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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
1: ...on]]). For the science fiction book, see [[Expedition (book)]].''
6: *[[Diogo de Azambuja]] ([[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] ...
10: *[[Antonio de Abreu]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] explo...
11: ...]] [[Portuguese]] missionary and explorer in [[Ethiopia]])
21: ...sh Empire|British]] naval officer, several expeditions to the [[Canada|Canadian]] [[Arctic]] - Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
3: ... stuck in windless regions. Although his explorations were not the first to reach the Americas, they ...
5: ...hroughout Europe. This is likely due to the invention of the [[printing press]].
7: ...e isles of Juana ([[Cuba]]) and Espanola ([[Hispaniola]]), as well as the coasts of [[Central America|...
9: ...[[horse]]s), and the first large-scale [[colonization]] of the Americas by Europeans.
11: ...sive boost his explorations gave to Western expansion and culture. [[Italian American]]s hail Columbus... - Amerigo Vespucci (3736 bytes)
4: ... new continent had been discovered, a bold contention in his day when everyone, including [[Christophe...
10: ...s were forgeries written by others of the same period.
12: ... have been the publication and widespread circulation of his letters that led [[Martin Waldseem�ller...
16: ...etermined his longitude celestially on August 23, 1499, while on this voyage. But his claim is clearly f...
18: ...ount does not mention the broad estuary of the [[Rio de la Plata]], which he must have seen if he had ... - Diane de Poitiers (2609 bytes)
1: ... several [[France|French]] kings, and became notorious as the mistress of King [[Henry II of France|He...
3: ...[[Saint-Vallier]], [[Dr?], in the [[Rh?Alpes]] region of [[France]]. Married to a grandson of [[Charl...
9: ...harge of the royal children's education. Her position in the Court of the King was such that when [[Po...
11: The king's total adoration for Diane caused a great deal of jealousy on the... - Mediterranean Sea (9773 bytes)
4: ... covers an approximate area of [[1 E12 m2|2.5 million]] [[square kilometre|km²]] (965 000 [[...
6: ... the origin and development of [[Western Civilization]].
9: ... + ''terra'', 'land, earth'), in [[Greek]] "mesogeios".
11: ...1493;ן), "the middle sea", a literal adaptation of the German equivalent ''Mittelmeer''. In [[Tu...
13: ... for the Mediterranean Sea and its surrounding regions when employed in informal speech. - Switzerland (22270 bytes)
1: ...ation, and is home to many international organisations.
3: ... one of the four official languages. The abbreviation is similarly used; for example, it is used as Sw...
10: image_map = LocationSwitzerland.png |
11: national_motto = Unus pro omnibus, omnes pro uno<br>(...
12: national_anthem = [[Swiss Psalm]] | - Israel (51605 bytes)
1: ...Jacob wrestled God, Genesis 32:24-32). The population of Israel is predominantly [[Jew]]ish with a lar...
10: national_motto = n/a |
11: image_map = LocationIsrael.png |
12: national_anthem = ''[[Hatikvah]]'' |
24: population_estimate = 6,876,883 | - Cotton (7876 bytes)
2: ...shrub]] native to the tropical and subtropical regions of both the [[Old World]] and the [[New World]]...
13: ...er than that it was a [[plant]]; people in the region, familiar only with [[animal]] fibers ([[wool]] ...
15: ...C, cotton was cultivated throughout the warmer regions in [[Africa]], [[Eurasia]] and [[the Americas]]...
17: ...uction capacity was further improved by the invention of the [[cotton gin]] by [[Eli Whitney]] in [[17...
19: ...ading occupations of [[slave]]s. After [[emancipation]], the [[share cropping]] system evolved which i... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
12: ...[[1840]]-[[1926]]), French [[Impressionism|impressionist]] painter
14: ...6]]), US [[Abstract expressionism|abstract expressionist]] [[painter]]
17: ...[[1841]]-[[1919]]), French [[Impressionism|impressionist]] painter
31: *[[Aetion]] ([[4th century BC]])
38: *[[Mariotto Albertinelli]] ([[1474]]-[[1515]]) - Leonardo da Vinci (25889 bytes)
2: ... were rarely constructed in his lifetime. In addition, he helped advance the study of [[anatomy]], [[a...
9: ...do himself simply signed his works "Leonardo" or "Io, Leonardo" ("I, Leonardo"). Most authorities the...
11: ...n showed them to the painter [[Andrea del Verrocchio]], who subsequently took on the fourteen-year old...
12: ...d to he made himself master of with ease" ([[Giorgio Vasari|Vasari]]).
16: ..., Leonardo and the others were kept under observation by Florence's [[Officers of the Night]] - a kind... - Baldassare Castiglione (7242 bytes)
1: '''Baldassare Castiglione, count of Novellata''' ([[December 6]], [[1478]...
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5: <tr><td>'''Baldassare Castiglione'''</td></tr>
8: ...], a relative of Luigia Gonzaga, mother of Castiglione.
10: ...a he travelled quite often; during one of his missions to [[Rome]], he met [[Guidubaldo da Montefeltro... - Niccolo Machiavelli (11084 bytes)
7: [[Image:Firenze.PalVecchio.Machiavelli.JPG|thumb|200px|Bust of Machiavelli]]
10: ...gely occupied with events arising out of the ambitions of [[Pope Alexander VI]] and his son, [[Cesare ...
17: ...tate, most notably those of [[Jean Bodin]] and [[Giovanni Botero]].
21: ...uted to him but this was essentially NOT his position. And that is the whole point with Modern politic...
23: ...all means potentially necessary"'''! '''Justification''' with the [[Jesuits]] is essentially a '''mora... - John Cabot (5966 bytes)
2: ... or at least the region that would become that nation.
4: ...s and is best known as John Cabot for his explorations made under the English flag. Most notably, in ...
12: ...cover, and finde, whatsoever iles, countreyes, regions or provinces of the heathen and infidelles, wha...
16: ...ng the years from [[1480]] onwards several expeditions had been sent out to look for [[Hy-Brazil]], an...
20: ...dland|St. John's]]. He went ashore to take possession of the land, and explored the coast for some tim... - Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo (4763 bytes)
2: ...ist of explorers|explorer]] noted for his exploration of the west coast of [[North America]] while sai...
5: ...be him as Portuguese, but in his exhaustive 1986 biography ''Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo,'' historian [[Ha...
10: ...pain]], [[Antonio de Mendoza]], to lead an expedition up the Pacific coast in search of trade opportun...
11: ...abrilho mon.jpg|thumb|205px|right|The Cabrillo National Monument in San Diego, California]]
12: ...Santa Barbara Channel]] and around [[Point Conception]], eventually sailing as far north as the [[Russ... - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
1: ...language|English]] [[alphabet]]ical [[transliteration]] order (by [[surname]]).
71: *[[Eugenio Beltrami]] (Italy, [[1835]]-[[1900]])
99: *[[Carlo Emilio Bonferroni]] (Italy [[1892]] - [[1960]])
128: *[[Eugenio Calabi]], (United States)
143: *[[Giovanni Ceva]] (Italy, [[1648]] - [[1734]]) - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
30: *[[Giorgio Agamben]]
81: *[[Antiochus of Ascalon]], (c. 130-68 BC){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{...
97: *[[Ariston of Chios]], (fl. 250 BC){{fn|R}}
131: *[[Alain Badiou]], (born 1937)
170: *[[Vissarion Belinsky]], (1811-1848){{fn|R}}
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