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- Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
1: ...hristopher_columbus_99w.jpg|thumb|250px|Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip ...
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3: ...that Columbus fought with opposition based on the idea that the earth was flat is a literary [[myth]] ...
5: ...t to reach the American mainland (which Columbus did not reach until his third voyage). However, there...
7: ...g in the Bahamas) is celebrated as a [[Holiday|holiday]]. - Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
9: ... to circumnavigate the globe; [[Francis Bacon]] laid out his philosophical and political views; and En...
16: ...ges of treason (adultery against the King was considered treason), incest with her elder brother, and ...
18: ... relationship with Elizabeth and remained her confidante and good friend for life. She had been appoin...
20: ...'s enormous weight. However, from her father she did inherit her red hair.
25: ...ly into London, her half-sister Elizabeth at her side. - Age of Exploration (14467 bytes)
3: ...of Exploration was rooted in new technologies and ideas growing out of the [[Renaissance]], these incl...
6: ...humb|right|This map, made by Arab geographer [[al-Idrisi]], was one of the most accurate world maps pr...
7: ...all Italians as the trade between Europe and the Middle East was almost completely controlled by trade...
15: ..., for the first time giving European sailors some idea of the shape of Africa and Asia.
18: ...were discovered in [[1419]] and in [[1427]] the [[Azores]] were discovered and both became Portuguese colo... - North Africa (3562 bytes)
3: '''North Africa''' is a region generally considered to include:
14: ...a]], [[Azores]] and [[Madeira]] are sometimes considered to be a part of North Africa, though they do ...
18: ... often considered part of Asia, and hence of the Middle East.
22: ...ide of most of Morocco and parts of Algeria, most identify as Arab.
30: ...ems to have been continuously inhabited by Caucasoid peoples. [[Afro-Asiatic languages]] dominated the... - Portugal (61755 bytes)
1: ...ic Ocean|Atlantic]], such as the [[Azores Islands|Azores]]and [[Madeira Islands|Madeira and Porto Santo]] ...
20: ...e Consolidation of the Monarchy in Portugal|Consolidation of the kingdom]]'''''
29: ...143]], Portugal was formally recognized. Afonso, aided by the [[Templar Knights]], continued to conque...
47: ... despite having no son and heir to the throne, decided to go personnaly into battle, where he was slai...
57: ...strikes, harsh relations with the Church, and considerable economic problems aggravated by a disastrou... - Time zone (34024 bytes)
2: ...e generally centered on [[Meridian (geography)|meridian]]s of a [[longitude]] that is a multiple of 15...
6: ... reference point for Time Zones is the [[Prime Meridian]] ([[longitude]] 0?) which passes through the ...
8: GMT (UTC) is, incidentally, local time at Greenwich itself only betwe...
18: ...r time zones results in a time the other side of midnight from UTC, then the date at the location is o...
27: See also: [[Sidereal time]] [[Calculating local time]] - World War I (62979 bytes)
2: ...nd some of the century's first large-scale [[genocide|civilian massacres]] took place. Four dynasties,...
6: ...d the end of the Ottoman Empire in the east and laid the basis for a modern democratic Islamic state, ...
8: ...an diplomatic ineptitude as well as a tremendous tide of nationalism that swept the European continent...
10: ...e on the home front due to food shortages, [[genocide]], and ground combat.
19: ...e progressed scholars began looking toward the rigidity of French, British, German, Austrian and Russi... - Blue Whale (22203 bytes)
10: {{Taxobox_familia_entry | taxon = [[Balaenoptiidae]]}}
20: ...opulation is between three and four thousand individuals, which are located in four (or possibly five)...
23: ...es of the Mysticetes suborder as long ago as the middle [[Oligocene]]. However, it is not known when t...
32: ...ad is flat and U-shaped and has a very prominent ridge running from the blow hole to the top of the up...
34: ... Whale|Sei]]). This can often be a useful clue to identifying a species at sea. Whilst breathing, the ... - Henry the Navigator (6878 bytes)
7: ... Henry also arranged for the colonization of the Azores during Pedro's regency (1439–1448).
9: ... possible; without it, the brothers Ugolino and Guido Vivaldo had sailed into oblivion.
13:
21: ...xists showing any formal association with it, he did spend the late [[1470s]] sailing around the Portu... - John Cabot (5966 bytes)
10: ...Columbus]]'s discovery of 'the Indies' that he decided to find a route to the west for himself. He wen...
12: ...reyes, regions or provinces of the heathen and infidelles, whatsoever they bee, and in what part of th...
22: ...nent since the Vikings: [[Christopher Columbus]] did not find the mainland until his third voyage, in ...
