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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]]. - Ponce De Leon (5480 bytes)
2: ...w the [[United States]] when he set foot in [[Florida]] in 1513.
7: ...bus had taken his claim to the top court in [[Madrid]] and won his rights. Ponce de León was then rem...
9: ... the [[Fountain of Youth]] when he discovered Florida is misconceived. He was seeking a spiritual rebi...
12: ...Florida Day'', April 2, is a legal holiday in Florida.
14: ...iled back south to [[Havana]], and then up to Florida again, stopping at the Bay of ''Chequesta'' ([[B... - List of countries by continent (11037 bytes)
163: * [[Spain]] (España) - [[Madrid]]
180: *[[Barbados]] - [[Bridgetown]]
187: *[[Cuba]] - [[Havana]]
208: *[[Trinidad and Tobago]] - [[Port-of-Spain]]
230: * [[Uruguay]] - [[Montevideo]] - List of national capitals (10847 bytes)
10: <tr><td>[[Abidjan]] <td>[[C?d'Ivoire]] (administrative)
49: <tr><td>[[Bridgetown]] <td>[[Barbados]]
89: <tr><td>[[Havana]] <td>[[Cuba]]
124: <tr><td>[[Madrid]] <td>[[Spain]]
139: <tr><td>[[Montevideo]] <td>[[Uruguay]] - Cuba (25106 bytes)
10: ...companies. As a result, relations with the USA rapidly deteriorated. At first, Castro was reluctant to...
12: ..., until they were forced to surrender, due to president Kennedy's orders to call off the invasion. The...
14: ...ver 10,000 Cubans stormed the Peruvian embassy in Havana seeking political asylum. In response to this and...
16: ...that "Without the decisive, steady, and generous aid of the Soviet people, our country could not have ...
18: ...ry. Despite being denied access to [[development aid]] from the [[IMF]] and [[World Bank]] because Cub... - Timeline of United States history (1860-1899) (10289 bytes)
11: *[[1861]] - [[Abraham Lincoln]] becomes President
12: ...America]] (the Confederacy) established under President [[Jefferson Davis]]
33: *[[1865]] - [[Andrew Johnson]] becomes President
54: *[[1869]] - [[Ulysses S. Grant]] becomes President
57: ...nd [[Jay Gould]]'s "[[Black Friday (1869)|Black Friday]]" - Alexander Graham Bell (18688 bytes)
15: ...[Edinburgh]], [[Scotland]], he later adopted the middle name Graham out of admiration for Alexander Gr...
19: ...[Bath, England]]. While still in Scotland he is said to have turned his attention to the science of ac...
23: ...m to the vibrations of the air accompanying the said vocal or other sound", the [[telephone]].
27: ...al Geographic Society]] and became its second president. He was the recipient of many honors. The [[Fr...
29: ...k, Nova Scotia]], in [[1922]] and is buried alongside his wife atop Beinn Bhreagh Mountain overlooking... - Hernando de Soto (explorer) (19418 bytes)
1: ...AC2_desoto77.jpg|thumb|Hernando de Soto|Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipa...
2: ... 16th and 17th century through the southeast and midwest of today's [[United States|USA]].
15: ...e [[governor]] of [[Cuba]] ''y adelante de La Florida'' (meaning: all lands north of Mexico) by [[Empe...
17: == Expedition to Florida 1538-1542 ==
19: === 1539 – Landing in Florida === - Jefferson Davis (14427 bytes)
2: [[Image:President-Jefferson-Davis.jpg|thumb|'''Jefferson Davis''...
3: .... He is most famous for serving as the only [[President]] of the [[Confederate States of America]] thr...
14: ...ed [[Black Hawk]] himself to prison—it is said that the chief liked Davis because of the kind tr...
16: ...d later [[President of the United States|U.S. President]]. On [[June 30]], 1835, Davis resigned from t...
21: ...ster. Davis recovered, sailing for [[Havana, Cuba|Havana]], [[Cuba]], and then to [[New York City]]. In [[... - Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo (4763 bytes)
8: Rodríguez Cabrillo shipped for [[Havana]] as a lad and joined the forces of [[Hernán Cor...
10: ...ted the [[Pacific Ocean]] to [[Hudson Bay]], providing a route for the [[Northwest Passage]]. Cabrill...
12: ...and brought the remainder of the party back to Navidad, where they arrived [[April 14]], [[1543]]. - Cuban Missile Crisis (13015 bytes)
5: ..., as the [[nuclear submarine]] was capable of providing the same cover with superior firepower. On ta...
7: ...ystem was oriented towards the USSR and would provide little warning of a launch from Cuba.
9: ...nnedy]], [[Dean Rusk]] and [[Robert McNamara]] decided that the Soviets would not try such a thing. K...
13: ...ith a [[Communism|Communist]] government under [[Fidel Castro]]. Castro had sought Soviet support afte...
19: ...t consignment of [[SS-4]] MRBMs was unloaded in [[Havana]], and a second shipload arrived on [[September 1... - Vice President of the United States (33884 bytes)
2: ...sident seal.jpg|center|200px|Seal of the Vice President of the United States]]<br />
3: ...|150px|right|[[Richard B. Cheney]], 46th Vice President of the United States]]<br />
5: ... the death of the President, and one upon the President's resignation.
7: The current Vice President of the United States is [[Dick Cheney]].
9: ...POTUS" similarly applies "VPOTUS" to the Vice President. More casual news sources, such as [[weblog]]... - Havanese (12254 bytes)
13: |Bichon Havanaise
17: |Havana Silk Dog
38: |[http://www.canadasguidetodogs.com/toys/havanese_std.htm Stds]
55: ...s from 8? to 11? inches (216 to 292 mm), with the ideal being between 9 and 10? inches (229 and 267 mm...
59: ...king|cropped]] ears, and even a standard that forbids the use of [[topknots]] and bows in presentation... - Hernando de Soto explorer (34946 bytes)
5: ...to parents who were [[Hidalgo (Spanish nobility)|hidalgos]] of modest means in [[Extremadura]], a regi...
9: ...me, [[Juan Ponce de León]], who discovered [[Florida]], [[Vasco Núñez de Balboa]], who discovered t...
12: In 1530, de Soto became a regidor of [[León, Nicaragua]], and led an expedition ...
14: ...hile de Soto was gone the Spanish in Cajamarca decided to kill Atahualpa to prevent his rescue by the ...
16: ...of Atahualpa, had joined Pizarro. Manco had been hiding from Atahualpa in fear of his life, and was ha...
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