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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 - Jeanne d'Albret (2474 bytes)
2: ...ine de Bourbon, duke of Vendome]] and mother of [[Henry IV of France]].
4: ...t. When she was thirteen, Francis married her to the Duke of Cleves, but this political marriage was a...
6: ...," who would become heir to the French throne if the Valois line died out.
8: ...[[1555]] Henry II of Navarre died, and Jeanne and her husband became rulers of Navarre.
10: ... declaring [[Calvinism]] the official religion of her kingdom. - Louisiana (26375 bytes)
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44: ...uthern States|Southern]] [[U.S. state|state]] of the [[United States|United States of America]].
45: ...ench language|French]]. Today, English is by far the main language of everyday life, but traces of Fre...
49: ... Atchafalaya, Natchitouches (now spelled Natchitoches), Caddo, Houma, Tangipahoa, and Avoyel (Avoyelle...
52: ... were found in southwestern Louisiana in the parishes of Vermilion, Cameron, Lafayette, Acadia, Jeffer... - 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... - New Mexico (31079 bytes)
31: HighestElev = Wheeler Peak, 13,161 ft, 4,014 |
38: ...[[Spain|European]] [[Spanish language|Spanish]], the state's name would be spelled ''Nuevo M骩co''.
44: ...00s]], constructing small towns in the valley of the [[Rio Grande]] and pueblos nearby.
46: ...lley led to long-standing hostility that impeded the Spanish conquest of New Mexico.
50: ... governor of the new [[Province of New Mexico]]. The Native Americans at [[Acoma, New Mexico|Acoma]] r... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
1: The following list is an incomplete '''list of painte...
10: *[[Michelangelo Buonarroti]], ([[1475]]-[[1564]]), Italian...
16: *[[Rembrandt]], ([[1606]]-[[1669]]), [[Netherlands|Dutch]] [[painter]]
22: *[[Hans von Aachen]] ([[1552]]-[[1615]])
27: *[[Andreas Achenbach]] ([[1815]]-[[1910]]) - Watercolor painting (4393 bytes)
3: ...ude [[papyrus]], bark papers, [[plastic]]s, [[leather]], [[fabric]], wood, and [[canvas]].
6: ...e [[Fabriano]], Italy, opened in [[1276]], and Arches, France, opened in [[1492]].
10: ...ster]]. One well-known example of buon fresco is the [[Sistine Chapel]], begun in [[1508]] and complet...
12: The earliest known use of European watercolor paintin...
14: ...]]) painted watercolors in the [[15th century]]. The first school of watercolor painting in Europe was... - Baldassare Castiglione (7242 bytes)
1: ...1478]] – [[February 2]], [[1529]]), one of the most important [[renaissance]] authors and a dipl...
8: ...ovico Gonzaga]], a relative of Luigia Gonzaga, mother of Castiglione.
10: ...te often; during one of his missions to [[Rome]], he met [[Guidubaldo da Montefeltro]], duke of [[Urbi...
13: ...sin of both Castiglione and the duke), and many others. Notably, guests used to organise intellectual ...
15: ...erds, he originally depicts the court of Urbino. The work contains echoes of both ancient and contempo... - Francesco Guicciardini (1068 bytes)
1: ...considered one of the major political writers of the [[Italian Renaissance]].
3: ...scorsi sopra la prima deca di Tito Livio]]''. In these as well as his ''Maxims'' (''Ricordi'') Guiccia...
15: ... Machiavelli sopra la prima deca di Tito Livio'' (1528)
17: * ''Le cose fiorentine'' (1528-1531) - Hernando de Soto (explorer) (19418 bytes)
1: [[Image:AC2_desoto77.jpg|thumb|Hernando de Soto|Image provided by [http://classroom...
2: ...tion of the 16th and 17th century through the southeast and midwest of today's [[United States|USA]].
5: ...ns then were a shield and his sword. In [[1516]], he became commander of an equestrian unit and went w...
6: ...ried to break away from him. De Soto denunciated the treason and defeated Gonzales's army. As a result...
7: ... sea between the [[Atlantic Ocean|Atlantic]] and the [[Pacific Ocean]]. - Cabeza de Vaca (4807 bytes)
1: ...59]]) was an early [[Spain|Spanish]] explorer of the [[New World]] and is remembered as a protoanthrop...
3: ...merica, he refers to his forefather's service to the King, and regrets that his own deeds could not be...
5: ...and of Doom) but later escaped and eventually reached [[Mexico City]].
7: ...ountry that might prepare them for the hardships they would surely face.
9: ...his earlier ''La Relación'' and published under the title ''Comentarios'' (Commentary). - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
1: The famous [[mathematician]]s are listed below in [[English language...
7: *[[Abu'l-Hasan al-Uqlidisi]] (Arab mathematician, ? - ?)
9: *[[Niels Henrik Abel]] (Norway, [[1802]] - [[1829]])
13: *[[Wilhelm Ackermann]] (Germany, [[1896]] - [[1962]])
29: *[[Alexander Anderson (mathematician)|Alexander Anderson]] (Scotland, [[1582]]... - 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}} - 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... - Hernán Cortés (42809 bytes)
2: ...the first phase of the [[Spanish colonization of the Americas]].
4: ...endoza]]. Cortés returned to Spain in 1541 where he died peacefully but embittered.
6: ...riptions of Cortés tend to be simplistic, and either damning or idealizing.
10: ...sh and English languages in modern times, and is the name which many people know him by today.
14: ...hird Governor of Hispaniola. His paternal grandfather was a son of [[Rodrigo de Monroy y Almaraz, 5th ...
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