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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)
1: ...<sup>[[#Early life|1]]</sup> – [[20 May]] [[1506]]) ( ''Cristòfor Colom'' in [[Catalan]], ''Crist...
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. - List of people by name: Ag (3474 bytes)
14: *[[Agatho of Alexandria]], (pope 665-681), religious figure
17: ...n|Agazarian, Jack]], (1916-1945), [[Special Operations Executive|SOE]] agent, WW II hero
20: ...ant to Germany who died as a result of an deportation attempt
37: *[[Martin Agricola|Agricola, Martin]], (1466-1506), German composer
47: *[[Antonio Aguilar|Aguilar, Antonio]], Mexican singer - Hannah Szenes (4490 bytes)
5: ==Biography==
9: ... a Hungarian [[Zionism|Zionist]] student organization.
11: ...ning in [[Egypt]] for the British [[Special Operations Executive|SOE]].
13: .... She was captured before she could begin her mission and was interned in the [[Horthy Miklos Prison]]...
28: ... many singers sang it and this song ends some versions of the film ''[[Schindler's List]]'': - Ponce De Leon (5480 bytes)
4: ...s to work in the mines and to construct fortifications. The Tainos subsequently died in great numbers ...
7: In 1506, upon the death of Christopher Columbus, who had ...
9: ...eral de los hechos de los Castellanos'' of [[Antonio de Herrera y Tordesillas]].
12: ...meaning ''flowery'', either because of the vegetation in bloom he saw there, or because he landed ther...
16: ...to colonize the ''Island of Florida''. His expedition to Guadalupe in 1515 was not successful, and he ... - Americas (7154 bytes)
5: == Geographical Location and Status ==
8: ...inent]] vs multiple continents is debated. Traditionally in English-speaking countries, [[North Ameri...
13: ...mes referred to as being ''[[American (disambiguation)|American]]'', although the word ''American'' is...
16: See [[American]] for further discussion.
23: ...t of India) and could not protest Waldseem?s decision. - 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 | - List of people by name: X (1295 bytes)
3: ... X|X, Malcolm]], ([[1925]]-[[1965]]), US Black Nationalist leader
7: ...s]], ([[1506]]-[[1552]]), [[Spain|Spanish]] [[missionary]] - Influenza (10335 bytes)
2: ...ian_flu.jpg|thumb|200px|Negatively stained flu virions. These were the causative agent of the [[Hong K...
3: ...wn, '''the flu''' or '''the grippe''') is a contagious
4: ...ntury|20<sup>th</sup> century]], killing many millions of people. The name comes from the old medical ...
12: ...tigenic drift]] and have more similarity with previous strains.
16: ...ed, year of isolation, sequential number of isolation, and HA and NA subtype (Yohannes ''et al'' 2004)... - St. Peter's Basilica (17805 bytes)
2: ...too. Construction of the [[basilica]] began in [[1506]] and was completed in [[1626]].
4: ... longer used. These are the sources of the confusion.
8: ... great basilica in this exact spot, which had previously been a cemetery for pagans as well as Christi...
12: ...o della Porta]] continued with the unfinished portions of the church. [[Carlo Maderno]] became the chi...
14: ...ago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazetteer/Places/Europe/Italy/Lazio/Roma/Rome/_Texts/Lanciani/LANPAC/3*.html#sec16 Ci... - 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]]) - Josquin Des Prez (6810 bytes)
2: ...opean composer between [[Guillaume Dufay]] and [[Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina|Palestrina]], and is...
6: ...fter the murder of Duke Sforza, he left this position, going to work for the Duke's brother instead. ...
10: ...orks were often performed there, no direct connection to them has been discovered by researchers. He ...
14: ...examples from Josquin in his treatises on composition; and his fame was only eclipsed after the beginn...
16: ...icantly, and was also able to express intense emotion with economy of means. - List of popes (77758 bytes)
6: ...ch]], [[Patriarch]] of the West, [[primate (religion)|Primate]] of [[Italy]], [[Archbishop]] and [[me...
23: ... <small>Simon Peter</small><br>'''שמעון בן יו–...
29: | <small>Executed by crucifixion upside-down; feast day ([[SS Peter & Paul]]) [[2...
36: | <small>Traditionally martyred (no evidence); Feast day [[23 Septe...
57: | <small>Traditionally martyred (no evidence); feast day [[26 Octob... - Saint Peter (16028 bytes)
2: ... Peter as a matter of doctrine against [[canonization]], in favor of a more generalized concept and do...
4: ...on]] by the [[Roman Empire]]. According to tradition, Saint Peter is buried in the grottoes underneat...
8: ...s, Peter is always listed first, and [[Judas Iscariot]] is always listed last.
11: ... wife is not known. A number of later legends mention that he had a daughter.
17: ...anhedrin]] (4:7-22; 5:18-42); he undertakes a missionary journey of [[Lydda]], [[Jaffa, Israel|Joppa]]... - 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... - Thomas More (15893 bytes)
2: ...]] as a [[treason|traitor]]. More was [[canonization|canonized]] in [[1935]] by the [[Roman Catholic ...
7: ...earing a [[hair shirt]] and occasional [[flagellation]].
9: ...d his daughters with an excellent classical education at a time when such learning was usually reserve...
12: ...of requests". After undertaking a diplomatic mission to [[Holy Roman Emperor]] [[Charles V, Holy Roma...
14: ... chancellor of the [[Duchy of Lancaster]], a position that entailed administrative and judicial contro... - 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... - Erasmus (18332 bytes)
4: ==Biography==
6: ...ague]] in [[1483]], and then given the best education open to a young man of his day in a series of mo...
8: ...argaret's Professor of Divinity]], and had the option of spending the rest of his life as an English [...
10: ... but apart from this he had a less active association with Italian scholars than might have been expec...
12: .... He represented this lack of sympathy as persecution, and sought refuge in Basel, where under the she...
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