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- Costa Rica (12931 bytes)
1: ...tinent|continental]] neighbors, Costa Rica, alongside [[Uruguay]], is seen as an exceptional example o...
5: ... 1em; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaaaaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"
10: | align="center" width="140px" | [[Image:Costa rica flag large.png|125...
11: | align="center" width="140px" | ([[Flag of Costa Rica|Full Size]])
12: | align="center" width="140px" | [[Image:CostaRica_coa.jpg]] - List of U.S. state capitals (5230 bytes)
39: | [[Florida]]
40: | [[Tallahassee, Florida|Tallahassee]]
41: | [[1839]] — [[1845]]
51: | [[Idaho]]
52: | [[Boise, Idaho|Boise]] - List of explorers (24013 bytes)
8: *[[Francisco de Almeida]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] naval explore...
75: *[[Alexandra David-Néel]], (1868-1969), French explorer, visited [[...
83: *[[David Douglas]], Scottish explorer, botanist
104: ...s Republican Party|Republican]] nominee for [[President of the United States]]
117: *[[Juan Galindo]] (1802-1839) explorer of Central American ruins - John C. Fremont (3726 bytes)
2: ...e United States]], and the first Presidential candidate of a major party to run on a platform of oppos...
5: ...territory of the United States. In [[1838]] and [[1839]] he assisted [[Joseph Nicollet]] in exploring th...
7: ...idential]] candidate, but he lost (see [[U.S. presidential election, 1856]]) to [[James Buchanan]].
13: ...nty, Colorado|Colorado]], [[Fremont County, Idaho|Idaho]], [[Fremont County, Iowa|Iowa]] and [[Fremont...
22: ...e)''| after=[[Abraham Lincoln]]| years=[[U.S. presidential election, 1856|1856]] (lost)}} - Jacques Cartier (8139 bytes)
7: ...it (see right) was painted by a Russian artist in 1839 for the city of Saint-Malo.
9: ...were victims of an epidemic ashore, he may be considered one of the most conscientious explorers of th...
13: ...oses''" ("certain islands and lands where it is said there are great quantities of gold and other rich...
17: ...e sault, a location where the [[Jacques Cartier Bridge]] now stands.
19: ...ober 11. It is not known exactly when Cartier decided to spend the winter of 1535-1536 in Canada but ... - List of people by name: Ah (925 bytes)
11: *[[Mirza Ghulam Ahmad|Ahmad, Mirza Ghulam]] ([[1839]]-[[1908]]), founder of [[Ahmadi]] sect
16: ...tisaari, Martti]], (born 1937), UN diplomat & president of [[Finland]] - Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
12: ...um|Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfield]] and widow of [[Karl of Leiningen|Karl, Prince of Leininge...
16: ...queen's minority. Ignoring precedent, Parliament did not create a council to limit the powers of the R...
20: ... royal, princely, and ducal families, his family did not use theirs. Victoria asked her staff to dete...
27: ...itish policies by refusing to pass any laws. In [[1839]], unable to cope with the problems overseas, the...
33: ...ight|A likeness of Queen Victoria appears on the widely circulated [[1841]] [[Penny Red]] postage stam... - Ouida (1938 bytes)
1: ..., August 20, 1881)]]'''Ouida''' ([[January 7]], [[1839]] – [[January 25]], [[1908]]) was the ''[[p...
5: Although successful, she did not manage her money well and died in poverty on ...
18: * ''Idalia'' (??)
37: ...p/letrs/vwwplib.pl - This site contains some of Ouida's works. - Ada Lovelace (5406 bytes)
6: ...t was Augusta who encouraged Byron to marry to avoid scandal, and he reluctantly chose Annabella. On [...
11: ...ble Augusta Ada, Countess of Lovelace'''. She is widely known in modern times simply as '''Ada Lovelac...
13: ... Other acquaintances were [[David Brewster|Sir David Brewster]], [[Charles Wheatstone]], [[Charles Dic...
15: ...li numbers and sent it back for amendment. The evidence and correspondence between Lovelace and Babba...
17: ... famous in her own right as a traveller in the [[Middle East]] and a breeder of [[Arabian horse]]s. - Painting (4567 bytes)
2: ... using written language. Artistic painting is considered by many to be among the most important of the...
34: ...r artist.]] Different types of paint are usually identified by the medium that the pigment is suspend...
52: ...nts, techniques and methods that typify an ''individual'' artist's work. It can also refer to the [[...
74: == Common painting idioms ==
76: Painting idioms include: - Carpet (15753 bytes)
3: ...r and the latter a floor covering that is loose-laid, most often for decorative purposes.
16: ... in England. The addition of steam power in the mid-19th century further improved manufacturing capab...
