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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
1: ...]]. Also, see [[International Space Station]] for ISS explorers, and for the [[Ford Motor Company|Ford...
8: *[[Francisco de Almeida]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] n...
11: ...cisco Alvarez]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] missionary and explorer in [[Ethiopia]])
21: ...eorge Back]], (1796—1878), [[British Empire|British]] naval officer, several expeditions to the [[Ca...
23: ... de Balboa]], (c. [[1475]]-[[1519]]), [[Spain|Spanish]], first to sight the [[Pacific Ocean]], founded... - List of people by name: Ai (1915 bytes)
1: {{List of people A}}
5: ...Gregor Aichinger|Aichinger, Gregor]], (circa 1565-1628), German composer
9: ...(1773-1824), translator, political writer, librettist, playwright, member of the Acad魩e fran硩se
14: ...thur]], (1773-1854), English chemist and mineralogist
15: *[[Lucy Aikin|Aikin, Lucy]], (1781-1864), English writer - Artemisia Gentileschi (23093 bytes)
3: ...e. She was also the first female artist to paint history and religious paintings, at a time when such ...
7: ...esentatives of the school of [[Caravaggio]]. Artemisia was introduced to painting in her father's work...
10: ...hich had [[Annibale Carracci]] among its major artists).
12: ...store her reputation, he later reneged on his promise and Orazio reported Tassi to the authorities.
14: ...influenced the [[feminism|feminist]] view of Atermisia Gentileschi during the [[20th century]] - Circulatory system (8794 bytes)
1: ...culatory system''' or '''cardiovascular system''' is the [[organ (anatomy)|organ system]] which circul...
15: ...hange materials with the hemolymph. The hemolymph is drawn back into the [[heart]] as the heart relaxe...
18: ...lood never leaves the system of blood vessels consisting of arteries, capillaries and veins.
20: ...two pumps, for a total of four heart chambers; it is thought that the four-chambered heart of birds ev...
25: ...r into the cells of the flatworm. Thus every cell is able to obtain nutrients, water and oxygen withou... - Printing (4400 bytes)
1: ...herwise might have the same name, see [[Print]] (disambiguation).''
4: ...rinting press]]. It is an essential part of [[publishing]].
6: ...st commercial and industrial printer in the world is [[Montr顬]], [[Quebec]] based [[Quebecor World]]...
9: ==History of printing==
11: ... (The ''[[Diamond Sutra]]'' of AD [[868]], a Buddhist scripture). The [[movable type]] printer was inv... - Age of Exploration (14467 bytes)
1: ...the most famous explorers of the period were [[Christopher Columbus]], [[Vasco da Gama]], [[Pedro ?var...
3: ...w technologies and ideas growing out of the [[Renaissance]], these included advances in [[cartography]...
6: ...b|right|This map, made by Arab geographer [[al-Idrisi]], was one of the most accurate world maps prior...
9: ...throughout the Orient from [[1271]] to [[1295]]. His journey was written up as ''[[Travels]]'' and the...
11: ...uropeans. The rise of the aggressive and expansionist [[Ottoman Empire]] further limited the possibili... - Barbados (21887 bytes)
1: ...low, with some hills in the island's interior. It is located 13? north of the [[Equator]] and 59? west...
3: ...es and [[mangrove]] [[swamp]]s. Some parts of the island's interior are also dotted with large sugarca...
5: ... country in the world. The island is a major tourist destination.
7: ==History==
8: {{main|History of Barbados}} - List of painters (54090 bytes)
1: The following list is an incomplete '''list of painters'''.
7: *[[Paul Cezanne]], ([[1839]]-[[1906]]), French artist
8: ...[Salvador Dali]], ([[1904]]-[[1989]]), Catalan artist
12: ...840]]-[[1926]]), French [[Impressionism|impressionist]] painter
13: ...([[1881]]-[[1973]]), Spanish [[Cubism|cubist]] artist - Timeline of microscope technology (1673 bytes)
5: ...by later writers ([[Pierre Borel]] 1620 - 1671 or 1628 - 1689 and [[Willem Boreel]] 1591 - 1668) to have...
7: ...[[Poland|Polish]] king [[Sigismund I of Sweden|Sigismund III]].
9: * c.[[1622]] - Drebbel presents his invention in [[Rome]].
10: ..., founder of the ''Accademia dei Lincei'' (in English, ''The [[Linceans]]'').
12: ...He coins the word ''cell'' for the structures he discovers in [[cork (material)|cork]] bark. - Thomas Hobbes (26163 bytes)
4: ...losophy|political philosopher]], most famous for his book ''[[Leviathan (book)|Leviathan]]'' ([[1651]]...
10: ...ree children to the care of an older brother Francis. Hobbes was educated at Westport church from the ...
12: ...m Cavendish, 3rd Earl of Devonshire|William Cavendish]], Baron of Hardwick (and later [[Duke of Devons...
14: ...nslation of that work into [[English language|English]]. Hobbes believed that Thucydides' account of t...
16: ...was a regular debater in philosophic groups in Paris, held together by [[Marin Mersenne]]. From [[1637... - Rene Descartes (17976 bytes)
1: ...e Scientific Revolution in the Western World. He is also known for inventing the Cartesian coordinate...
4: ...laining natural phenomena. In his theology, he insists on the absolute freedom of God’s act of creat...
6: ...ysis]]. Descartes's reflections on mind and mechanism began the strain of western thought that much la...
8: His most famous statement is ''[[Cogito ergo sum]]'' (''I think, therefore I a...
11: ... old, his mother died of [[Tuberculosis|tuberculosis]]. At the age of ten, he entered the [[Society of... - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
1: ...rs important in the history of philosophy)'', '''listed alphabetically:'''
14: *[[Isaac Abrabanel|Isaac ben Judah Abravanel]], (1437-1508){{fn|C}}{{fn...
15: *[[Judah Leon Abravanel|Judah ben Isaac Abravanel]], (1460?-1535?){{fn|C}}{{fn|R}}
39: *[[Leone Battista Alberti]], (1404-1472)
48: *[[Yohanan ben Isaac Alemanno]], (1433-1504){{fn|R}} - Samuel de Champlain (12497 bytes)
3: ...ey have had the most lasting importance to World History.
7: ... France on [[September 20]], wrote an account of his travels called ''Des sauvages'' (The Savages).
9: ...yal]] (which had been located with Champlain's assistance), where Champlain lived until 1607 while he ...
13: ...hich he embarked on periodically for the rest of his life.
15: The first winter was difficult for the colonists. Of the twenty-five people who stayed for the w... - Linnaean classification (11503 bytes)
1: ...|analysis]], has driven many recent revisions and is likely to continue to do so. Scientific classific...
5: ...orms of life comes from the Greek philosopher [[Aristotle]], who classified animals based on their mea...
7: ...n Animals'') into Arabic. His original commentary is now lost, but its translation into Latin by [[Mic...
9: ...oping scientific classification was made by the Swiss professor, [[Conrad von Gesner]] (1516–156...
11: ...he research of people like [[Marcello Malpighi]] (1628–1694), [[Jan Swammerdam]] (1637–1680)... - Medieval medicine (14745 bytes)
1: ... elsewhere. Ideas about the origin and cure of [[disease]] were not, however, purely [[secular]], but ...
3: In this era, there was no clear tradition of scientific m...
7: ...as those by [[Galen]], were widely used on the basis of authority rather than experimental confirmatio...
9: ... to be explained through Christianity and only Christianity.
11: ...shment, and that repenting would cure all ills. This led to the practice of penance and pilgrimage as ...
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