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- Jacques Cartier (8139 bytes)
3: ... [[1491]] – [[September 1]] [[1557]]) was a French [[Exploration|explorer]] who is popularly tho...
5: ... His good name in Saint-Malo is recognized by its frequent appearance in baptismal registers as godfat...
13: ... he planted a cross and claimed the territory for France. During this trip he took [[Domagaya]] and [[...
15: ==Second Voyage 1535-1536==
17: ...Hurons came to the edge of the river to greet the Frenchmen. The site of their arrival has been confi... - Mary, the mother of Jesus (30135 bytes)
8: ...of Mary, and the centuries of Marian cult derived from the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Christian chu...
13: ... 5:2), some 80 or 90 miles (about 130 kilometers) from Nazareth; and while there they found shelter in...
15: ...|Matt. 1:21]]), because he was to save his people from their sins. This was followed by the presentat...
19: ...Acts 1:14). From this time she wholly disappears from the historical biblical accounts, although it i...
25: ... Virgin Mary]]'' or ''Our Lady'' (this latter, in French, Spanish, and Italian, is rendered ''Notre Da... - Vermont (39851 bytes)
38: ...British possession after France's defeat in the [[French and Indian War]]. For many years, rightful co...
44: ...north to south, is 159 miles. Its greatest width, from east to west, is 89 miles (the narrowest width ...
52: ...particular variant of the tree; it rather results from a number of soil and climate conditions unique ...
58: ...ing the era Native Americans migrated year-round. From [[1000 BCE]] to [[1600|1600 CE]] was the Woodla...
60: ..., [[1609]], [[French colonization of the Americas|French explorer]] [[Samuel de Champlain]] claimed th... - History of California (38344 bytes)
5: During that time, the area has gone from a [[Spain|Spanish]] outpost of interest primari...
13: ...S)|Sierra Nevada]] foothills collected [[acorn]]s from [[oak]] trees, ground them, and leached out the...
21: ...Cortés accompanied expeditions in [[1534]] and [[1535]] without finding the sought-after city.
23: On [[May 3]], [[1535]], Cortés claimed "Santa Cruz Island" (now known...
25: ====Francisco de Ulloa==== - Thomas More (15893 bytes)
2: ...ic offices, including that of [[Lord Chancellor]] from [[1529]] to [[1532]]. More coined the word "[[...
7: ...o Lincoln's Inn while he considered joining the [[Franciscan]] order. Perhaps because he judged himse...
12: From [[1510]] to [[1518]], More served as one of the...
19: ...Christian humanist in continental Europe, and his friend [[Erasmus of Rotterdam]] dedicated his master...
23: ...g [[Tudor dynasty]], which had wrested the throne from Richard at the end of the [[Wars of the Roses]]... - Protestant Reformation (26890 bytes)
1: ...atholic Church]] in [[Western Europe]]. The main front of the reformation was started by [[Martin Lut...
16: * Reformation in [[France]] -- [[Huguenot]]s, [[Pierre Viret]]
20: ...West. These frustrated reformist movements ranged from [[nominalism]], modern devotion, to [[humanism]...
22: ...he exercise of their authority. In [[England]], [[France]], and [[Spain]] the move toward centralizati...
24: ...onomy. Woolen manufacturing greatly expanded in [[France]], [[Germany]], and the [[Netherlands]] and n... - Gerardus Mercator (3294 bytes)
9: ...nd [[Gaspar Myrica]]. They worked together from [[1535]] to [[1536]] to construct a terrestrial [[globe]...
15: ...gh introducing a number of new errors). Maps of [[France]], [[Germany]] and the [[Netherlands]] were a...
22: ...ra'' (Atlas, or Cosmographical Meditations on the Frame for the World and its Form) by Gerardus Mercat... - Erasmus (18332 bytes)
6: ...s cared for by his parents till their early death from the [[plague]] in [[1483]], and then given the ...
8: ...in England was fruitful in the making of lifelong friendships with the leaders of English thought in t...
10: ...e Press|Aldus Manutius]] at [[Venice]], but apart from this he had a less active association with Ital...
12: ...]], and to him came the multitude of his admirers from all quarters of Europe.
14: ...ull of contradictions. Erasmus held himself aloof from all entangling obligations; yet he was in a sin... - Francis Drake (14963 bytes)
1: [[Image:FrancisDrake.jpg|framed|Sir Francis Drake, c. [[1540]]–[[1596]].]]
2: ...to [[circumnavigation|circumnavigate]] the globe, from [[1577]] to [[1580]] and was knighted on his re...
7: ...n from a portrait painted quite late in his life. Francis was the eldest or second eldest of twelve ch...
9: ...orced to flee to [[Kent]]. At about the age of 13 Francis took to the sea on a cargo bark, becoming ma...
