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1. List of explorers (24013 bytes)
   1: ...sion]]). For the science fiction book, see [[Expedition (book)]].''
   21: ...tish Empire|British]] naval officer, several expeditions to the [[Canada|Canadian]] [[Arctic]]
   30: ...7]]?), [[Morocco|Moroccan]] [[Berber]] Muslim, visited [[Mecca]] several times, travelled to [[Central...
   35: *[[Vitus Bering]]
   36: *[[Vittorio Bottego]] (1860,1897), Italian explorer of the [[Giuba]] region in north-ea...
2. Francisco Vasquez de Coronado (3639 bytes)
   1: ...her parts of the southwest of what is now the [[United States]].
   3: ...xpedition.jpg|thumb|500px|The Coronado Expedition 1540-1542.]]
   7: ...old]]. He set out in 1540, joined by a large expedition of 340 Spanish, 300 Indian allies, and 1000 sl...
   9: ... the great golden city fray Marcos had described, it was just a simple [[pueblo]] of the [[Zuni]] Indi...
   11: ...r six Zuni pueblos. He also sent out various expeditions. [[Melchior Diaz]] was sent out to the mouth ...
3. List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
   5: *[[Evaristo Abaco|Abaco, Evaristo]], (1675-1742), Italian composer and violinist
   10: *[[Firmin Abauzit|Abauzit, Firmin]], (1679-1767), French scientist
   15: ...bandando|Abbandando, Frank]], (1910-1942), Mafia hitman
   30: ...rge Abbot|Abbot, George]], (1603-1648), English writer
   31: ... Abbot|Abbot, Robert]], (1588?-1662?), English Puritan divine
4. List of people by name: Ac (3800 bytes)
   5: ...aries, Louis]], (born 1954), boxer, former world title challenger, now promoter
   8: ..., Marcel]], (1899-1974), playwrighter and scriptwriter
   9: ... Achebe|Achebe, Chinua]], (born 1930), Nigerian writer
   53: *[[Jose de Acosta|Acosta, Jose de]] (1540-1600)
5. Arizona (24367 bytes)
   12: Capital = [[Phoenix, Arizona|Phoenix]] |
   15: LargestCity = [[Phoenix, Arizona|Phoenix]] |
   16: Governor = [[Janet Napolitano]] |
   25: DensityRank = 36th |
   26: 2000Density = 17.43 |
6. Georgia (U.S. state) (26579 bytes)
   9: Capital = [[Atlanta, Georgia|Atlanta]] |
   10: LargestCity = [[Atlanta, Georgia|Atlanta]] |
   21: DensityRank = 18^th |
   22: 2000Density = 54.59 |
   23: AdmittanceOrder = 4^th |
7. Utah (29154 bytes)
   11: ...pital = [[Salt Lake City, Utah|Salt Lake City]] |
   12: ...rgestCity = [[Salt Lake City, Utah|Salt Lake City]] |
   23: DensityRank = 41^st |
   24: 2000Density = 10.50 |
   25: AdmittanceOrder = 45^th |
8. New Mexico (31079 bytes)
   9: Motto = Crescit eundo (It grows as it goes) |
   10: Capital = [[Santa Fe, New Mexico|Santa Fe]] |
   11: LargestCity = [[Albuquerque, New Mexico|Albuquerque]] |
   12: Governor = [[Bill Richardson (politician)|Bill Richardson]] |
   22: DensityRank = 45^th |
9. List of painters (54090 bytes)
   10: ...[[Michelangelo Buonarroti]], ([[1475]]-[[1564]]), Italian [[sculptor]] and [[painter]]
   11: *[[Leonardo da Vinci]], ([[1452]]-[[1519]]), Italian painter, sculptor and inventor
   15: ...llo Santi|Raphael]], ([[1483]]-[[1520]]), [[Italy|Italian]] [[painter]]
   90: *[[Edward Mitchell Bannister]] ([[1828]]-[[1901]])
   105: *[[Georg Baselitz]] ( [[1938]]-)
10. Castle (27805 bytes)
    1: ... [[Middle Ages]], though traditionally in Britain it has also referred to [[Prehistory|prehistoric]] [...
    4: ...anese history]], where the feudal [[Daimyo]] inhabited them.
    11: ...offensive weapons, built in otherwise hostile territories from which to control surrounding lands.
    14: ...ich a lord or baron could control surrounding territory. The story of [[Hugh of Abbeville]] in the las...
    15: ...rest of his peers. For he could do what he liked without fear, relying on the protection of the castle...
11. Francesco Guicciardini (1068 bytes)
    1: ...dered one of the major political writers of the [[Italian Renaissance]].
    3: ...achiavelli's ''[[Discorsi sopra la prima deca di Tito Livio]]''. In these as well as his ''Maxims'' ('...
