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- Virginia (23198 bytes)
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36: ... Virginia'''; it is one of four states which use the name [[commonwealth]].
38: ...while the latter broke away from Virginia during the [[American Civil War]].
40: ...of Virginia. (Historical footnote: both [[William Henry Harrison|Harrison]] and [[Zachary Taylor|Taylo...
44: ...in]], [[Pohick]], [[Monacan]], [[Saponi]], and [[Cherokee]]. - Vermont (39851 bytes)
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36: ...he [[Canada|Canadian]] province of [[Quebec]] to the north.
38: ...tal is [[Montpelier, Vermont|Montpelier]], while the largest city is [[Burlington, Vermont|Burlington]...
42: ...m?), making it the 43rd largest in land area and the 47th in water area. - Rhode Island (15004 bytes)
3: Fullname = The State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations ...
8: Nickname = The Ocean State, Little Rhody |
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37: ...s naval history and the fact that every point in the state is within 30 miles of [[sea water]].
40: In 1614 the Dutch explorer Adriaen Block visited the island that is now called [[Block Island]]. - New Mexico (31079 bytes)
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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... - Santa Fe, New Mexico (9224 bytes)
1: ...]] census, it has a population of 62,203. It is the [[county seat]] of [[Santa Fe County, New Mexico|...
3: ...nta Fe is the oldest church structure in the US. The [[adobe]] walls were constructed around A.D. 1610...
5: The elevation of Santa Fe is 2,132 metres (6,996 fee...
7: ...er materials but with stucco surfaces reflecting the historic style.
9: ...nd [[Art gallery|galleries]] line the streets of the city center and Canyon Road. - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
3: ...actical, fielded version of the invention is used here.
7: ... of language|Language]] (controversial - this is the earliest likely)
19: ... 8500 BC: [[Agriculture#History|Agriculture]] in the [[Fertile Crescent]]
22: * [[Animal husbandry]] in the [[Middle East]]
30: * [[Irrigation]] in the [[Fertile Crescent]] - List of people by name: U (6532 bytes)
4: *[[U Aung San]], Commander in Chief of the [[Burma Independence Army]]
23: *[[Morihei Ueshiba|Ueshiba, Morihei]], (1883-1969), Japanese founder of [[aikido]]
43: *[[Ulrich of Strassburg]], scholastic philosopher
51: *[[John Underhill|Underhill, John]], (1609-1672), Puritan colonist and soldier in America
52: ...nderwood|Underwood, Frederick D.]], president of the [[Erie Railroad]] [[1901]]–[[1927]] - Mayflower (4074 bytes)
2: ...a|North Virginia]]" (in what was later to become the [[United States|United States of America]]) in [[...
4: ==The ship==
6: ...the ship was broken up for scrap lumber there in the following year.
8: ...signing a replica, the ''[[Mayflower II]]'' (launched on September 22, 1956), to make it as much like ...
10: ==The voyage== - Comet (30542 bytes)
3: ...y [[ellipse|elliptical]] orbits, the [[aphelion|aphelia]] of which may be many times more distant than...
5: ...process, but very old comets which have lost all their [[volatile]] materials may come to resemble ast...
9: ...across, the coma may be larger than the Sun, and the tails can extend over 150 million km (1 [[Astrono...
11: ... Comet on the [[Bayeux Tapestry]], which records the [[Norman conquest]] of [[England]] in [[1066]].{{...
13: ...400px|Comets have highly elliptical orbits. Note the two distinct tails.]] - 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]]) - Timeline of microscope technology (1673 bytes)
6: * [[1609]] - [[Galileo Galilei]] develops an ''occhiolino'...
10: ...r of the ''Accademia dei Lincei'' (in English, ''The [[Linceans]]'').
11: ...berg ([[1574]] - [[1629]]) of the Linceans coins the word ''microscope'' by analogy with ''telescope''...
12: ...s. He coins the word ''cell'' for the structures he discovers in [[cork (material)|cork]] bark.
14: * [[1931]] - [[Ernst Ruska]] builds the first [[electron microscope]]. - Galileo Galilei (33761 bytes)
2: ...ic Church]] is taken as a major early example of the conflict of authority and [[freedom of thought]],...
5: ...Italy]], as the son of [[Vincenzo Galilei]], a mathematician and musician.
