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- Rio de Janeiro (14538 bytes)
9: ... south [[latitude]], 43 degrees 14 minutes west [[longitude]] ({{coor dm|22|54|S|43|14|W|region:BR-RJ_type:ci...
15: ...tlantic]] transit of ships between Brazil, the [[Africa]]n colonies, and Europe. Fortresses were built...
17: ...lo'' (Castle Hill). Therefore, the city developed from current Downtown (Centro, see below) to southwa...
19: ...y French - pirates and buccaneers, such as [[Jean-Fran篩s Duclerc]], [[Ren頄uguay-Trouin]], and [[Ni...
21: ...ed suddenly, many inhabitants were simply evicted from their homes. - Amerigo Vespucci (3736 bytes)
4: ...], thought the seafaring trailblazers setting out from European docks were travelling to [[East Asia]]...
14: ...oyage was made in [[1497]] (which allegedly began from [[C�diz]] on [[May 10th]] of that year). Litt...
16: ...9, while on this voyage. But his claim is clearly fraudulent, which casts more doubt on Vespucci's cre...
22: ...tters, whether or not he wrote them all himself. From these letters, the European public learned abou... - Ptolemy (10609 bytes)
1: ...German styling, in a 16th century engraved book [[frontispiece]]]]
11: ...the polar circle). He put the meridian of 0 longitude at the most western land he knew, the Canary Isla...
14: ...from the Arctic to the East-indies and deep into Africa; Ptolemy was well aware that he knew about onl...
16: ...pts of Ptolemy's ''Geography'' however, date only from about 1300, after the text was rediscovered by ...
18: ...re was no reliable method to determine geographic longitude; Ptolemy was well aware of this. It remained a pr... - Cartography (10500 bytes)
3: ...ses. Current trends in this field are moving away from analog methods of mapmaking and toward the crea...
6: [[Image:Radkarte_MKL1888.png|thumb|World map from the [[Middle Age]]s.]]
7: The oldest known map dates from the [[5th millennium BCE]]. The oldest maps emp...
9: .... An engraved map of the holy city of [[Nippur]], from the Kassite period ([[14th century BCE|14th]] &...
14: ... map.JPG|thumb|[[Muhammad al-Idrisi]]'s world map from 1154. Note that south is at the top of the map.... - Prime Meridian (3211 bytes)
2: ...nwich]], [[England]]; it is the meridian at which longitude is 0 degrees. It is sometimes referred to as the ...
4: .... President]] [[Chester A. Arthur]], 41 delegates from 25 nations met in [[Washington, D.C.]], USA for...
9: ...longitudes would be calculated both east and west from this meridian up to 180?.
15: ...gainst); [[France]] and [[Brazil]] abstained. The French did not adopt the Greenwich meridian until [[...
17: ...o the right) is on the opposite side of the world from the Prime Meridian. - Antarctica (14761 bytes)
4: '''Antarctica''' (from [[Greek language|Greek]] ἀντ&alpha...
8: ...he fifth largest continent, after [[Eurasia]], [[Africa]], [[North America]], and [[South America]]. H...
15: ...oldest place on earth. [[Weather pattern|Weather front]]s rarely penetrate far into the continent, le...
32: ... the borders of which are defined by degrees of [[longitude]]. In terms of [[latitude]], the northern border ...
37: ...erre Ad鬩e]], one of the four districts of the [[French Southern Territories]] - Canada (35540 bytes)
3: ...e of the many "main" articles about Canada linked from this article, e.g., [[Politics of Canada]], [[G...
10: ...[English language|English]] and [[French language|French]]. Its [[Statistics Canada|official]] populat...
17: ...ions]], the [[Commonwealth of Nations]], and [[La Francophonie]]. Canada is officially [[Bilingualism ...
18: * [[Canadian French|French]] is the majority language of [[Quebec]] and ...
46: ...t|[[New Brunswick]]||[[Fredericton, New Brunswick|Fredericton]] - Alabama (10792 bytes)
32: Longitude = 84?51'W to 88?28'W |
59: ...the province of Carolina. Nevertheless, when the French took over [[Louisiana]] they also took over t...
61: The state of Alabama seceded from the Union and became a [[Confederate States of ...
71: ...ico]]. Alabama generally ranges in [[elevation]] from [[sea level]] at [[Mobile Bay]], to a little mo...
88: -26.9% [[African American|Black]] - Alaska (24727 bytes)
8: Nickname = The Last Frontier, The Land of the Midnight Sun |
14: Governor = [[Frank Murkowski]] |
29: Longitude = 130?W to 173?E |
40: ...ackground:#efefef; text-align:center;"|''The Last Frontier''
66: ...|2000]]. The name "Alaska" is most likely derived from the [[Aleut]] word for "great country" or "main... - Arizona (24367 bytes)
31: Longitude = 109?3'W to 114?50'W |
88: ...y]] Spanish missionaries changed Father [[Eusebio Francisco Kino]]'s maps of the area; they renamed th...
96: ...]] the land below the [[Gila River]] was acquired from Mexico in the [[Gadsden Purchase]]. Arizona was...
98: ...of [[Brigham Young]], [[Mormon]]s went to Arizona from Utah in the mid to late [[1800s]] to the [[Phoe...
