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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... - Volcano (27295 bytes)
4: ...rom the name of [[Vulcan (god)|Vulcan]], a god of fire in [[Roman mythology]].
10: ... easily plugs. [[Mount Pel饝] on the island of [[Martinique]] is another example.
12: ...square km. Note that the terms ''felsic'' and ''mafic'' are sometimes substituted by the older chemist...
15: ...ually build a wide mountain with a shield-like profile. Their lava flows are generally very hot and ve...
21: ... hard to identify given that there is no formal definition of the term. - North America (12844 bytes)
4: ...are named after [[Amerigo Vespucci]], who was the first European to suggest that the Americas were not...
18: .... The location is marked by a 4.5 metre (15 foot) field stone [[Obelisk|obelisk]].
26: ...and]] on the east, and [[Ellesmere Island]], [[Baffin Island]], and [[Victoria Island]] in the north)
28: ...he US state of [[Hawaii]] which lies in the [[Pacific Ocean]]
59: *[[Martinique]] (overseas department of [[France]]) - List of countries by continent (11037 bytes)
109: * [[Philippines]] (Filipinas) - [[Manila]]
137: * [[Bulgaria]] - [[Sofia]]
141: * [[Finland]] - [[Helsinki]]
198: *[[Martinique]] - [[Fort-de-France]] (France)
217: * [[Bolivia]] - [[Sucre]] (official capital), [[La Paz]] (seat of government) - Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (8955 bytes)
18: | '''[[Official language]]'''
65: ...slands in order to govern the region through a unified administration. The most notable was the [[West...
74: ...ted on the island by a [[governor general]], an office with mostly ceremonial functions. Control of th...
91: ...a small manufacturing sector and a small offshore financial sector whose particularly restrictive secr...
96: ...a sizable minority of mixed race. The country's official language is English, but a French patois may ... - Time zone (34024 bytes)
2: ...e increasingly awkward. Time zones partially rectified the problem by setting the clocks of a region t...
6: ...e zones are relative. UTC is, nevertheless, the official term for today's atomically measured time as ...
24: Note: The time zone adjustment for a specific location may vary due to the use of [[daylight s...
31: ... About [[August 23]], [[1852]], time signals were first transmitted by telegraph from the [[Royal Gree...
33: ...me to be observed nationally, and was perhaps the first country to do so. It was based on the longitud... - Tree (23723 bytes)
3: ...nial]], woody [[plant]]. Though there is no set definition regarding minimum size, the term generally ...
5: ...tant components of the natural landscape and significant elements in [[landscaping]], and in [[agricul...
7: ==Classifications==
11: ...well known trees and how they are typically classified.
13: ...ed a '''[[forest]]'''. Several [[biotope]]s are defined largely by the trees that inhabit them; exampl... - List of politics by country articles (10131 bytes)
25: ...[[Politics of Fiji|Fiji]] - [[Politics of Finland|Finland]] - [[Politics of France|France]] - [[Politi...
47: ...nds|Marshall Islands]] - [[Politics of Martinique|Martinique]] - [[Politics of Mauritania|Mauritania]] - [[Pol...
89: ... country but the [[Scottish Parliament]] has significant powers, so Scotland is listed separately. - Blackbeard (5955 bytes)
2: ...ribbean Sea]] between [[1716]] and [[1718]]. His final and best known vessel, [[Queen Anne's Revenge]...
6: ...erving under Hornigold when, near the island of [[Martinique]], they captured the French [[slave ship]] ''La C...
14: ...eturn for unofficial protection and gave him an official pardon. He was forced to leave Nassau by Roya...
18: ...han engaging in battle at a distance, he used his first [[broadside]] as the English boarded, killing ...
20: ...ard Blackbeard's sloop. Maynard was overwelmed at first by Blackbeard's size (Teach stood 6 feet 4 inc... - March 19 (9902 bytes)
8: ...[[City Bank of New York]] becomes the site of the first [[bank robbery]] in [[United States history]] ...
9: *[[1861]] - The [[First Taranaki War]] ends in [[New Zealand]].
12: ... [[Pluto (planet)|Pluto]] is photographed for the first time but was not recognized as a [[planet]].
13: ...anes take off in pursuit of [[Pancho Villa]], the first [[United States]] air-combat mission in histor...
15: ...the [[Treaty of Versailles]] for the second time (first time was on [[November 19]], [[1919]]). - French language (40201 bytes)
19: ...er including second language speakers. It is an official or administrative language in various communi...
27: ...f the entire Gallic region for both mercantile, official and educational reasons, yet it should be rem...
60: ...owing a period of unification, regulation and purification, the French of the 17th to the 18th centuri...
62: ...f foreign words and expressions. Some recent modifications include the change from ''software'' to ''...
66: ..., the future of specific "regional" accents is difficult to predict. - List of countries by highest point (12398 bytes)
220: |109||[[Zambia]]||unnamed location in [[Mafinga Hills]]||2,301m
290: |144||[[Martinique]]||[[Montagne Pelee]]||1,397m
298: |148||[[Finland]]||[[Halti]]||1,328m
300: |149||[[Fiji]]||[[Tomanivi]]||1,324m
478: * [http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/fields/2020.html CIA World Factbook 2004] - Arecaceae (3209 bytes)
41: ...tinique.web.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Coconut Palm on Martinique]]
44: ...ryland]], [[Arkansas]], and even up along the Pacific coast to [[Oregon]] and [[Washington]]. There ha...
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