7: ...nd [[astronomy]] until [[1610]]. During this time he explored science and made many landmark discoveri...
10: ...primary justifications for his description as "father of science."
12: ...o Koyr鬠the law was arrived at deductively, and the experiments were merely illustrative thought expe... - Johannes Kepler (17038 bytes)
2: ...", although [[Carl Sagan]] also refers to him as the last scientific [[astrologer]].
4: ...his career, Kepler was an assistant to [[Tycho Brahe]]. Kepler's career also coincided with that of [[...
6: ...i''' ("The Harmony of the world") in Linz during the early 17th century.
9: ...eak and sickly child, but despite his ill health, he was precociously brilliant.
11: ...r. This ostracizing probably led him to turn to the world of ideas, as well as an abiding religious c... - Francis Bacon (16741 bytes)
2: ...esman]], [[spy]], [[freemason]] and [[essayist]]. He was knighted in [[1603]], created '''Baron Verula...
4: ...d with occult trends of [[hermeticism]] and [[alchemy]].
8: ...ose sister married William Cecil, Lord Burghley, the great minister of Queen Elizabeth.
10: ..., living for three years there with his older brother [[Anthony Bacon]].
12: ...cious intellect, and was accustomed to call him "the young Lord Keeper." - Microscope (8708 bytes)
1: ...ll, not easily visible with the unaided eye. In other words, requiring a ''microscope'' to examine.
3: ... image of an object placed in the focal plane of the lens(es).
8: ...the [[magnifying glass]], the [[hand-lens]], and the [[loupe]].
11: ... [[spherical aberration]]. In modern microscopes the mirror is replaced by a lamp unit providing stabl...
34: ...the powers of the ocular (usually 10×) and the objective lenses being used. - Timeline of United States pre-history (1600-1699) (5684 bytes)
1: ...ftTrial.jpg|thumb|A 19th century illustration of the Salem Witch Trials]]
3: This section of the [[Timeline of United States history]] concerns ev...
12: ...]-[[Henry Hudson]], hired by the Dutch, explores the present-day [[Hudson River]]
13: ... Provinces]] ([[the Netherlands]]) lays claim to the [[Hudson Valley]] area
22: ...land, on the ''[[Mayflower (ship)|Mayflower]]''. They found [[Plymouth Colony]] in present-day [[Massa... - William Shakespeare (28915 bytes)
1: ...in the famous [[Chandos portrait]], artist and authenticity unconfirmed.]]
2: ...s in the [[English language]], as well as one of the world's pre-eminent [[dramatist]]s.
4: ...rmed all around the world. Shakespeare was among the very few playwrights who have excelled in both [[...
6: ...s especially impressive in light of the fact that he lived only 52 years.
8: ...s of works based on Shakespearean phrases]], and the many [[list of adaptations of Shakespearean plays... - Pirate Ship (44502 bytes)
1: ...his form of [[commerce raiding]] was outlawed in the 19th century.
4: ...ce |date=2009-04-09 |accessdate=2009-04-09 |publisher=[[Open Democracy]]}}</ref>
10: ...[[Anatolia]]n coast, threatening the commerce of the [[Roman Empire]].
12: ...fleet, pursued and captured the pirates, and had them put to death.
14: ...press the threat. (See [[Pompey#Campaign against the pirates]]). - Henry Hudson (4760 bytes)
1: ... and he is presumed to have died in [[1611]] somewhere in [[Hudson Bay]], [[Canada]].
3: ... he decided to return to England on the 31st. On the return voyage Hudson discovered what is now known...
5: ...scovy Company that there was no point funding further voyages.
7: ...hich bears his name. The Dutch would later claim the area and set up a colony as [[New Amsterdam]].
9: ...acted to protect its trade routes from the Dutch. He was soon released. - Carson City, Nevada (3897 bytes)
3: ...United States|United States of America]]. As of the [[2000]] census, its population is 52,457. Carso...
5: ...y]], and was named for explorer [[Kit Carson]]. The largest nearby city is [[Reno, Nevada|Reno]].
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32: ...ed at 39°9'39" North, 119°45'14" West (39.160949, -119.753877){{GR|1}}.
34: ...d 31.9 km² (12.3 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 7.91% water.
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