115: ...Representatives are [[Rick Renzi]] (R-1), [[Trent Franks]] (R-2), [[John Shadegg]] (R-3), [[Ed Pastor]... - Arkansas (11679 bytes)
27: Longitude = 89?41'W to 94?42'W |
42: ...me, which is probably a phonetic spelling for the French word for "downriver" people, a reference to t...
44: ...d States]] as a [[slave state]]. Arkansas seceded from the Union on [[May 6]], [[1861]] during the [[...
50: ...ic Party|Democrat]], was convicted of felony mail fraud as part of the [[Whitewater Scandal]]. This l...
54: ...cted separately from the governor and thus can be from a different political party. - California (63989 bytes)
34: Longitude = 114°8'W to 124°24'W |
91: ...a|San Jose]], and [[San Francisco, California|San Francisco]], and is responsible for many legal and t...
93: ... shown on early maps as an island. The name comes from ''Las sergas de Esplandián'' (Adventures of Sp...
101: ...tions of Mexican California. Traders and settlers from the United States began to arrive, harbingers o...
105: ...ck plague|plague]], caused because the area lacks frosts to kill mosquitos and fleas. - North Carolina (18268 bytes)
28: Longitude = 75?30'W to 84?15'W |
44: ...the Continental Congress to vote for independence from the British crown.
46: ...n [[plank]] road, known as a "farmer's railroad," from [[Fayetteville, North Carolina|Fayetteville]] i...
48: ...press the "rebellion" that "you can get no troops from North Carolina." However, under his leadership...
54: *[[1868]]: This was framed in accordance with the [[Reconstruction]] Act... - Connecticut (28543 bytes)
26: Longitude = 71?47'W to 73?44'W |
43: ... permanently in Connecticut were English Puritans from Massachusetts in 1633. Its first constitution, ...
49: ...rrently has five [[U.S. Congressional Delegations from Connecticut|representatives in the House]].
56: ...strial cities, located along the coastal highways from the New York border to New Haven, then northwar...
65: ... the state, and at times there are minor cultural frictions between the regions and their major cultur... - Delaware (15006 bytes)
26: Longitude = 75?2'W to 75?47'W |
42: The name "Delaware" comes from the title of [[Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La War...
48: ... 1813 as the "[[Spencer Churches|Union Church of Africans]]," which is now the [[A.U.M.P. Church]]. T...
71: ...in Delaware, although a public-television station from Philadelphia, WHYY, maintains a studio and broa...
92: The five largest ancestries in Delaware are: [[African American]] (19.2%), [[Ireland|Irish]] (16.6%)... - Florida (24937 bytes)
27: Longitude = 79?48'W to 87?38'W |
43: ... of the United States of America. Florida seceded from the Union on [[January 10]], [[1861]] and was o...
64: ...nasa.florida.750pix.jpg|right|thumb|Florida taken from NASA Shuttle Mission STS-95 on 31st October 199...
72: ...ces, September 2nd.jpg|left|thumb|138px|Hurricane Frances near peak strength.]]
76: .... These thunderstorms which are caused by airflow from the [[Gulf of Mexico]] seemingly "pop up" in th... - Georgia (U.S. state) (26579 bytes)
27: Longitude = 81°W to 85°53'W |
50: ...y [[South Carolina]] met the Spanish moving north from their base in Florida. In [[1724]], it was firs...
58: ...Georgia|Louisville]] (''pron.'' Lewis-ville), and from [[1806]] through the [[American Civil War]] at ...
62: ...ce of any state in the Union. For over 130 years, from 1872 to 2003, Georgians only elected Democratic...
68: ...tution mandates a maximum of 56 Senators, elected from single-member districts, and a minimum of 180 R... - Hawaii (34434 bytes)
26: Longitude = 154?40'W to 162?W |
39: ...o grow due to active [[lava]] flows, most notably from [[Kilauea|Kīlauea]]. Ethnically, it is the...
51: ...of the island chain. These islands are, in order from the northwest to southeast, Niihau, Kauai, O...
54: ...iian Islands were formed by [[volcano]]es arising from the sea floor through a vent described in geolo...
58: The movement of the Hawaiian royal family from the Island of Hawaii to Maui and subsequently t... - Idaho (13962 bytes)
27: Longitude = 111? W to 117? W |
48: ...rst organized town in Idaho was [[Franklin, Idaho|Franklin]], settled in [[1860]] by [[Mormon]] pionee...
50: ... was abated by moving the [[University of Idaho]] from its planned location in Eagle Rock (near [[Idah...
54: ...Anne Frank and many other writers extolling human freedom and equality.
63: ...s. Idaho has a [[bicameral]] legislature, elected from 35 legislative districts, each represented by o... - Indiana (20194 bytes)
29: Longitude = 84?49'W to 88?4'W |
47: ...n]] as part of the settlement at the end of the [[French and Indian War]], given to the [[United State...
60: ... 475 mile long [[Wabash River]] bisects the state from northeast to southwest and has given Indiana tw...
71: A high percentage of Indiana's GDP comes from manufacturing, and much of this activity is hea...
75: ...bably best known for its decorative [[limestone]] fron the southern, hilly portion of the state. One o...
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