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- Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
3: ... regions. Although his explorations were not the first to reach the Americas, they inaugurated perman...
5: ...wever, there is one thing that sets off Columbus' first voyage from all of these: less than two decade...
9: ...[[potato]]es, [[maize]], and [[horse]]s), and the first large-scale [[colonization]] of the Americas b...
11: Columbus remains a controversial figure. Some – including many [[Native America...
27: ...[[1474]], Columbus joined a ship of the [[Spinola Financiers]], who were Genoese patrons of his father... - Age of Exploration (14467 bytes)
3: ...of traditional European and Arab designs were the first ships that could leave the relatively passive ...
7: ... [[Papacy]] also launched expeditions in hopes of finding coverts, or the fabled [[Prester John]].
9: The first of these travelers was [[Giovanni de Plano Car...
11: ... East was always be too long and difficult for profitable trade and it was also controlled by Islamic ...
15: ...cient Greek geography]] was rediscovered, for the first time giving European sailors some idea of the ... - Netherlands (35958 bytes)
14: official_languages = [[Dutch language|Dutch]], [[Frisi...
49: ...on]] and [[Limburgish language|Limburgish]] are official [[regional language]]s<br><sup>2</sup> Prior ...
55: ...or most foreign embassies. The Netherlands ranked fifth on the [[2004]] [[UN Human Development Index]]...
66: ...1637, and, according to Murray Sayle, the world's first bear raider -- Isaac le Maire, who forced pric...
68: After briefly being incorporated in the [[First French Empire]] under [[Napoleon]], the Kingdo... - Brazil (12581 bytes)
1: ...of Portugal, Brazil has [[Portuguese]] as its [[official language]].
8: ...uguese and exploited mainly for [[brazilwood]] at first, and later for [[sugarcane]] agriculture. Work...
20: * [[Canga篝] (criminal hinterland bands in the first years of the [[20th century]])
21: ...zil's domination by the "coffee oligarchs" in the first years of the XX century)
22: ...ronelismo]] (reference to machine politics in the first years of the 20th century, still present on a ... - Malaysia (27892 bytes)
24: | '''[[Official language]]'''
74: ...slates as "''Golden Chersonese''", the Straits of Malacca as "''Sinus Sabaricus''".
78: ...[[Islam]] to most of the [[Malay archipelago]]. [[Malacca]] was an important trading port.
80: ...d control of Malacca. The British took control of Malacca after the [[Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1824|Anglo-Dutc...
82: ... administration was transferred to the Colonial Office in London. - Pirate Ship (44502 bytes)
3: == Definition ==
4: ...bringing pirates to [[justice]].<ref>{{cite news |first=M.Chiarugi |last=D.Archibugi |url=http://www.o...
9: [[File:Romtrireme.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Mosaic of a [[T...
12: ...ifty, and the pirates indeed raised the ransom to fifty talents. After the ransom was paid, Caesar rai...
14: The Senate finally invested [[Pompey]] with powers to deal with... - Pirate (23151 bytes)
4: ...pecifically in the straits of [[Strait of Malacca|Malacca]] and [[Singapore]], used by over 50,000 commerci...
10: ... revolution]]s and [[coup d'etat|coups]] and then finally came to mean the disruptive parliamentary ma...
12: ... who form the nations bracketing the [[Straits of Malacca]]. Originally a culture of seafaring people, thei...
28: ...commerce. They approach by stealth and then open fire. The Germans in [[World War II]] made use of t...
34: ...s|Dutch]] controlled both sides of the Straits of Malacca. Some pirates carried on activities similar to ar... - Ferdinand Magellan (19348 bytes)
2: ...European]] to sail the [[Pacific Ocean]], and the first to lead an expedition for the purpose of [[cir...
9: ...ong the way. It was here that Magellan would also first experience battle: when a local king refused t...
13: ... [[1513]]) and received a severe knee wound while fighting against the Moorish-Moroccan stronghold. Al...
20: ... help of Juan de Aranda, one of the three chief officials of Seville's India House, and of other frien...
22: ...thought to be the [[Rio de la Plata]], to the Pacific Ocean, forming a large bay-like [[river delta]].... - Cities along the Silk Road (5982 bytes)
125: * [[Malacca]] - Sumatra (5388 bytes)
6: ...[Malay Peninsula]], separated by the [[Straits of Malacca]]. To the east is [[Borneo]], across the [[Karima...
21: ...then subject to conquests from Javanese kingdoms, first Singhasari and subsequently Majapahit. At the... - Cargo ship (2532 bytes)
13: ...e waters roughly around Asia, most notably in the Malacca Straits, a narrow channel between Indonesia and S...
15: While the definitions have become "cross-pollinated" over the ye...
19: ... [[U-boat]]s could sink them and contributed significantly to the ability of the Allies to keep [[Brit... - Pacific Ocean (14615 bytes)
1: :''For other meanings of '''Pacific''', see [[Pacific (disambiguation)]].''
2: {{Five Oceans}}
3: ...t of the ocean is often placed at the [[Strait of Malacca]]. The lowest point on earth—the [[Mariana ...
5: ...which are found south of the equator. (See: [[Pacific Islands]].)
7: ...st, and the [[Straits of Magellan]] links the Pacific with the [[Atlantic Ocean]] on the east.
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