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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]] - Jacques Cartier (8139 bytes)
3: ...]], or more specifically, the interior eastern region that would become the first european-inhabited a...
9: ...one of the most conscientious explorers of the period.
17: ...s the beginning of the Sainte-Marie sault, a location where the [[Jacques Cartier Bridge]] now stands....
19: ...nd the winter of 1535-1536 in Canada but the decision must have been made by his arrival in Stadacona ...
25: ...remedy probably saved the expedition from destruction and by the end of the winter, 85 Frenchmen were ... - Jeanne d'Albret (2474 bytes)
6: After the death of Francis and the accession of [[Henry II of France|Henry II]] Jeanne was ma...
10: ... to her declaring [[Calvinism]] the official religion of her kingdom.
12: ... led to the outbreak of the [[French Wars of Religion]] in [[1562]]. Antoine de Bourbon chose to suppo...
14: ...Rochelle]]. From here she conducted peace negotiations, and in [[1570]] official talks began to marry ...
18: In [[1541]] Jeanne married William, Duke of Cleves, annulle... - New Mexico (31079 bytes)
13: PostalAbbreviation = NM |
38: ...so contains a sizeable [[Native American]] population. As a result, the demographics and culture of t...
44: ... constructing small towns in the valley of the [[Rio Grande]] and pueblos nearby.
46: ...t of the Pueblo people while exploring the upper Rio Grande valley led to long-standing hostility that...
48: === Spanish colonization === - 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]]) - List of computing topics (15876 bytes)
19: [[16-bit application]] --
34: [[32-bit application]] --
40: [[3Com Corporation]] --
45: [[3Station]] --
133: [[Berkeley Software Distribution]] -- - List of chemists (10401 bytes)
31: ...ka-Curie]], (1867-1934), Polish-born French radiation physicist
37: ...mist, winner of the [[1943]] [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]]
42: ...mist, winner of the [[1943]] [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]]
47: ...mist, winner of the [[1908]] [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]]
75: *[[John Haldane]], British biochemist - Hernando de Soto (explorer) (19418 bytes)
2: ...n [[Peru]]. Later, de Soto led the largest expedition of the 16th and 17th century through the southea...
5: ...nandez de Cordoba]] on his discovery and colonization voyage through [[Nicaragua]] and [[Honduras]].
7: ...st of [[Yucatan]], hoping to find a direct connection by sea between the [[Atlantic Ocean|Atlantic]] a...
11: ...en he preceded Pizarro to Cajamarca on their invasion march. After Atahualpa had been arrested, DeSoto...
13: ...urt. This period was the apex of de Soto's reputation and wealth. - Francisco Coronado (5090 bytes)
3: ==Biography==
5: ...old. He set out in 1540, joined by a large expedition of 335 Spanish, 1,300 Mexican Indian allies, fou...
10: ...al [[Tiguex War]], which resulted in the destruction of the Tiguex pueblos and the death of hundreds ...
14: ...f his men came back with him. Although the expedition was a complete failure, he remained governor of ...
17: ...] about halfway up commemorates Coronado's expedition. - Hernan Cortes (17441 bytes)
10: ...til 1506. He took part in the conquest of [[Hispaniola]] and [[Cuba]] and was granted a large estate o...
12: ...r said. Thus warned, Cortés organized his expedition and set sail on the morning of [[January 18]], [...
14: ==Cartas de Relacion==
15: ...s." [http://academics.georgiasouthern.edu/international/pages/SECOLAS/CAFryer.htm]
20: Cortés landed his party in a location he named La Villa Rica de la Vera Cruz, now know... - 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}} - Apache (7848 bytes)
3: ...imo]]. The U.S. Army found them to be fierce warriors and skillful strategists.
10: ...ile traveling on the plains east of the Pueblo region, [[Francisco Coronado]] wrote:
18: ...in the 1620s, referring to people in the Chama region east of the [[San Juan River]]. By the 1640s, t...
24: ...in Apache Tribe is located in the east central region of Arizona, 194 miles northeast of [[Phoenix, Ar...
