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- Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
1: ... argued that a ship could reach the [[Far East]] via a westward course.
5: ...ty of peoples throughout time; see '''[[Pre-Columbian trans-oceanic contact]]''', one of the most cons...
9: ...]]es, [[bacteria]], and [[parasite]]s, and beneficial to humans, such as [[tomato]]es, [[potato]]es, [...
11: ...ions gave to Western expansion and culture. [[Italian American]]s hail Columbus as an icon of their he...
13: ...garding this. His name in [[Italian language|Italian]] is ''Cristoforo Colombo'', in [[Spanish langua... - Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
7: ...mes referred to as '''The Virgin Queen''', '''Gloriana''', or '''Good Queen Bess''', Elizabeth I was t...
9: ...ge, Dublin]] ([[1592]]) and the [[British East India Company]] ([[1600]]).
13: [[Virginia]], an English [[13 colonies|colony in North Ameri...
18: ...rker]], her mother's favourite priest, took a special interest in Elizabeth's well-being, particularly...
20: ...mother's delicate bone structure, physique and facial features. Luckily, she also inherited her mother... - Age of Exploration (14467 bytes)
3: ...rst the [[Carrack]] and then [[caravel]] in [[Iberia]]. These that were a combination of traditional E...
7: ...the [[Levant]] created great curiosity and commercial interest in what lay further east. The [[Papacy]...
9: ...vanni de Plano Carpini]] who journeyed to [[Mongolia]] and back from [[1244]]-[[1247]]. The most famou...
11: These voyages had little immediate effect, however, the Mongol Empire collapsed al...
15: ...an sailors some idea of the shape of Africa and Asia. - North Africa (3562 bytes)
5: *[[Algeria]]
8: *[[Mauritania]]
11: *[[Tunisia]]
14: ... [[Canary Islands]], [[Ethiopia]], [[Eritrea]], [[Azores]] and [[Madeira]] are sometimes considered to be ...
16: ...h Africa that consititutes Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and Libya (thus excluding the [[Nile Valley]]). (... - Portugal (61755 bytes)
1: ...ic Ocean|Atlantic]], such as the [[Azores Islands|Azores]]and [[Madeira Islands|Madeira and Porto Santo]] ...
5: ...ed across the world. After the rise of other colonial powers, Portugal declined.
7: ...nion]]) in [[1986]]. Portugal made significant social and economic progress in the subsequent decades,...
12: ===Lusitania===
13: ...an|Pre-Roman]]''' and '''[[Lusitania|Roman Lusitania]]''''' - Time zone (34024 bytes)
2: ...generally centered on [[Meridian (geography)|meridian]]s of a [[longitude]] that is a multiple of 15? ...
4: ...mb|400px|Standard Time Zones of the World by the CIA]]
6: ...ones are relative. UTC is, nevertheless, the official term for today's atomically measured time as dis...
11: ...[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]], [[California]], [[United States|USA]]: UTC − 8 (e.g. if ...
15: *[[Mumbai]], [[India]]: UTC + 5.5 (e.g. if it is 13:00 UTC, then it is... - World War I (62979 bytes)
2: ...f the century's first large-scale [[genocide|civilian massacres]] took place. Four dynasties, the [[Ha...
6: ... It also greatly increased the use of mass industrialization as the basis for a new form of warfare th...
8: ...dignation at the French defeat in the Franco-Prussian that would lead France to exploit a Balkan crisi...
10: ...e little because of tight defences. This was especially true of the [[Western Front (WWI)|Western Fron...
16: ...rigins lie further back, in the complex web of alliances and counterbalances that developed between th... - Blue Whale (22203 bytes)
4: {{Taxobox_regnum_entry | taxon = [[Animal]]ia}}
6: {{Taxobox_classis_entry | taxon = [[Mammal]]ia}}
7: {{Taxobox_subclassis_entry | taxon = [[Eutheria]]}}
10: {{Taxobox_familia_entry | taxon = [[Balaenoptiidae]]}}
14: ...box_section_binomial_parens | color = pink | binomial_name = Balaenoptera musculus | author = [[Carolu... - Henry the Navigator (6878 bytes)
1: ...rtant figure in the early days of European [[colonial]] expansion.
3: ... across the [[Straits of Gibraltar]] from the Iberian peninsula. The Portuguese conquered the city in ...
5: ...e passed he became more and more devoted to Christianity. For the purposes of his interest in explorat...
7: ... Henry also arranged for the colonization of the Azores during Pedro's regency (1439–1448).
13: - John Cabot (5966 bytes)
2: ... [[English language|English]], was an [[Italy|Italian]] [[navigator]] and [[exploration|explorer]] who...
