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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
1: ...specially replacing the [[Ford Excursion]]). For the science fiction book, see [[Expedition (book)]].'...
6: ...a]] ([[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
7: ...r]] ([[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
12: ...rge Álvares]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]], the first to reach [[China]])
17: ..., first at the [[South Pole]], first to navigate the [[Northwest Passage]] in a single ship - Catherine de' Medici (7484 bytes)
1: ...ge:Mid_horoscope_catherine_de_medici.jpg|thumb|Catherine de' Medici]]
3: ...h of the kings of France, and mother of three further kings of that branch.
5: ...as alive at the time, but who would become King [[Henry II of France]].
7: ...lived long enough to see his grandchildren before he died.
9: ... the Duchess of Albany died, Catherine inherited the [[County of Auvergne]]. - Painting (4567 bytes)
1: ...] is perhaps the best-known artistic painting in the [[Western world]].]]
2: ...idered by many to be among the most important of the [[art]] forms.
4: ...ce by applying pressure from or moving a tool on the surface.
8: ...There are examples of [[cave painting]] all over the world.
34: ...etermines the general working characteristics of the paint, such as [[viscosity]], [[miscibility]], [[... - Age of Exploration (14467 bytes)
1: ...ost famous explorers of the period were [[Christopher Columbus]], [[Vasco da Gama]], [[Pedro ?vares Ca...
3: ...ely passive [[Mediterranean]] and sail safely on the open [[Atlantic]].
6: ...was one of the most accurate world maps prior to the age of European exploration]]
7: ...ched expeditions in hopes of finding coverts, or the fabled [[Prester John]].
9: ...is journey was written up as ''[[Travels]]'' and the work was read throughout Europe. - Texas (39610 bytes)
30: HighestElev = [[Guadalupe Peak]], 2,667 |
36: ... member [[U.S. state|state]] in [[1845]]. It has the [[U.S. Postal Service|postal abbreviation]] '''TX...
38: ...rs mistakenly applied the word to the people and their location.
41: * [[state flower]] — the [[bluebonnet]] (''Lupinus texensis'')
43: ... on several historical flags of Texas, including the current Texas flag [http://www.50states.com/bio/n... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
1: The following list is an incomplete '''list of painte...
10: *[[Michelangelo Buonarroti]], ([[1475]]-[[1564]]), Italian...
11: *[[Leonardo da Vinci]], ([[1452]]-[[1519]]), Italian painter, sculptor and inventor
16: *[[Rembrandt]], ([[1606]]-[[1669]]), [[Netherlands|Dutch]] [[painter]]
22: *[[Hans von Aachen]] ([[1552]]-[[1615]]) - List of inventors (14020 bytes)
10: *[[Thomas Ahearn]], inventor of the electric stove in [[1892]]
14: ...n]] Department of Agriculture — instant mashed potato flakes
24: ...hn Bardeen]], (1908-1991) — co-inventor of the [[transistor]]
29: *[[Henry Bessemer]], (1813-1898), [[England]] — [...
31: *[[Bi Sheng]] — primitive movable [[printing]] types - Timeline of United States pre-history (before 1600) (1679 bytes)
1: ...mage:Columbus.jpg|thumb|In 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue]]
3: This section of the [[Timeline of United States history]] concerns ev...
7: ...on one of the [[Bahamas]] Islands, "discovering" the [[New World]] (for [[15th century]] [[Europe]])
8: *[[1494]]-[[Treaty of Tordesillas]] divides the New World between [[Spain]] and [[Portugal]]
9: ...ng]]s to reach the North American mainland, which he claims for [[England]] - Leonardo da Vinci (25889 bytes)
2: ... in his lifetime. In addition, he helped advance the study of [[anatomy]], [[astronomy]], and [[civil ...
7: ... been suggested, albeit on scanty evidence, that she was a [[Middle East|Middle Eastern]] [[slave]] ow...
9: ...not "da Vincis". Presumably he did not use his father's name because of his illegitimate status.
11: ...ndrea del Verrocchio]], who subsequently took on the fourteen-year old Leonardo as an apprentice. In t...
12: ... of intellect that whatever he turned his mind to he made himself master of with ease" ([[Giorgio Vasa... - Niccolo Machiavelli (11084 bytes)
1: ...lli.jpg|thumb|150px|Machiavelli, ca [[1500]], in the robes of a Florentine public official]]
3: ... theory]], crucial to European statecraft during the [[Renaissance]].
6: [[Image:Macchiavelli01.jpg|thumb|Statue at the [[Uffizi]]]]
8: ...lawyer of some repute and belonged to an impoverished branch of an influential old Florentine family.