26: ...e removed from their [[Indian reservation|reservation]] in [[1876]] and sent to prison in [[1886]]. Su... - Aztec (38742 bytes)
3: ...of the later Republic of [[Mexico]]. The civilization has a rich [[Aztec mythology|mythology]] and cul...
7: ... article deals with the historical Aztec civilization, not with modern-day Nahuatl speakers.
9: ...Aztec referred to themselves as Mexica ([[International Phonetic Alphabet|IPA]]: {{IPA|[meˈʃihkah]}}...
13: ...om the god [[Huitzilopochtli]] signaling the location where their capital city [[Tenochtitlan]] should...
14: ...ge "Mexica" is increasingly applied. The Museo Nacional de Antropologia e Historia, for example, refer... - Navajo Nation (14007 bytes)
2: ... assigned primarily to a Native American jurisdiction within the [[United States|United States of Amer...
7: ... National Monument]], the [[Hopi]] Indian Reservation and the [[Shiprock]] landmark. The seat of gover...
9: Members of the nation are often known as ''[[Navajo]]'', also spelled ...
11: ...') reservation within the Navajo Nation's reservation at a historic homeland where Hopi history predat...
13: ...iver Indian Tribes]] [[Indian reservation|reservation]] along the [[Colorado River (U.S.)|Colorado Riv... - El Greco (2407 bytes)
2: '''El Greco''' ([[1541]] – [[April 7]], [[1614]]), a Greek [[paint...
7: ...ndividual manner of expression. El Greco's liberation of form, light and colour inspired artists such ...
9: ...ed in the mind. Space is perceived in the imagination rather than misused; light is incandescent, fitf...
17: ...e|Greek]] composer [[Vangelis|Vangelis Papathanassiou]] (born [[March 29]], [[1943]]) published a [[sy... - Zinc (12445 bytes)
12: <div align="right"><small>[[Periodic table (standard)|Full table]]</small></div>
21: | [[transition metal]]s
23: ...p|Group]], [[periodic table period|Period]], [[periodic table block|Block]]
24: | [[group 12 element|12]], [[period 4 element|4]], [[d-block|d]]
46: | [[Electron configuration]] - Chile (39914 bytes)
11: image_map = LocationChile.png |
12: national_motto = ''Por la razón o la fuerza''<br...
13: ...al_anthem = ''[[National anthem of Chile|Himno Nacional]]'' |
25: population_estimate = 16,136,137 |
26: population_estimate_year = June 2005 | - Francisco Vásquez de Coronado (19760 bytes)
8: ... [[Majorat]]s of his family, ''[[Corregidor (position)|Corregidor]]'' of [[Segovia]] and [[Jerez de la...
11: ...nd no reliable source on either side of this question, just lots of blogs and such. -->
13: ==Mounting the expedition==
14: ...ivor of the [[Narváez expedition]], on an expedition north from [[Compostela, Nayarit||Compostela]], ...
16: ...m as the commander of the expedition with the mission to find the seven golden cities and take their g... - Hernán Cortés (42809 bytes)
2: ...t began the first phase of the [[Spanish colonization of the Americas]].
4: ...ntonio de Mendoza]]. Cortés returned to Spain in 1541 where he died peacefully but embittered.
6: .... As a result of these historical trends, descriptions of Cortés tend to be simplistic, and either da...
14: ... Ovando y Cáceres]], the third Governor of Hispaniola. His paternal grandfather was a son of [[Rodrig...
16: ...re of Cortés' studies, his later writings and actions suggest he studied [[Law]] and probably [[Latin... - Hernando de Soto explorer (34946 bytes)
1: ... who, while leading the first [[Europe]]an expedition deep into the territory of the modern-day [[Unit...
3: A vast undertaking, de Soto's expedition ranged throughout the [[southeastern United Stat...
5: ...dalgos]] of modest means in [[Extremadura]], a region of poverty and hardship from which many young pe...
7: ...nt horseman, fighter, and tactician, but was notorious for the extreme brutality with which he wielded...
9: ... [[Orient]], profoundly influenced de Soto's ambitions.
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