12: ...a few days before, nearly costing Drake his life. From then on, he devoted the rest of his life to wor... - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
9: *[[Jacob Friedrich von Abel]], (1751-1829)
15: ...eon Abravanel|Judah ben Isaac Abravanel]], (1460?-1535?){{fn|C}}{{fn|R}}
33: *[[Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa]], (1436-1535){{fn|R}}
55: *[[Francesco Algarotti]], (1712-1764)
62: *[[Henri-Fr餩ric Amiel]], (1821-1881) - Knights Hospitaller (26158 bytes)
1: ...aid to have come to an end following its ejection from Malta by [[Napoleon]]. The '''Sovereign Militar...
5: ...im's mother was Christian. In [[1023]], merchants from [[Amalfi]] and [[Salerno]] in [[Italy]] were gi...
9: ... by the Papacy, for example, the order was exempt from all authority save that of the Pope, and it pai...
11: [[Image:knights_hospitaller.JPG|framed|right]]
17: ...uired the estates allocated to the English tongue from [[1330]] to [[1358]]. On Rhodes, now known as t... - Iron (23778 bytes)
51: ... </td><td>[[1 E3 K|1808 K]] (1535 ?[[Celsius|C]] / 2795 ?[[Fahrenheit|F]])</td></tr...
135: ...of iron in the various layers of the Earth ranges from high at the inner core to about 5% in the outer...
137: ...ed from iron ore, and is hardly ever found in the free (elemental) state. In order to obtain elementa...
146: ...icance is that of an intermediate step on the way from [[iron ore]] to [[cast iron]] and [[steel]].
154: ... northern and western European languages, derives from the [[Etruscan]] ''aisar'' which means "the god... - Chile (39914 bytes)
39: established_dates = From [[Spain]]<br>[[September 18]], [[1810]]<br>[[Fe...
56: ...]'s first Spanish expedition south from Peru in [[1535]]-[[1536|36]] called themselves the "men of Chill...
64: ...ed in [[1541]] by [[Pedro de Valdivia]], one of [[Francisco Pizarro]]'s lieutenants. Although the Span...
66: ...f [[slavery]] in [[1683]] defused tensions on the frontier between the colony and the Mapuche land to ...
68: The drive for independence from Spain was precipitated by usurpation of the Spa... - Tropical savanna (1816 bytes)
1: ...Fernandez de Oviedo y Valdes|Oviedo y Valdes]], [[1535]]), by the late 1800s it was used to mean "land w...
3: ...al savannas are widespread on the continent of [[Africa]], and are also found in [[India]] and the nor... - Francisco Vásquez de Coronado (19760 bytes)
3: ...|thumb|right|Coronado Sets Out to the North, by [[Frederic Remington]], 1861-1909]]
5: '''Francisco Vázquez de Coronado y Luján''' (1510 &nd...
8: ...de la Frontera]] and [[Captain General]] of the [[Frontier]], [[Prefect]] of [[Granada]], who was at t...
11: ...ado inherited a large portion of a Mexican estate from Beatriz and had five children by her an they al...
14: ...e [[Narváez expedition]], on an expedition north from [[Compostela, Nayarit||Compostela]], in present... - Hernán Cortés (42809 bytes)
14: ...ern-day [[Peru]] (not to be confused with another Francisco Pizarro who joined Cortés to conquer the ...
16: ...by his [[biographer]], [[chaplain]], and friend [[Francisco López de Gómara]]. At the age of 14, Cor...
20: ...ld boy who had returned home only to find himself frustrated by life in his small provincial town.
26: ...eville, listening to the tales of those returning from the Indies, who told of discovery and conquest,...
31: ... estate of land and Indian slaves for his efforts from the leader of the expedition. - Hernando de Soto explorer (34946 bytes)
5: ...nquista|reconquest]] of the [[Iberian peninsula]] from Islamic forces. Spain and [[Portugal]] were fil...
14: ...ualpa's camp, Atahualpa's ransom, and the plunder from Cuzco, and had become very wealthy.
16: ...n Emperor|Charles]] awarded [[Diego de Almagro]], Francisco Pizarro's former business partner, the gov...
20: ...eraging 24 years of age, they eventually embarked from [[Havana]] on seven of the King's [[Galleon|shi...
27: ...rough [[Tennessee]], [[Kentucky]] and [[Indiana]] from [[Mabila]]. - Judge (10187 bytes)
3: ...rs, functions, and training of judges vary widely from [[jurisdiction]] to jurisdiction.
9: ...world continue to wear wigs, a tradition imported from the [[United Kingdom|British]] legal system.]]
10: ...ring ordinary hearings, judges wear a black gown. French judges do not wear wigs.]]
11: [[Image:Premier president ca.jpg|thumb|right|French appeal and [[court of cassation|cassation]] j...
15: ...[lawyers]] and are generally appointed or elected from among practicing [[attorney]]s. - Green alga (4059 bytes)
13: ...''green algae''' are the large group of [[alga]]e from which the [[embryophyte]]s (higher plants) emer...
15: ...reen chloroplasts, which were presumably acquired from ingested green algae, in the latter case retain...
20: ...]] without centrioles. Sexual reproduction varies from fusion of identical cells (isogamy) to fertiliz...
39: ...d plants. ''AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY 91'' (10): 1535-1556 OCT
46: [[fr:Algue verte]]
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