19: ...e 19th century. [[Victorian era|Victorian]] embroidered carpet compositions include highly illusionis...
21: ...n 1884. Although production continued until the mid-20th century, chenille carpeting declined after t...
34: ...]] features a vertical red stripe near the hoist side, containing five carpet guls (designs used in pr... - Map (10223 bytes)
3: ...plified depiction of a [[space]], a navigational aid which highlights relations between objects within...
9: ...s also have a mythic quality. Pre-modern maps outside the Western tradition, often merge geography wit...
13: ... utilities, tax assessors, emergency services providers, and other local agencies. Many national surv...
17: ...map is oriented with the north up, hence north is identified with the top of a sheet.
22: ...e other way around, this map may appear to be "upside down". These are primarily intended as novelty a... - Clarinet (18825 bytes)
2: ... ''[[trumpet]]'', as the first clarinets had a strident tone similar to that of a trumpet.
11: ...Of all the wind instruments the clarinet has the widest compass, which is showcased in much wind band ...
20: ... — such instruments are less affected by humidity, but are heavier than the equivalent wood inst...
24: The hollow bore inside the instrument has a basically cylindrical shape...
33: ...in the player?s mouth, with the reed on the underside of the mouthpiece, pressing against the player's... - Martin Van Buren (21629 bytes)
5: <tr><td>'''Order:'''</td><td>8th President</td></tr>
15: <br>(daughter-in-law, widowed)</td></tr>
18: ...'''[[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]]:'''</td><td>[[Richard M. Johnson]]</td></tr>
22: ...]] of the [[United States]]. He was the first President born after the signing of the [[United States ...
27: ...]]. Van Buren made the acquaintance of Burr, but did not fall under his influence. In [[1803]] he was ... - George M. Dallas (3858 bytes)
3: ...th [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]], serving under [[James K. Polk]].
5: ...March 3]], [[1833]], when he declined to be a candidate for reelection. He was chairman of the Commit...
7: ...lled at his own request. He was elected Vice President of the United States on the Democratic ticket ...
9: ...nipotentiary to [[United Kingdom|Britain]] by President [[Franklin Pierce]] from [[1856]] to [[1861]],...
18: ...ay]]|after=[[Churchill C. Cambreleng]]|years=1837-1839}} - Franklin Pierce (19017 bytes)
1: {{Infobox President | name=Franklin Pierce
4: | order=14th President
16: | vicepresident=[[William R. King]]
18: ...lege|electoral vote]]. He became the youngest president up unto that time.
20: ...t the [[U.S. presidential election, 1856|1856 presidential election]], and was replaced by [[James Buc... - Andrew Johnson (12662 bytes)
8: | '''Order:''' || 17th President
35: ...'''[[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]]:'''
40: ...] ([[1865]]–[[1869]]), succeeding to the presidency upon the assassination of [[Abraham Lincoln]]...
42: ...t|impeach]] him in [[1868]]; he was the first President to be impeached. He was subsequently acquitted...
48: ...f Representatives from [[1835]] to [[1837]] and [[1839]] to [[1841]]. He was elected to the State Senat... - Alexandria (28378 bytes)
21: ... [[14th century]] Arab historian [[Ibn Khaldun]] ridiculed one where sea-monsters prevent the foundati...
29: ...itants was the geometer and number-theorist [[Euclid]]. From this division arose much of the later tur...
34: ...ed by [[Marc Antony]], for whose favor the city paid dear to [[Octavian]], who placed over it a prefec...
36: ...e regained its old prosperity, commanding, as it did, an important granary of Rome; this fact, doubtle...
42: ...ed throughout the Roman empire, pagan rituals forbidden under punishment of death, and libraries close... - Geology (12007 bytes)
3: ...ed into [[tectonic plates]] that move over a [[rheid|rheic]] upper [[Mantle (geology)|mantle]] ([[asth...
18: [[William Smith (geologist)|William Smith]] (1769-1839) drew some of the first geological maps and began...
26: ... believed in uniformitarianism, the idea was not widely accepted at the time.
36: ...geology. Many of these involve the ability to provide the relative ages of strata or the manner in whi...
46: ...on of modern marine and nonmarine sediments in a wide variety of environments supports this generaliza... - Peru (12264 bytes)
3: ...1em 1em; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"
9: ...of Peru.png|125px|Flag of Peru]] || align=center width=130px | [[Image:PeruCoatofArms.PNG|115px|Republ...
11: ...of Peru|National Flag]])</small> || align=center width=130px | <small>([[Coat of Arms of Peru|National...
22: | '''[[List of Presidents of Peru|President]]''' || [[Alejandro Toledo Manrique]]
48: ...gentina]]. Between these years, political unrest didn't fade away, with the Army as an important polit...
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