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1. Jacques Cartier (8139 bytes)
   3: ...y, the interior eastern region that would become the first european-inhabited area of that country.
   5: ...equent appearance in baptismal registers as godfather or witness.
   7: ...ght) was painted by a Russian artist in 1839 for the city of Saint-Malo.
   9: ...dered one of the most conscientious explorers of the period.
   13: ...is trip he took [[Domagaya]] and [[Taignoagny]], the sons of Huron [[Chief Donnacona]], back to Europe...
2. Margaret I of Denmark (7423 bytes)
   2: ...ge of ten, King [[Haakon VI of Norway]], who was the younger and only surviving son to [[Magnus VII of...
   4: ...the mutinous nobles were already in arms against their unpopular king, [[Albert of Mecklenburg]].
   6: ... [[Aasle]] near [[Falk?g]], and Margaret was now the omnipotent mistress of three kingdoms.
   10: ...ng to pay his ransom within the stipulated time, the Hansa surrendered Stockholm to Margaret in Septem...
   12: ... of [[Scandinavia]]. But with her usual prudence she avoided every appearance of an open rupture.
3. Mary I of England (24813 bytes)
   1: :''For other people with this name, see [[Mary Tudor]]''
   8: ...policies, however, were in many cases reversed by her successor, [[Elizabeth I of England|Elizabeth I]...
   10: ... I, Queen of Scots]], who lived at approximately the same time.
   13: ...ife had again failed to produce a healthy son; Catherine's sixth and last child was a stillborn daught...
   15: ...ct, but was herself the Princess Mary's first teacher in Latin.
4. Mary I of Scotland (27810 bytes)
   7: ...ttish monarchs, in part because of the tragedy of her life.
   9: ...nd]] ("Bloody Mary"), who lived at approximately the same time ([[1516]] – [[1558]]), and whose ...
   12: She was born at [[Linlithgow Palace]], West Lothian, ...
   14: ...re questionable. Females and female lines could inherit only after extinction of male lines.
   15: ...se had gone extinct before the death of Mary's father.
5. Slovakia (19892 bytes)
   7: | align=center width=140px rowspan=2 height=140px | [[Image:Slovakia Coat of Arms.png|80p...
   43: | '''[[National anthem]]'''
   52: ... and has a population of more than five million. The capital is [[Bratislava]].
   56: ...relation between those two name forms is exactly the same as with for example [[Germany]] vs. Federal ...
   58: ...the term Czech Republic, but that is (partly) another problem (see [[Czech Republic]], [[Czech lands]]...
6. Barbados (21887 bytes)
   1: ...[Prime Meridian]], about 434.5 km (270 miles) northeast of [[Venezuela]].
   3: ...es and wide [[pastures]] with many good views to the sea.
   5: ...UNDP]], the #1 developing country in the world. The island is a major tourist destination.
   9: ... Salodoid-Barrancoid—lived in isolation on the island.
   11: ...ion]]s. Other Caribs fled the island, moving elsewhere.
7. United Kingdom (37269 bytes)
   5: ...ve_name = United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland |
   6: common_name = the United Kingdom |
   11: national_anthem = [[God Save the Queen]]³ |
   12: official_languages = [[Languages in the United Kingdom|None]]; [[English language|English...
   17: ...[British monarchy|Queen]]<br>[[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister]] |
8. 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...
9. List of people by name: Y (12717 bytes)
   12: *[[Alexander Yakushev|Yakushev, Alexander]], ice hockey player
   21: ...nese lieutenant general in Malaya, Singapore and the Philippines
   25: ...9995;, 1883-1936), famous [[T'ai Chi Ch'uan]] teacher
   34: *[[Chelsea Quinn Yarbro|Yarbro, Chelsea Quinn]], (born 1942), US horror author
   39: *[[Kerri Yascheshyn|Yascheshyn, Kerri]], ([[1985]] - [[2003]]), [[cancer]] p...
10. 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...
11. Gerardus Mercator (3294 bytes)
    7: ...cartographer]] of German descent, remembered for the [[Mercator projection]] named after him.
    9: ...tion book of italic script to be published in northern [[Europe]].
    12: ...grapher to [[Duke Wilhelm of Cleve]] in [[1564]]. He devised a new projection and first used it in [[1...
    14: ...in [[1587]] after his father's map of 1567 (published in 1595)]]
    15: ...d [[Greece]] in [[1588]], further maps were published in [[1595]] after his death by his son [[Rumold ...
12. Erasmus (18332 bytes)
    2: ...nds|Dutch]] [[humanism|humanist]] and [[theology|theologian]].
    6: ...attack in his lifelong assault upon the evils of the Church.
    8: ...the rest of his life as an English [[professor]]. He stayed at [[Queens' College, Cambridge]] and may ...
    10: ...dus Manutius]] at [[Venice]], but apart from this he had a less active association with Italian schola...
    12: ... the great publisher [[Froben]], and to him came the multitude of his admirers from all quarters of Eu...
13. 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]].
14. 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).
15. History of Slovakia (43199 bytes)
    1: This is the '''history of [[Slovakia]]'''.
    3: ==Archeology and Prehistory==
    5: ...tonian technique]], and are a potent reminder of the ancient habitation of Slovakia.
    7: ...0 BCE), discovered near Gᮯvce, a village in Northern Slovakia.
    9: ...ence of commercial exchanges carried out between the [[Mediterranean]] and [[Central Europe]].
16. 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}}
17. Inca Empire (25571 bytes)
    4: ...[Spanish_colonization_of_the_Americas|Spanish]] [[hegemony]].
    6: ... their gods, the foremost of which was [[Inti]], the sun god.
    8: ...ht|A view of [[Machu Picchu]], "the Lost City of the Incas," now an archaelogical site.]]
    9: ...erred to the four provinces whose corners met at the empire's capital, [[Cusco]] (Qosqo).
    11: ...ng to the beliefs of the people or the artifacts they left behind.
18. Knights Hospitaller (26158 bytes)
    1: ...ereign Military Order of Malta''' (see below) is the main successor to this tradition.
    5: ...f [[Jesus]]. It was served by [[Benedictine]] Brothers.
    7: ...nded into providing an armed escort to pilgrims. The escort soon grew into a substantial force.
    9: ...ar [[Tripoli, Lebanon|Tripoli]]. The property of the Order was divided into [[priories]], subdivided i...
    15: ...trol a number of neighboring islands, as well as the Anatolian ports of [[Bodrum]] and [[Castellorizon...
19. Computer display (4276 bytes)
    1: ...ve long since become standardized peripherals in their own right.
    4: ...t [[hardware]] technologies exist for displaying the actual image:
    7: * [[Liquid crystal display]] (LCD). They can receive TV and computer bands ([[SVGA]], [[...
    11: ...rom 640 by 480 [[pixel]]s (640״80) up to 2048 by 1536 pixels (2048ױ536) with 32-bit colour and a varie...
    13: ...the lower the dot pitch, (e.g. .24), the sharper the picture will be.
20. Chile (39914 bytes)
    1: ...st, [[Bolivia]] to the northeast and [[Peru]] to the north.<!--
    13: national_anthem = ''[[National anthem of Chile|Himno Nacional]]'' |
    38: established_events = &nbsp;&bull; Initiated<br>&nbsp;&bull; ...
    39: established_dates = From [[Spain]]<br>[[September 18]], [[18...
    48: footnotes = ¹ The [[Politics_of_Chile#Legislative branch|legislativ...

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