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- Newfoundland (dog) (4428 bytes)
4: !Newfoundland
6: |[[image:newfoundland_dog2.jpg|thumb|none|250px|Newfoundlands are known for their love of water and their [[dr...
10: |[[Newfoundland]], (now part of) [[Canada]]
12: !Classification and breed standards
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- Bjarni Herjulfsson (982 bytes)
1: ...loring the new lands. He did, however, report his findings both in Greenland and in Norway, but no one...
3: ...se aux Meadows]] in [[Newfoundland]]. This is the first known attempt at settlement by Europeans in th... - 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... - Jacques Cartier (8139 bytes)
3: ...the interior eastern region that would become the first european-inhabited area of that country.
9: ... losing a ship, that he entered and departed some fifty undiscovered harbours without serious mishap a...
11: ==First Voyage 1534==
13: ...ched-for [[northwest passage]]. He landed for the first time at present day [[Gaspé|Gaspé, Quebec]] ...
17: ... site of their arrival has been confidently identified as the beginning of the Sainte-Marie sault, a l... - Amelia Earhart (9225 bytes)
2: ...ious disappearance during a flight over the [[Pacific Ocean]].
6: ...ility to provide for his family, Amelia spent the first twelve years of her life living with her mothe...
8: ...om some of her family, in 1922 Earhart bought her first [[airplane]], a [[Kinner Airstar]]. After her ...
10: ...the [[White House]]. From then on, flying was the fixture of Earhart's life. She placed third at the C...
14: ...paper. She then stopped off in [[Harbour Grace]], Newfoundland in her [[Lockheed Vega]], intending to fly to [[P... - Continent (6440 bytes)
2: ...s a large continuous [[land mass]]. The world was first divided into continents by the geographers of ...
4: ... consisting of a thin [[basalt]]ic layer of solidified mantle, and covered by a sea punctuated with ba...
13: Geographers and historians find it useful to define larger land masses connected with a [[land brid...
19: Africa-Eurasia is less commonly defined than the Americas. These land masses are usua...
23: These definitions give the following alternate models: - 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]]
79: ... they are to be included (for instance, with specific reference to Mexico, when talking about [[NAFTA]... - Americas (7154 bytes)
6: ...of the land mass located to the east of the [[Pacific Ocean]] and the west of the [[Atlantic Ocean]], ...
8: ... five rings of the [[Olympic flag]] represent the five parts of the world, with a single ring represen...
13: ...d States'', while it is rare to use the more specific ''US-Amerikaner''. In [[Italy]] the term ''Ameri...
23: ...feminine names. [[Christopher Columbus]], who had first brought the continents' existence to the atten...
25: ...[[Newfoundland]] in [[1497]]. Supposedly, Bristol fishermen had been visiting the coast of North Ameri... - Canada (35540 bytes)
1: ...d resulted in the consensus that the country's *official* name is now "Canada", not anything else. If ...
10: ...ench language|French]]. Its [[Statistics Canada|official]] population estimate for [[as of 2005|June 2...
15: ...Minister]], who is the head of government, have official residences in Ottawa.
17: ...f Nations]], and [[La Francophonie]]. Canada is officially [[Bilingualism in Canada|bilingual]]:
21: ... and [[hydroelectric power]] capacity. Its diversified [[Economy of Canada|economy]] relies heavily on... - Thirteen Colonies (4707 bytes)
2: ...|right|thumb|[[Betsy Ross]] purportedly sewed the first [[Flag of the United States|American flag]] wi...
36: * [[Newfoundland and Labrador|Newfoundland]]
58: ...; [[British Honduras]], had settlements, but "unofficial" until at least a couple decades later--> - French and Indian War (5652 bytes)
1: ... Saint Pierre and Miquelon, two small islands off Newfoundland. The British acquired Canada while Spain gained L...
13: ...agara]], [[Fort Duquesne]], and – most significantly of all– at the [[Plains of Abraham]] ...
15: ...nt Pierre and Miquelon]], two small islands off [[Newfoundland]]. The British acquired Canada while Spain gained...
17: The war officially ended with the signing of the [[1763 Treaty...
