, though in this respect he is not t...
43: ...rmation as [[United States Secretary of State|Secretary of State]] notwithstanding the "corrupt bargai... - George M. Dallas (3858 bytes)
5: ...e United States]] from [[1816]] to [[1817]]. He returned to Philadelphia and was appointed deputy att...
7: ...sident of the United States on the Democratic ticket in [[1844]] with [[James K. Polk]] and served fro...
9: ...adelphia, and died there. He is interred in St. Peter's Churchyard. The city of [[Dallas, Texas]] an...
11: Dallas was the son of [[U.S. Treasury Secretary]] [[Alexander J. Dallas]] and is the great-gre...
18: ...ay]]|after=[[Churchill C. Cambreleng]]|years=1837-1839}} - Franklin Pierce (19017 bytes)
20: ...[alcoholism]] as his marriage to [[Jane Means Appleton Pierce]] fell apart. He destroyed his reputatio...
22: ...nd handsome. And he was genuinely religious. And yet he was a timid man with a shallow, rigid, old-fas...
27: ...hip, and [[Henry Wadsworth Longfellow]]. He also met [[Calvin E. Stowe]], [[Sargent S. Prentiss]], and...
29: ...thampton, Massachusetts|Northampton]], [[Massachusetts]], studying under Governor [[Levi Woodbury]] an...
40: ... ([[1836]]) in infancy and Frank Robert Pierce ([[1839]]–[[1843]]) at the age of four from [[epide... - Andrew Johnson (12662 bytes)
23: | '''Place of Death:''' || near [[Elizabethton, Tennessee]]
33: ...y|Democratic]]<br/>(elected on National Union ticket)
42: ...ory policies towards the defeated rebels and his vetoes of [[civil rights]] bills embroiled him in a b...
48: ...f Representatives from [[1835]] to [[1837]] and [[1839]] to [[1841]]. He was elected to the State Senat...
54: ...nt of the United States on the National Union ticket headed by Republican Abraham Lincoln in [[1864]] ... - Alexandria (28378 bytes)
1: ...pic mouth of the [[Nile]] (now dry) was 19 [[kilometre|km]] (12 [[mile]]s) east, near the ancient city...
19: ...in particular [[Aristander of Telmessus]], interpreted this as an omen that the city would prosper, pa...
21: ...with exact knowledge of their appearance, erects metal effigies on the beach which succeed in frighten...
23: ...e five native villages scattered along the strip between Lake Mareotis and the sea, according to a his...
25: ...ion, Alexander left Egypt for the East and never returned to his city. His general, Ptolemy (later [[P... - 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]]. - Peru (12264 bytes)
38: | '''[[Top-level domain|Internet TLD]]''' || [[.pe]]
48: ...rmy as an important political force. Once again, between [[1879]] and [[1883]], Peru and Bolivia made ...
55: ..., which is also known as ''Lima Metropolitana'' (Metropolitan Lima).
57: ...rring to today's regions, although it is now obsolete.
75: * [[Loreto Region|Loreto]]
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