    15: ...Discorsi" del Machiavelli sopra la prima deca di Tito Livio'' (1528)
    18: * ''Storia d'Italia'' (1537-1540)
12. Protestant Reformation (26890 bytes)
    1: ...t]]s. It also led to the [[Counter-Reformation]] within the Roman Catholic Church.
    5: * [[Avignon Papacy]] ("Babylonian Captivity of the Church"), [[Avignon]], [[Western Schism|G...
    20: ...wealth and power of the [[elite]] [[clergy]], sensitizing the population to the financial and moral co...
    22: ...ional restrictions on the exercise of their authority. In [[England]], [[France]], and [[Spain]] the m...
    24: ...e to exclude [[peasant]]s from [[common land]]s. With trade stimulated, landowners increasingly moved ...
13. Gerardus Mercator (3294 bytes)
    9: ...g of maps. He wrote the first instruction book of italic script to be published in northern [[Europe]]...
    12: ...used it in [[1569]]; it had parallel lines of longitude to aid navigation by sea, as compass courses c...
    17: ...um in [[Sint-Niklaas]], [[Belgium]] features exhibits about Mercator's life and work.
    22: ...phical Meditations on the Frame for the World and its Form) by Gerardus Mercator, Duisburg, 1595; Less...
14. Hernando de Soto (explorer) (19418 bytes)
    2: ... through the southeast and midwest of today's [[United States|USA]].
    5: ... became commander of an equestrian unit and went with [[Francisco Fernandez de Cordoba]] on his discov...
    6: ... extreme brutality and ruthlessness when dealing with natives. In a conflict for supremacy in Nicaragu...
    7: In [[1528]] de Soto led his own expedition along the coast of [[Yucatan]], hoping to find...
    11: ...fter Atahualpa had been arrested, DeSoto often visited him in jail, and a friendship between the two m...
15. Francis Drake (14963 bytes)
    1: ...e:FrancisDrake.jpg|framed|Sir Francis Drake, c. [[1540]]–[[1596]].]]
    2: ...he first Englishman (and the first of any nationality not on a Spanish ship) to [[circumnavigation|cir...
    7: ... [[1540]] date is taken from a portrait painted quite late in his life. Francis was the eldest or seco...
    9: ...glish [[Atlantic slave trade|slave-trading]] expeditions.
    12: ...on-Spaniards and their [[Catholicism]]. His hostility is said to have been increased by the incident a...
16. Cabeza de Vaca (4807 bytes)
    5: ...ut later escaped and eventually reached [[Mexico City]].
    7: ... expedition. He declined to travel with the expedition as second in command and jealously refused to ...
    9: ...earlier ''La Relación'' and published under the title ''Comentarios'' (Commentary).
    13: ...ount of the fate of the Pánfilo de Narváez expedition.
    15: He was the lead leader with the Golden Hind, which is the name of the ship t...
17. Francisco Coronado (5090 bytes)
    1: ...her parts of the southwest of what is now the [[United States]]. He was born in [[Salamanca]], [[Spain...
    5: ... gold. He set out in 1540, joined by a large expedition of 335 Spanish, 1,300 Mexican Indian allies, f...
    8: ... the great golden city fray Marcos had described, it was just a simple [[pueblo]] of the [[Zuni]] Indi...
    10: ...41 the demands of his army resulted in conflicts with the Rio Grande Indians that led to the brutal [...
    12: ...ira Indians (later known as [[Wichita (tribe)|Wichita]]) were no rich people at all, the village consi...
18. List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
    1: ...glish language|English]] [[alphabet]]ical [[transliteration]] order (by [[surname]]).
    12: ...[[Ralph Abraham|Ralph H. Abraham]] (USA, [[University of California, Santa Cruz]])
    14: *[[John Couch Adams]] (United Kingdom, [[1819]] - [[1892]])
    16: *[[Maria Gaetana Agnesi]] (Italy, [[1718]] - [[1799]])
    23: *[[Giacomo Albanese]] (Italy, Brazil)
19. List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
    6: *[[Firmin Abauzit]], (1679-1767)
    43: *[[Rogers Albritton]]
    112: *[[Titus Pomponius Atticus]], (110-32 BC)
    163: *[[James Beattie (writer)|James Beattie]], (1735-1803){{fn|C}}{{fn|R}}
    239: *[[Richard-Bevan Braithwaite]], (1900-1990){{fn|O}}
20. Apache (7848 bytes)
    3: ...d tribes of [[Native American]]s, aboriginal inhabitants of [[North America]], who speak an [[Southern...
    8: ...try of these people into the American Southwest, with substantial numbers not present until the early ...
    10: ...r game, and used dogs to pull [[travois]] loaded with their possessions. In April 1541, while traveli...
    12: ... and they have very well-constructed tents, made with tanned and greased cowhides, in which they live ...
    14: ...e Spaniards described Plains dogs as very white, with black spots, and ?''not much larger than water [...

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