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- 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. - Amerigo Vespucci (3736 bytes)
4: ...r Columbus]], thought the seafaring trailblazers setting out from European docks were travelling to [[...
10: ...tions, others have instead proposed that the two letters were forgeries written by others of the same ...
12: ...he publication and widespread circulation of his letters that led [[Martin Waldseem�ller]] to name t...
14: The two disputed letters claim that Vespucci made four voyages to Amer...
16: ...aimed, in a letter to Lorenzo di Medici, that he determined his longitude celestially on August 23, 14... - Barbados (21887 bytes)
9: ...riving from South America around [[800]]. Arawak settlements on the island include [[Stroud Point]], [...
11: ...anging aerial roots he thought resembled beards. Between Campos' sighting in 1536 and 1550, [[Spanish ...
13: ... of local autonomy. Its House of Assembly began meeting in [[1639]]. Among the initial important Briti...
15: ...replaced the small holdings of the early British settlers. Some of the displaced farmers relocated to ...
25: [[Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom|Queen Elizabeth II]] is recognized as Queen of Barbados, and thu... - Crocodile (5982 bytes)
16: ...[family (biology)|family]] '''Crocodylidae''' (sometimes classified instead as the [[subfamily]] '''Cr...
18: ...live in slow-moving rivers and feed on a wide variety of living and dead [[mammal|mammals]] and [[fish...
22: ...er. They have extremely powerful jaws and sharp teeth for tearing flesh, but cannot open their mouth i...
24: ... northern Australia the Saltwater Crocodile is sometimes called an "alligator", which it is not, and t...
34: *** [[Orinoco Crocodile]], ''Crocodylus intermedius '' - Boto (5572 bytes)
8: {{Taxobox_ordo_entry | taxon = [[Cetacea]]}}
9: {{Taxobox_subordo_entry | taxon = [[Odontoceti]]}}
15: {{Taxobox_image | image = [[Image:cetacea_range_map_Amazon_River_Dolphin.PNG|200px|Boto...
17: ...in]]. It is endemic to the [[Amazon River]] and [[Orinoco River]] systems. The Boto is the largest of the r...
30: :''I.g. humboldtiana'' - Orinoco basin population - Woodpecker (14469 bytes)
17: ... toes pointing forward, and two backward. These feet, though adapted for clinging to a vertical surfac...
19: ...l possession of territory to their rivals, and a method of [[Echolocation|echo-locating]] [[larva|grub...
26: * '''Family Picidae''', (woodpeckers, piculets, and wrynecks)
27: * '''Family Capitonidae''', ([[barbet]]s)
31: * '''Family Bucconidae''', ([[puffbird]]s etc) - River (12397 bytes)
2: ... to smaller streams, as may [[creek]], run, fork, etc.
4: ...)|channel]], with a bottom or [[stream bed|bed]] between [[stream bank|bank]]s. The lower end of a riv...
7: ...g]] the river banks. Loops that are formed are sometimes cut off, forming a shorter river channel and ...
9: ...see [[Whitewater kayaking]]''). Waterfalls are sometimes used as sources of energy, via [[watermill]]s...
11: ...sually larger) river. In [[arid]] areas rivers sometimes end by losing water to [[evaporation]] and pe... - Geese and Ducks (6827 bytes)
28: All geese eat an exclusively vegetarian diet, and some can become pests when flocks feed on ar...
74: * [[Orinoco Goose]], ''Neochen jubata''
77: ...the [[Cotton Pygmy Goose|cotton pygmy goose]], ''Nettapus javanica'', but are true [[duck]]s.
81: ==Etymology==
83: ...nine ''hamsii''), Latin ''anser'', Greek ''kh鮧' etc. - Woodpeckers (14469 bytes)
17: ... toes pointing forward, and two backward. These feet, though adapted for clinging to a vertical surfac...
19: ...l possession of territory to their rivals, and a method of [[Echolocation|echo-locating]] [[larva|grub...
26: * '''Family Picidae''', (woodpeckers, piculets, and wrynecks)
27: * '''Family Capitonidae''', ([[barbet]]s)
31: * '''Family Bucconidae''', ([[puffbird]]s etc) - List of steel producers (917 bytes)
12: # [[Sumitomo Metal Industries]] (Japan)
16: *[[Bethlehem Steel Company]]
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