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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
140: ...p it to [[Albany, New York|Albany]], discovered [[Hudson Bay]]
141: *[[Alexander von Humboldt]], (1769-1859), German naturalist, explored...
142: *[[Hamilton Hume]] - [[Australia]]n explorer
192: *[[Hugh McNeil]], Lewis and Clark Party member
254: *[[Marc Aurel Stein]], Hungarian explorer of [[Central Asia]] - Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
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9: ...[bacteria]], and [[parasite]]s, and beneficial to humans, such as [[tomato]]es, [[potato]]es, [[maize]...
10: [[Image:AC2_columbus21.jpg|thumb|250px|Image provided by [http://classroomclipar...
11: ...tly or indirectly, for the deaths of tens, if not hundreds, of millions of [[indigenous people]]s, exp... - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
8: * 1 MYA: Controlled [[fire]] in [[Cradle of Humankind|Africa]]
22: * [[Animal husbandry]] in the [[Middle East]]
27: * [[Wine]] in [[Jiahu|Jiahu,China]]
67: * [[150s BC]]: [[Astrolabe]]: [[Hipparchus]]
77: * [[3rd century|200s]]: [[Wheelbarrow]]: [[Zhuge Liang]] - Solar system (21174 bytes)
18: [[Image:Solar system scale.jpg|thumb|center|550px|This illustration shows the approx...
20: [[Image:Portrait de famille (1 px = 1000 km).jpg|thumb|center|550px|The planets of the Solar System, a...
38: [[Image:solar_system.jpg|right|thumb|Mosaic of Solar System planets except Pluto, in...
57: ...ectly sensible by humans without technical aids. Thus both conceptual and technological advances were ...
67: ...en eagerly anticipated by generations of space enthusiasts, and it was hoped that the first manned int... - Asteroid (24334 bytes)
1: ...net)|Mars]] and [[Jupiter]]. [[image:433eros.jpg|thumb|right|250px|This picture of [[433 Eros]] shows ...
10: Thus, it would be safest to use the term "asteroid" f...
13: [[Image:4 Vesta (HST).png|thumb|right|[[4 Vesta]], one of the largest asteroids...
14: Hundreds of thousands of asteroids have been discove...
29: [[Image:253 Mathilde small.jpg|thumb|right|[[253 Mathilde]], a [[C-type asteroid]].]... - Space exploration (14877 bytes)
4: ... in the minds of many [[science fiction]] authors hundreds of years before it was actually feasible. S...
6: ...t. The [[U.S. Space & Rocket Center]] museum in [[Huntsville, Alabama]] next to [[Redstone Arsenal]] d...
13: ...3]], [[1957]]. The first orbital flight made by a human being was [[Vostok 1]], carrying [[Yuri Gagari...
27: [[Image:China_(223).jpg|right|thumb|The [[UN]] and [[Flag of the People's Republic ...
28: ... became only the third country on Earth to send a human into space independently on October 15, 2003 w... - Mercury (planet) (22924 bytes)
34: ...l velocity then exceeds the rotational velocity; thus, the Sun appears to be [[retrograde motion|retro...
225: ===Potential for human colonization===
226: ... crater at the planet's pole, even a shallow one. Human activities could warm the colony to a comforta...
261: * [http://messenger.jhuapl.edu/ 'Messenger', NASA's Mercury Mission] - Dodo (9332 bytes)
9: ...us'''''}}<br/>{{Taxobox authority | author = [[Mathurin Jacques Brisson|Brisson]] | date = 1760}}
12: ...nomial_parens | color = pink | binomial_name = Raphus cucullatus | author=[[Carolus Linnaeus|Linnaeus]...
15: The '''Mauritius Dodo''' (''Raphus cucullatus'', called ''Didus ineptus'' by [[Caro...
24: ...ry reports speak of the birds "greedy" appetite. Thus, in captivity with its ready availability of foo...
31: ...[monkey]]s, which plundered the dodo nests, while humans destroyed the forests where they made their h... - Venus (planet) (31010 bytes)
16: ...%, and its visual light albedo is even greater. Thus, despite being closer to the Sun than Earth, the...
18: ...g any surface details from the [[Optical spectrum|human eye]]. The temperature at the tops of these cl...
21: [[Image:Venus globe.jpg|thumb|left|[[Radar]] image of the surface of Venus, c...
27: ...rably younger (though still not less than several hundred million years for the most part). This sugge...
36: ...cuments]], from the [[Babylon]]ian library of [[Ashurbanipal]] around [[1600s BC|1600 BC]], is a 21-ye... - Mars (27704 bytes)
1: [[Image:Mars.jpg|thumb|right|Mars, with polar ice caps visible.]]
2: [[Image:Mars NPArea-PIA00161 modest.jpg|thumb|right|North Polar region with icecap. (Courtesy...
