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1. 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
2. List of people by name: Af (1105 bytes)
   10: *[[Alphonso I of Portugal|Afonso I Henriques of Portugal]], (1109-1185), first king of ...
   15: ...Alphonso VI of Portugal|Afonso VI of Portugal]], (1643-1683), king in 1656
3. Anna of Austria (1601-1666) (1994 bytes)
   2: ...nt]] for her son, [[Louis XIV of France]]. During her relatively brief reign, [[Jules Cardinal Mazarin...
   4: She was born in [[Valladolid]], [[Spain]], as the daughter of [[Hapsburg]] parents, [[Philip III of...
   6: ...nister, [[Jules Mazarin]], who was believed to be her lover.
   8: ...e's niece, the Spanish Hapsburg princess [[Maria Theresa of Spain|Marie-Th鲨se of Austria]].
   10: ...eath of Mazarin, Anne retired to a convent where she later died.
4. Chromosome (12667 bytes)
   1: ... point where the two chromatids touch, and where the microtubules attach. (3) Short arm. (4) Long arm....
   2: ...Thomas Hunt Morgan]] proved that chromosomes are the carriers of genes.
   5: ...eplication begins at many different locations on the chromosome.
   8: ... few. Bacterial DNA also exists as [[plasmid]]s. The distinction between plasmids and chromosomes is p...
   11: Two types of [[chromatin]] can be distinguished:
5. Rhode Island (15004 bytes)
   3: Fullname = The State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations ...
   8: Nickname = The Ocean State, Little Rhody |
   30: HighestElev = 247 |
   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]].
6. Pennsylvania (32594 bytes)
   8: Nickname = The Keystone State |
   30: HighestElev = 979 |
   36: ...me period in [[geology]]. Pennsylvania is called the [[keystone (architecture)|Keystone]] State.
   38: ...vance. The [[The Poconos|Pocono Mountains]] and the [[Delaware Water Gap]] provide popular recreation...
   40: ...Founding Fathers of the United States|Founding Fathers]].
7. 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]]
8. Meteorology (19082 bytes)
   3: ...rth's observed weather is located in the [[troposphere]].
   5: ...ic chemistry]] are sub-disciplines of the [[atmospheric sciences]].
   10: ...al phenomenon)|halo]] around the moon, without bothering with explanations.
   12: ...tant meteorological instruments in [[1780]] with the hair [[hygrometer]], which measures [[humidity]].
   14: ...as one of the first Americans to forecast the weather on a daily basis.
9. 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...
10. Isaac Newton (23339 bytes)
    2: ...th discovered calculus nearly contemporaneously, their work was not a collaboration.
    4: ...d by the prism as [[Roger Bacon]] had claimed in the [[13th century]].
    6: ...he speed of sound in air, and voiced a theory of the origin of [[star]]s.
    12: :''The following is a brief biography of Newton's early ...
    14: ...sband, leaving her son in the care of his grandmother.
11. 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...
12. Colonial America (32872 bytes)
    2: ... new continent for vastly different reasons, and they created colonies with very different [[social]],...
    4: ...re closely united than ever before, at odds with the [[Kingdom of Great Britain|British]] government o...
    9: ...he intellectual growth of the Renaissance led to the development of [[seafaring]] technologies needed ...
    11: ...f colonization and conquest. Within a few years, they had divided up lucrative [[South America|South]]...
    13: ...ropeans were concerned, they were still free for the taking.
13. Ernest William Brown (1403 bytes)
    3: ...emely accurate lunar tables. He also calculated the orbits of [[Trojan asteroid]]s.
    5: ...in [[1907]], the [[Bruce Medal]] in [[1920]] and the [[James Craig Watson Medal]] in [[1936]].
    7: ...on]] is named after him, as is the [[asteroid]] [[1643 Brown]].
14. March 19 (9902 bytes)
    1: ...[[Gregorian calendar]] (79th in [[leap year]]s). There are 287 days remaining.
    6: ...gol]]ian victory in the [[Battle of Yamen]] ends the [[Song Dynasty]] in [[China]].
    7: ...velier de La Salle]], searching for the mouth of the [[Mississippi River]], is murdered by his own men...
    8: ...he [[City Bank of New York]] becomes the site of the first [[bank robbery]] in [[United States history...
    9: *[[1861]] - The [[First Taranaki War]] ends in [[New Zealand]].
15. 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]]...
16. List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
    38: *[[Friedrich Wilhelm August Argelander]] ([[Germany]], [[1799]] &nda...
    41: *[[Svante Arrhenius]] ([[Sweden]], [[1859]] – [[1927]])
    42: *[[Arzachel (Al-Zarqali)]] (Muslim Spain, [[1028]] – [...
    59: ...ohn Bainbridge]] ([[Britain]], [[1582]] – [[1643]])
    68: *[[Wilhelm Beer]] ([[Germany]], [[1797]] – [[1850]])
17. Rene Descartes (17976 bytes)
    1: ...e Western World. He is also known for inventing the Cartesian coordinate system used in plane geometr...
    4: ...atural phenomena. In his theology, he insists on the absolute freedom of God’s act of creation.
    6: ... [[machine intelligence]], blossomed into, e.g., the [[Turing test]] and [[John Searle]]'s "[[Chinese ...
    8: ...statement is ''[[Cogito ergo sum]]'' (''I think, therefore I am.'').
    11: ... [[La Flèche]]. After graduation, he studied at the University of [[Poitiers]], earning a ''Baccalaur...
18. Robert Abbot (2381 bytes)
    2: ...maintenance," "best earthly countenance", and "fatherly incouragements."
    5: ...ruded" Udall of St Austin's, in [[London]], where he apparently still served in [[1657]]. Between [[16...
    7: ...9), ''Milk for Babes, or a Mother's Catechism for her Children'' (1646), and ''A Christian Family buil...
    9: ...which confuses him most oddly of all with one of the ejected ministers of 1662.
19. New Sweden (3805 bytes)
    2: ...[[Delaware]], [[Pennsylvania]] and [[Maryland]]. The colony existed from [[March 29]], [[1638]], to [[...
    6: ...rench]] and [[Great Britain|British]] merchants. The [[New Sweden Company]] was chartered and included...
    8: ...rs, some 600 [[Swedes]] and [[Finns]] settled in the area.
    10: ...ver]] in the late summer of [[1655]], leading to the immediate surrender of Fort Trinity and Fort Chri...
    12: ...rst settlement and [[Fort Wicaco]] were built on the present site of [[Philadelphia]] in [[1669]].

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