23: ...of the opening engagements of the war, marked the first and only instance of [[George Washington]] sur... - 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... - Aviation history (39698 bytes)
3: ... story in [[The Bible]]. Nevertheless, it exemplifies man's desire to fly.
5: ...methods used to control planes have advanced significantly as well. Initially planes were controlled ...
13: ... counter-claims how successful these were. See [[First flying machine]] for a review of such claims.
15: [[Leonardo da Vinci]] was the first person to seriously design an aircraft, design...
17: ...craft through the air was the crux of flying. Sufficiently light and powerful engines would not be av... - World War I (62979 bytes)
2: ...m the sky was executed, and some of the century's first large-scale [[genocide|civilian massacres]] to...
6: ...orld Order (political)|world order]], marking the final demise of [[political absolutism|absolutist]] ...
8: ...me scholars, who regard World War I as merely the first phase of a three-decade long war spanning the ...
10: ...Western Front]]. Over 9 million died on the battlefield, and nearly that many more on the home front d...
19: ...s ever been reached as for the exact cause of the First World War. - History of the United States (1776-1789) (19792 bytes)
5: ...local leaders. At Lexington, they confronted and fired upon a small group of local militia, who had g...
9: ...laration was the responsibility of a committee of five, which included, among others, [[John Adams]] a...
13: ...ed and put into effect in 1778, but not fully ratified until 1781. The Articles of Confederation outl...
15: ..., instead, to write a Constitution, which was ratified by eleven States in 1788.
17: ...ration, and [[George Washington]] was elected the first [[President of the United States]]. - April (9790 bytes)
11: ...Uzuki'' (卯月). In [[Finnish language|Finnish]], the month is called ''huhtikuu'', meaning...
214: *First Day of Summer (Iceland)
218: *St. George's Day (Newfoundland) - Continental shelf (2503 bytes)
3: The width of the continental shelf varies significantly. It is quite common for an area to have vir...
5: ...e]]'s poor for half a millennium before they were fished out. If [[anoxic]] conditions in the sediment... - American Black Bear (15019 bytes)
16: ...antic Ocean|Atlantic]] to the [[Pacific Ocean|Pacific]]. This includes 39 of the 50 [[U.S. state]]s a...
23: ...slightly longer than the front legs. Each paw has five strong claws used for tearing, digging, and cli...
32: ... first year, and stay with the mother through the first full winter. They are usually independent by t...
34: ...ng her cubs what to eat, where and how to forage (find food), where to den, and when and where to seek...
69: *[[dandelion]] (''Taraxacum officinale'') - Memorial Day (4407 bytes)
2: ... [[military]] service for their country. It began first to honor Union soldiers who died during the [[...
6: ...States, while [[Labor Day]] is considered the unofficial end of the season.
11: ... Army of the Republic]], and was observed for the first time on [[May 30]] of the same year. The [[tom...
15: ...fter [[World War II]], and was not declared the official name by Federal law until [[1967]].
17: ...cause it had observed the day each year since its first observance, and because it's likely that the f... - Columbus Day (5999 bytes)
4: ... is celebrated on the 2nd Monday in October. The first recorded celebration of Columbus Day in the [[...
6: ...66 Italian celebrations in [[New York City]]. The first state celebration was in [[Colorado]] in 1905,...
8: ...lways closed on this day, as are [[government]] offices. It is not, however, recognized by most priva...
11: ...stizo]] race, culture, and identity. The day was first celebrated in [[Argentina]] in 1917, [[Venezue...
16: ...enous peoples of the Americas|Native Americans]], find the holiday offensive because they object to ho... - Blue Whale (22203 bytes)
20: ...of which is in the North-East [[Pacific Ocean|Pacific]]. There are two groups in the North [[Atlantic ...
23: ...escribe the genetic distance between a Blue and a Fin as about the same as that between a human and go...
27: ...Whale''') found in the Indian Ocean and South Pacific. Some older authorities also list ''B. m. indica...
29: The specific name ''musculus'' is [[Latin]] and could mean "m...
34: ... than other large whales (such as the [[Fin Whale|Fin]] or [[Sei Whale|Sei]]). This can often be a use...
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