13: ...t there must be (or have been within the last few hundred years) a source of the gas on the planet. [...
20: ..._mars_opportunity_rock_water_150_eng_02mar04.jpg|thumb|left|Microscopic rock forms indicating past sig...
35: [[Image:MarsTopoMap-PIA02031 modest.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Topographic map of Mars, courtesy NA... - Compass (8275 bytes)
1: [[Image:Compass_34.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Compass]]
14: ...ecord about the use of compass in navigation was Zhu Yu's book "Pingzhou Ke Tan" (Pingzhou Table Talks...
17: A pilot's compass handbook titled Shun Feng Xiang Song (Fair Winds for Escort) in the O...
19: [[image:Compass thumbnail.jpg|333px|thumb|Navigational [[sailor|mariner]]'s compass]]
22: ...nd conditions are continually overcast or foggy. Thus the compass was not of the same utility everywhe... - Albatross (4372 bytes)
21: Albatrosses travel huge distances using a technique used by many long-w...
26: [[Image:Albaa.jpg|thumb|left|Black-browed Albatross]] - Hybrid vehicle (47544 bytes)
1: [[Image:Honda-Insight.jpg|thumbnail|[[Honda Insight]], a hybrid gas-electric ve...
2: [[Image:Prius2004.jpg|thumbnail|2004 [[Toyota Prius]], a hybrid gas-electri...
3: [[Image:WhisperingWheelBuss.jpg|thumbnail| [[Whispering Wheel]] Bus, a hybrid bus wit...
55: ...id buses developed together with Allison. Several hundreds of those buses have entered into daily oper...
69: ...s ability to operate at its optimum temperature, thus reducing the engine's efficiency. - William Dampier (7308 bytes)
1: [[Image:William_Dampier.jpg|thumbnail|right|250px|William Dampier, pirate, naviga...
14: [[Image:Map_dampier.jpg|thumbnail|right|400px|Map of the area charted in HMS ...
41: ...] helped [[Charles Darwin]]'s and [[Alexander von Humboldt]]'s development of their theories, - Ferdinand Magellan (19348 bytes)
26: Magellan took an oath of allegiance in the church of Santa Mar�de la Victoria de Triana, givin...
32: [[Image:AndalusAndMorocco.jpg|100px|thumb|left|The arrow points to the city of [[Sanl?de ...
43: [[Image:Strait of Magellan.jpeg|thumb|right|The Straits of Magellan cut through the s...
53: ...ho guided them to [[Cebu]], on [[April 7]]. Rajah Humabon of Cebu was friendly to them, and even agree...
57: ...bamboo spear. When the natives saw that, they all hurled themselves upon him. One of them wounded him ... - Atlantis (41399 bytes)
1: [[Image:Atlantis1.jpg|thumb|222px|right|An artistic rendition of an imagina...
20: ...]]s that suddenly, by a violent motion, opened up huge mouths and so swallowed up portions of the eart...
21: ...getables grow ripe throughout the year. There are huge mountains covered with large forests, and wide,...
23: ...s [[Theopompus]], knowing of the existence of the huge island out in the Atlantic as a continuing trad...
34: ...lly's day, there have been dozens — perhaps hundreds — of locations proposed for Atlantis.... - Ancient Indian science and technology (21581 bytes)
1: ...ncient India''' covered all the major branches of human knowledge and activities, including [[mathemat...
22: ...ents a very high level of abstraction attained by human brain. In ancient India, roots to mathematics ...
47: ...ksha''). These elements were also associated with human sensory perceptions: earth with smell, air wi...
49: ...te'' or ''beyond'' and ''anu'' meaning ''atom''. Thus, the term "''paramanu''" literally means �''be...
67: ...e or life, and �veda� which means knowledge. Thus, the literal meaning of Ayurveda is the science ... - Dodos (9122 bytes)
9: ...us'''''}}<br/>{{Taxobox authority | author = [[Mathurin Jacques Brisson|Brisson]] | date = 1760}}
12: ...nomial_parens | color = pink | binomial_name = Raphus cucullatus | author=[[Carolus Linnaeus|Linnaeus]...
15: The '''Mauritius Dodo''' (''Raphus cucullatus'', called ''Didus ineptus'' by [[Caro...
24: ...ry reports speak of the birds "greedy" appetite. Thus, in captivity with its ready availability of foo...
31: ...[monkey]]s, which plundered the dodo nests, while humans destroyed the forests where they made their h... - Coast Guard (2378 bytes)
- 18th century inventions (2219 bytes)
12: ...[[1733]]: [[Flying shuttle]]: [[John Kay (Flying Shuttle)]]
31: * [[1785]]: [[Parachute]]: [[Jean Pierre Blanchard]]
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