10: ...]], and these characters fill a large space of ''The Prince''. - Nicolaus Copernicus (26283 bytes)
3: ...oor to young astronomers everywhere to challenge the facts and never take anything at face value.
8: ...a, married a businessman and city councillor, Barthel Gertner.
10: ...ria Novara da Ferrara]], a famous [[astronomer]]. He followed his lessons and became a disciple and as...
12: ...irst observation Copernicus made in [[1497]] together with Domenico Novara, are recorded in ''De revol...
14: ...re he could observe a lunar [[eclipse]] and where he gave some lessons of astronomy or maths (unfortun... - List of sculptors (9151 bytes)
30: *[[Arnold Henry Bergier]]
45: *[[Michelangelo Buonarroti]] (1475 - 1564)
97: *[[Victor Fisher]] (1938-)
103: *[[Daniel Chester French]] (1850 - 1931)
108: *[[Henri Gaudier-Brzeska]] (1891 - 1915) - Ferdinand Magellan (19348 bytes)
2: ...ned to Spain in [[1522]], having circumnavigated the globe.
5: ...s brother Diogo de Sousa, named after his grandmother, and his sister Isabel.
7: ...eography]] and [[astronomy]]. Some speculate that he may even have been taught by [[Martin Behaim]]. I...
9: ...ay tribute, Almeida's party attacked, conquering the [[Muslim]] city of [[Kilwa]] in present-day [[Tan...
11: ... secretly sailing a ship east without permission, he lost his command and was forced to return to Port... - Hernan Cortes (17441 bytes)
1: [[Image:Cortes-Hernando-LOC.jpg|thumb|250px|Hernán Cortés]]
2: ...ered [[Mexico]] for [[Spain]]. He was known as '''Hernando''' or '''Fernando Cortés''' during his lif...
5: ... Francisco Pizarro who joined Cortés to conquer the [[Aztec]]s).
7: ...y, or trying his luck in the Spanish colonies of the [[New World]].
9: ==Arrival in the New World== - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
1: ...opher]]s''' ''(and non-philosophers important in the history of philosophy)'', '''listed alphabeticall...
13: *[[Johann Heinrich Abicht]], (1762-1816)
21: *[[Robert Adams (philosopher)|Robert Adams]], (born 1937){{fn|O}}
25: *[[Theodor Adorno]], (1903-1969){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R}}
32: *[[Agrippa the Sceptic]], (1st/2nd century){{fn|R}} - Aztec (38742 bytes)
3: ...ilt on raised islets in [[Lake Texcoco]] – the site of modern-day [[Mexico City]].
7: ... from the Mexicas alone. This article deals with the historical Aztec civilization, not with modern-da...
9: ...rigin. Their use of the word ''Azteca'' was like the modern use of ''Latino'', or ''Mediterranean'': a...
11: ... be known as Mexica. The [[conquistadores]] knew them as "Mexica".
13: ...[[Huitzilopochtli]] signaling the location where their capital city [[Tenochtitlan]] should be built. ... - Tenochtitlan (3092 bytes)
3: ...City]] was erected on top of the ruins and, over the ensuing centuries, most of Lake Texcoco has gradu...
5: ... tribe of people who came in from the west, that the area acquired its importance.
7: ... Tenochtitlan (the [[Nahuatl language]] name for the city) was founded in [[1325]].
9: ...Mexico]], the [[Pacific Ocean]] and perhaps even the [[Tahuantinsuyu|Inca Empire]].
11: ...that all sections of the city could be visited either on foot or via canoe. - Martin Luther (43050 bytes)
3: subject_name=Martin Luther |
4: image_name=Luther46c.jpg |
5: image_caption= Luther at age 46 (Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1529) |
12: ...dly impacted upon the [[Counter-Reformation]] in the [[Roman Catholic Church]].
14: ...e 13]], [[1525]] to [[Katharina von Bora]] began the tradition of [[clerical marriage]] within several... - History of Germany (53864 bytes)
3: ...ngle political unit until the late 19th century, they exerted influence upon Western civilization from...
5: ...eferred to [[Nazi Germany]] (1933–1945) as the Third Reich.
7: ...t the beginning of the sections and subsections. The [[History of Germany since 1945]] continues this ...
9: ==The Germans and the Romans==
12: ...out the Germanic people at the Roman frontier on the Rhine]] - Europium (8579 bytes)
1: ...-- Here is a table of data; skip past it to edit the text. -->
18: | [[Chemical series]]
62: | 1099 [[Kelvin|K]] (1519 [[Fahrenheit|?F]])
70: | [[Heat of vaporization]]
73: | [[Heat of fusion]]
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