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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 - Francisco Vasquez de Coronado (3639 bytes)
1: ... and other parts of the southwest of what is now the [[United States]].
3: ...xpedition.jpg|thumb|500px|The Coronado Expedition 1540-1542.]]
5: He was born in [[Salamanca]], [[Spain]].
7: ...ecided to try to get that [[gold]]. He set out in 1540, joined by a large expedition of 340 Spanish, 300...
9: ...ad described, it was just a simple [[pueblo]] of the [[Zuni]] Indians. Marcos was sent back to [[Mexic... - List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
6: ...|Abagnale, Frank]], (born 1948), US impostor and cheque fraud
18: ...die, Jakob]], (1654?-1727), Swiss Protestant preacher
21: *[[Abbas II]], (1874-1944), khedive of Egypt
36: ...in Abbott]], (1838-1926), British schoolmaster & theologian
46: *[[Abd-ar-rahman III]], (912-961), prince of the Ummayad dynasty in Spain - List of people by name: Ac (3800 bytes)
9: *[[Chinua Achebe|Achebe, Chinua]], (born 1930), Nigerian writer
10: *[[Archibald Acheson, 2nd Earl of Gosford|Acheson, Archibald]] (1776-1849), 2nd Earl of Gosford
11: *[[Dean Acheson|Acheson, Dean]], (1893-1971), USA Secretary
12: *[[Edward Goodrich Acheson|Acheson, Edward Goodrich]] (1856-1931)
13: *[[Kenny Acheson|Acheson, Kenny]] (born 1957) - Arizona (24367 bytes)
11: Nickname = The [[Grand Canyon]] State, The Copper State |
29: ...t observe [[Daylight saving time|DST]] except in the [[Navajo Nation]])</small> |
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46: Nickname = The Grand Canyon State |
70: Motto = ''Ditat Deus'' (God Enriches) | - Georgia (U.S. state) (26579 bytes)
8: ... Nickname = Peach State / Empire State of the South |
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36: ...n as the '''Peach State''' or '''Empire State of the South '''.
38: ...ay Charles sang it on the legislative floor when the bill passed.
40: ...ma rufum]]''), and the [[state flower]] is the [[cherokee rose]] (''[[Rosa laevigata]]''). - Utah (29154 bytes)
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68: Song = ''[[Utah, This is the Place]]'' |
74: ...and [[Goshute]] nations also inhabit portions of the state.
76: ...oost to the state's tourist industry (especially the [[ski resort]]s).
78: ...licatearch.jpg|thumb|300px|left|Delicate Arch, Arches National Park, Utah]]<br clear=left> - 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]]) - Castle (27805 bytes)
1: ... a small self-contained [[fortress]], usually of the [[Middle Ages]], though traditionally in Britain ...
2: ...udalism|feudal]] age, often remained attached to the dwelling, resulting in many un-castlelike castles...
4: ...history]], where the feudal [[Daimyo]] inhabited them.
5: [[Image:Prague_castle2.jpg|thumb|right|200px|The Prague Castle Image provided by [http://classroom...
7: ...d_coast.jpg|280px|thumb|right|Castle found along the coast of Ireland. Image provided by [http://class... - 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...
18: * ''Storia d'Italia'' (1537-1540) - Protestant Reformation (26890 bytes)
1: ...t also led to the [[Counter-Reformation]] within the Roman Catholic Church.
3: == Roots of the Reformation ==
4: ...ovements: [[Cathar]]ism, [[Waldensian]]ism, and others
5: * [[Avignon Papacy]] ("Babylonian Captivity of the Church"), [[Avignon]], [[Western Schism|Great Sch...
7: * [[Northern Renaissance]] - 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 ... - 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]]. - Francis Drake (14963 bytes)
1: ...e:FrancisDrake.jpg|framed|Sir Francis Drake, c. [[1540]]–[[1596]].]]
2: ...d in command of the English fleet which defeated the [[Spanish Armada]] in [[1588]].
7: ...rait painted quite late in his life. Francis was the eldest or second eldest of twelve children.
9: ...John Hawkins]]. Together, Hawkins and Drake made the first English [[Atlantic slave trade|slave-tradin...
12: ...hich claimed many English lives but earned Drake the favour of [[Elizabeth I of England|Queen Elizabet... - 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). - Francisco Coronado (5090 bytes)
1: ...e southwest of what is now the [[United States]]. He was born in [[Salamanca]], [[Spain]].
5: ...00 Mexican Indian allies, four Franciscan monks, the most notable of which was [[Juan de Padilla]], an...
8: ...ad described, it was just a simple [[pueblo]] of the [[Zuni]] Indians. Marcos was sent back to [[Mexic...
10: ...ted in the destruction of the Tiguex pueblos and the death of hundreds of Indians.
12: ...main force had remained behind. Here he spent another winter. - 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}} - Apache (7848 bytes)
2: ...up of Apaches.jpg|thumb|250px|<small>Group of Apaches</small>]]
3: ...oradas]], and [[Geronimo]]. The U.S. Army found them to be fierce warriors and skillful strategists.
6: == Entry into the Southwest ==
8: ...west, with substantial numbers not present until the early 1500s.
10: ...pril 1541, while traveling on the plains east of the Pueblo region, [[Francisco Coronado]] wrote:
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