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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]]. - Ukulele (6345 bytes)
3: ...is usually tuned in D-G-B-D, a G-major chord. The Madeiran raj㯠is tuned D-G-C-E-A, in other words. the D ...
5: ... returned to the ukulele to its ancestral home of Madeira Island off the coast of North Africa. Flora Fox, ...
13: ...re-entrant tuning is the characteristic that most identified the original ukulele.
42: ...wood, with a wide conical hole bored through the middle. At the back, the bore is about 4 [[centimetre...
44: ...is covered with a thin piece of wood, which the bridge sits on?so the instrument works rather like a w... - 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: ...gator]]. Sailing out into the open Atlantic the [[Madeira Islands]] were discovered in [[1419]] and in [[14... - 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... - Brazil (12581 bytes)
15: ...cket by popular vote for four-year terms. The president has extensive [[executive]] powers and is both...
17: ...hirds elected after the next four-year period. Beside the Senate there is the Chamber of Deputies or '...
31: ...zil and its 26 states and Federal District are divided by [[IBGE]] into 5 distinctive [[region]]s: [[N...
41: ...ancisco]], [[Xingu River|Xingu]], [[Madeira river|Madeira]] and the [[Tapaj rivers.
43: ...dant in the humid [[Amazon Basin]], though more arid landscapes are found as well, in particular in th... - Portugal (61755 bytes)
1: ...he [[Azores Islands|Azores]]and [[Madeira Islands|Madeira and Porto Santo]] (including the [[Savage Islands...
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...
40: ...e from the shipwreck. Also in early 15th century, Madeira Island and the Azorean islands were discovered. H...
47: ... despite having no son and heir to the throne, decided to go personnaly into battle, where he was slai... - Boto (5572 bytes)
10: {{Taxobox_familia_entry | taxon = '''Iniidae'''}}
28: ...ira river]] drainage area, above the Teotonio Rapids in [[Bolivia]])
29: ...g. boliviensis'' - Amazon basin population in the Madeira drainage area
36: ...not have a [[dorsal fin]], though a bumpy raised ridge on the back shows the [[evolution]]ary remnants...
38: ...d view. This, however, is overcome by swimming upside-down. - Endangered species (12553 bytes)
2: ...offering special protection to these species (forbidding [[hunting]], banning their [[habitat]]s from ...
10: The best-known worldwide conservation status listing is the [[IUCN Red Li...
15: ...e">'''Extinct in the wild'''</font>: captive individuals survive, but there is no free-living, natural...
36: * [[Potoridae|Burrowing Bettong]] (''Bettongia lesueur nova''...
79: * [[P貥 David's Deer]] (''Elaphurus davidianus'') - Henry the Navigator (6878 bytes)
9: ... possible; without it, the brothers Ugolino and Guido Vivaldo had sailed into oblivion.
11:
21: ...0s]] sailing around the Portuguese possessions of Madeira and on the African coast. - Roald Amundsen (8034 bytes)
6: ...n]]'s crossing of [[Greenland]] in [[1888]] he decided on a life of exploration.
18: ...claimed the Pole, he changed his plans. Using [[Fridtjof Nansen]]'s ship ''[[Fram]]'' ("Forward") he s...
20: ... [[Bering Strait]] he waited until Fram reached [[Madeira]] to let his crew know of the change. Every membe...
24: During February and March Amundsen and his men laid supply depots at 80°, 81° and 82° ...
26: ...ration, and use of the best sled dogs available paid off in the end. In contrast to the misfortunes of... - Canary (4349 bytes)
8: {{Taxobox_familia_entry | taxon = [[Fringillidae]]}}
16: This [[bird]] is native to [[Madeira islands|Madeira]] and the [[Canary Islands]]; it was named for th...
28: Canaries are generally divided into three main groups: Colorbred Canaries (br...
36: ... canaries tend to sing much of the time, they provided both a visual and audible cue in this respect. ...
38: ...ries are often depicted in [[cartoon]]s from the middle [[20th century]] as being harassed by domestic... - Charles Darwin (47469 bytes)
4: ...838]]. Fully aware of the likely reaction, he confided only in close friends and researched to meet an...
19: ...res of the [[Firth of Forth]] where Grant found evidence for ''homology'', the radical theory that all...
21: ...o well", enrolled him at [[Christ's College, Cambridge]] in [[1827]] on a BA course to qualify as a cl...
22: ...ime when a "living" as an [[Anglican]] parson provided a comfortable income and when most naturalists ...
24: ...rsity of Cambridge|Cambridge]] Charles preferred riding and shooting to studying, and along with his c... - 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...
73: | [[Madeira]]
152: | rowspan=2 | 2 autonomous provinces inside [[Serbia]]
161: | [[Trinidad and Tobago]] - Rock formations (10410 bytes)
11: ...ks]]''' are created when molten rock cools and solidifies, with or without crystallization. They may b...
15: ...ief feature. It can be an isolated hill, a knob, ridge or small mountain that rises abruptly, like an ...
53: *Yoichi, [[Hokkaido]], [[Japan]]
69: ===[[Middle East]]===
151: *Piedras Encimidas Valley, Zacatlan, [[Mexico]] - Akvavit (2178 bytes)
8: ...n other brands. A similar process is applied to [[Madeira wine]].
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