4: ...he first [[Europe]]ans since the [[Viking]]s verifiably known to have done so.
6: ... [[Venice]] in his youth, and later became a Venetian citizen.
10: ...o the voyage from western [[Europe]] to eastern Asia would be shorter at higher latitudes.
12: ...before this time have beene unknowen to all Christians." - Geyser (14881 bytes)
26: ...the geyser became somewhat more active again. Initially the geyser erupted about eight times a day. As...
33: ...d. The optimal temperature for thermophilic bacteria was placed even lower, around 55 ?C (131 ?F).
35: ...nation about life on other [[celestial body|celestial bodies]] both inside and outside of [[solar syst...
58: ...Dolina Geiserov]], [[Kamchatka Peninsula]], [[Russia]]
63: ...[Peru]], [[Bolivia]], [[Mexico]], [[Dominica]], [[Azores]], [[Kenya]] and [[Japan]], but no other large cl... - Mid-Atlantic Ridge (3017 bytes)
2: ...idge]], while in the West it is followed by [[Scotia Ridge]]. It is part of the [[mid-oceanic ridge]]....
6: #[[Azores]] ([[Ponta do Pico]] or Pico Alto, on [[Pico Isla...
15: ...ates the [[North American Plate]] from the [[Eurasian Plate]] in the [[North Atlantic]], and the [[Sou...
17: This divergent boundary first formed in the [[Triassic]] period when a series of three-armed [[grabe... - Archipelago (3081 bytes)
3: ...#945;γος'', [[Italian language|Italian]] ''Arcipelago''), which literally means "chief...
7: ...e in the world, by area and population, is Indonesia. The archipelago with the most islands is the Arc...
13: *[[Aleutian Islands]]
15: *[[Azores]]
21: *[[Channel Islands of California|Channel Islands]] (North America) - Atlantis (41399 bytes)
5: ...t between the ancient [[Athenians]] and the Atlantians around 9,000 years before [[Plato]]'s existence...
7: ...learned of it from his grandfather also named Critias, son of Dropides.
10: ''Main article: [[Critias %28Plato%29]]''
12: ...s to be based on a visit to [[Egypt]] by the Athenian lawgiver [[Solon]], itself quite possibly a lege...
14: ...fifty [[Ancient_weights_and_measures#Length_4|stadia]], there was a [[mountain]] not very high on any ... - Pilot Whale (5993 bytes)
4: {{Taxobox_regnum_entry | taxon = [[Animal]]ia}}
6: {{Taxobox_classis_entry | taxon = [[Mammal]]ia}}
8: {{Taxobox_familia_entry | taxon = [[Delphinidae]]}}
12: ...box_section_binomial_simple | color = pink | binomial_name = Globicephala macrorhynchus}}
13: ...box_section_binomial_simple | color = pink | binomial_name = Globicephala melas}} - Pilot Whales (6380 bytes)
4: {{Taxobox_regnum_entry | taxon = [[Animal]]ia}}
6: {{Taxobox_classis_entry | taxon = [[Mammal]]ia}}
8: {{Taxobox_familia_entry | taxon = [[Delphinidae]]}}
12: ...box_section_binomial_simple | color = pink | binomial_name = Globicephala macrorhynchus}}
14: ...box_section_binomial_simple | color = pink | binomial_name = Globicephala melas}} - Purple Martins (2333 bytes)
4: {{Taxobox regnum entry | taxon = [[Animal]]ia}}
8: {{Taxobox familia entry | taxon = [[Hirundinidae]]}}
12: ...box section binomial parens | color = pink | binomial_name = Progne subis | author = [[Carolus Linnaeu...
18: ... locations on the west coast from [[British Columbia]] to [[Mexico]]. This species typically breeds in...
22: The paler subspecies ''P. s.hesperia'' of [[Arizona]] and western Mexico uses only [[w... - List of countries by highest point (12398 bytes)
10: |4||[[India]]||[[Kanchenjunga]]||8,598m
28: |13||[[Bolivia]]||[[Nevado Sajama]]||6,542m
36: |17||[[Tanzania]]||[[Kilimanjaro]]||5,895m
40: |19||[[Colombia]]||[[Pico Crist Col||5,775m
46: |22||[[Russia]]||[[Mount Elbrus]]||5,633m - List of autonomous entities (9309 bytes)
24: | [[Inner Mongolia]] (֢?gghul – N詠Měnggǔ/...
26: | [[Ningxia]] (N�xiࠈu�/宁夏回族...
28: | [[Xinjiang]] (Xīnjiāng W驷?;#283;r/新...
32: | rowspan=2 | 2 special administrative regions *
41: | rowspan=2 | [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]]
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