31: ...-[[1505]] an English syndicate, consisting of 3 [[Azores|Azoreans]] and 2 English traders, made voyages to...
33: ...ty and by a statue of the explorer on the harbourside. - Geyser (14881 bytes)
4: ...are fairly rare phenomena. About 1000 exist worldwide, with about half of these in [[Yellowstone Natio...
12: ...[superheating|superheated]], i.e. to remain [[liquid]] at temperatures well above the [[boiling point]...
22: ...ose, and eruptions will erode the channels and rapidly destroy any nascent geysers.
24: ... siliceous sinter, or [[geyserite]], along the inside of the plumbing systems. Over time these deposit...
33: ...ellular [[protein]]s and [[DNA|deoxyribonucleic acid]] (DNA) would be destroyed. The optimal temperatu... - Mid-Atlantic Ridge (3017 bytes)
2: ...[Scotia Ridge]]. It is part of the [[mid-oceanic ridge]]. The highest peaks of this mountain range ext...
6: ...) </br>'''(highest elevation of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge)'''
13: ... drift]]. According to [[plate tectonics]], this ridge runs along a [[divergent boundary]].
15: ...o runs the length of the Atlantic Ocean with the ridge resting on the highest point of this linear bul...
17: ...acogen]]s and the aulacogens of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge eventually became many of the large river valle... - Archipelago (3081 bytes)
1: ...ften [[volcano|volcanic]], forming along [[ocean ridge]]s or [[Hotspot (geology)|hotspots]], but there...
5: ... formed close to the coast of a continent are considered continental archipelagos when they form part ...
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15: *[[Azores]]
28: <div style="float: left; width: 40%"> - Atlantis (41399 bytes)
2: ... own time. Plato did mention it was somewhere outside the [[Pillars of Hercules]] (i.e. the [[Straits ...
7: ...om his grandfather also named Critias, son of Dropides.
12: ... intended to illustrate Plato's philosophy of the ideal government. Plato's account purports to be bas...
14: ...], there was a [[mountain]] not very high on any side. There at the inner hill the land was enclosed ...
17: ... other writers called it ''Poseidonis'' after Poseidon. [[Plutarch]] mentions ''Saturnia'' or ''Ogygia... - Pilot Whale (5993 bytes)
8: {{Taxobox_familia_entry | taxon = [[Delphinidae]]}}
15: ...nic dolphin]] [[family (biology)|family]] (Delphinidae) although their behaviour is closer to that of ...
27: ... most species to beaching. It is possible that squid spawning close to shore attract Pilot Whales and ...
30: Pilot Whales are amongst the most common and widely-distributed of the [[marine mammal]]s in the c...
32: ...h Carolina]] in the United States across to the [[Azores]] and [[Morocco]] and its southern edge and from ... - Pilot Whales (6380 bytes)
8: {{Taxobox_familia_entry | taxon = [[Delphinidae]]}}
17: ...nic dolphin]] [[family (biology)|family]] (Delphinidae) although their behaviour is closer to that of ...
29: ... most species to beaching. It is possible that squid spawning close to shore attract Pilot Whales and ...
32: Pilot Whales are amongst the most common and widely-distributed of the [[marine mammal]]s in the c...
34: ...h Carolina]] in the United States across to the [[Azores]] and [[Morocco]] and its southern edge and from ... - Purple Martins (2333 bytes)
8: {{Taxobox familia entry | taxon = [[Hirundinidae]]}}
14: ...'''', is the largest [[North America]]n [[Hirundinidae|swallow]] at 20 cm length. Adults have a forked...
20: ...ade bird houses, of which about a million are provided. It is the only [[bird]] totally dependent on h...
24: ...September]] [[2004]], and the second was on the [[Azores]] on [[6 September]] [[2004]]. - List of countries by highest point (12398 bytes)
58: |28||[[Indonesia]]||[[Carstensz Pyramid]] (Puncak Jaya)||5,030m
102: |50||[[Spain]]||[[Teide]] on [[Tenerife]] in the [[Canary Islands]]||3,7...
198: |98||[[Sri Lanka]]||[[Pidurutalagala]]||2,524m
218: ...]]||[[Ponta do Pico]] on [[Pico Island]] in the [[Azores]]||2,351m
334: |166||[[Trinidad and Tobago]]||[[El Cerro del Aripo]]||940m - List of autonomous entities (9309 bytes)
1: Several countries have autonomous entities inside their territory, usually giving autonomy to ethn...
67: ...[[Transnistria]] (Sta Nistrului – Pridnestrovje/Приднk...
71: | [[Azores]] (A篲es)
152: | rowspan=2 | 2 autonomous provinces inside [[Serbia]]
161: | [[Trinidad and Tobago]]
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