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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
1: ...sion]]). For the science fiction book, see [[Expedition (book)]].''
14: *[[Charles Albanel]] (1616-1696), Canada
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]] - Artemisia Gentileschi (23093 bytes)
1: ...udith.jpg|right|thumb|250px|''[[Book of Judith|Judith]] Beheading [[Holofernes]]'' (1612-21) Oil on ca...
10: ...a]] school (which had [[Annibale Carracci]] among its major artists).
12: ...is promise and Orazio reported Tassi to the authorities.
14: ... can tell the same story under torture as without it, the story must be true. At the end of the trial ...
16: ...ditta che decapita Oloferne]]'' (''"Giuditta decapitating Oloferne"'') ([[1612]]-13), stored in the [[... - Guyana (12153 bytes)
1: ...uted, as is the most southern part of the border with Suriname (upper Corentyne river).
20: | '''[[Capital]]'''
34: <br> - [[Population density|Density]]
41: | From the [[United Kingdom]]
62: ...three became a single British colony known as [[British Guiana]] in [[1831]]. - Israel (51605 bytes)
1: ...ares the coastlines of the [[Mediterranean Sea|Mediterranean]], the [[Gulf of Aqaba]] (also known as G...
14: capital = [[Jerusalem]]<sup>[[#Footnotes|1]]</sup> |
17: leader_titles = [[Prime Minister]]<br>[[President]] |
19: largest_city = [[Jerusalem]] |
22: area_magnitude = 1 E10 | - United Kingdom (37269 bytes)
5: native_name = United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland |
6: common_name = the United Kingdom |
9: image_map = LocationUnitedKingdom.png |
10: national_motto = [[Dieu et mon droit]] (Royal motto)<br>([[French language|French]]: G...
12: official_languages = [[Languages in the United Kingdom|None]]; [[English language|English]] ''... - 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]]-) - Dynasties in Chinese history (8665 bytes)
7: ...ina was divided for long periods of its history, with different regions being ruled over by different ...
9: ...as established in [[1636]] (or even [[1616]], albeit under a different name), while the last Ming dyna...
11: ...ory''' of the dynasty, and '''E''' for a table of its '''emperors''' (or other rulers).
57: ''traditionally divided into''<br>
259: ...mpare with [[List of British monarchs#Mnemonics|British monarchs mnemonics]].) - Galileo Galilei (33761 bytes)
2: ...thority and [[freedom of thought]], particularly with [[science]], in [[Western society]].
5: Galileo was born in [[Pisa]], [[Italy]], as the son of [[Vincenzo Galilei]], a mathe...
7: ...ved to the [[University of Padua]], and served on its faculty teaching [[geometry]], [[mechanics]], an...
10: ...ted to the rejection of blind allegiance to authority (like the Church) or other thinkers (such as [[A...
12: ...rements of time, which appeared to be impossible with the technology of the [[1600s]]. According to Ko... - Francis Bacon (16741 bytes)
2: ...'Viscount St Albans''' in [[1621]]; both peerage titles becoming extinct upon his death.
4: ...context of his time, such methods were connected with occult trends of [[hermeticism]] and [[alchemy]...
8: ...of Sir Nicholas, a member of the Reformed or [[Puritan]] Church, and a daughter of Sir Anthony Cooke, ...
10: ...3 at the age of 13, living for three years there with his older brother [[Anthony Bacon]].
14: ..., which seemed barren, disputatious, and wrong in its objectives. - Dentistry (9670 bytes)
2: ...mb|250px|[[X-ray]]s can reveal if a person has cavities]]
3: ...al experience working with actual patients' [[dentition]]. The patron saint of dentists is [[Saint Apo...
7: In [[Australia]], graduating dentists have either a B.D.S. (Bachelor of Dental Surgery) or B.D.S...
9: ...registration. In the UK a dentist must register with the G.D.C. ([http://www.gdc-uk.org General Denta...
11: In the [[United States]], dentists obtain either a [[D.D.S.(Doctor of Dental Surgery)]] or [[D.... - Tycho Brahe (17516 bytes)
3: ...rg]] built, which became an early "[[research institute]]". For purposes of [[publication]], he owned ...
8: ...amily which had produced leading churchmen and politicians.
10: ...his parents attempt to get him back. Tycho lived with his childless uncle and aunt, J? Brahe and [[Ing...
12: ...n August 21, [[1560]], particularly the fact that it had been predicted, that so impressed him that he...
14: ...m disagree. What's needed is a long term project with the aim of mapping the heavens conducted from a ... - Baldassare Castiglione (7242 bytes)
8: He was born in [[Mantua]], [[Italy]] to an ancient family from [[Lombardy]] that ...
10: ...in Milan of Louis XII. For Gonzaga he travelled quite often; during one of his missions to [[Rome]], h...
13: ...ural life that produced a brilliant literary activity.
15: ... echoes of both ancient and contemporary poetry, with recalls [[Vergil]], [[Poliziano]], [[Sannazzaro]...
17: ...ar to diplomacy, though in a literary form, like with [[Ludovico da Canossa]]. - William Shakespeare (28915 bytes)
1: ... famous [[Chandos portrait]], artist and authenticity unconfirmed.]]
2: ...ht]], has a reputation as the greatest of all [[writer]]s in the [[English language]], as well as one ...
4: ...th of human emotions. A colossal figure in world literature, Shakespeare's legacy and influence contin...
6: ...hakespeare wrote his works between [[1588]] and [[1616]], although the exact dates and [[Chronology of S...
8: ...f titles of works based on Shakespearean phrases|titles of works based on Shakespearean phrases]], and... - Pirate Ship (44502 bytes)
1: ...-state actors, authorized by their national authorities, until this form of [[commerce raiding]] was o...
3: == Definition ==
4: ...net/article/piracy-challenges-global-governance |title=Piracy challenges global governance |date=2009-...
10: ...d as [[slave]]s.<ref>[http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Parliament/2587/trade.html Phoenician Econo...
12: ...f superiority and good cheer throughout his captivity. When the pirates decided to demand a ransom of ... - Francis Drake (14963 bytes)
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...
13: ...couraged Drake's raids, signed a temporary truce with King [[Philip II of Spain]], and so was unable t... - Rene Descartes (17976 bytes)
1: ...sequent western philosophy is a reaction to his writings, which have been closely studied from his tim...
2: [[Image:Rene-Descartes-portrait-photo-image-crca.jpg|thumb|400px|Rene Descartes I...
4: ...at he will write on his topic "as if no one had written on these matters before". Nevertheless, many e...
6: ...of the [[electronic computer]] and by the possibility of [[machine intelligence]], blossomed into, e.g...
8: His most famous statement is ''[[Cogito ergo sum]]'' (''I think, therefore I am.''). - Inquisition (9274 bytes)
1: ...ressing [[heresy]]. Its actions and interactions with the local governments are subjects of considerab...
5: ...man Empire]]) were able to then focus on dealing with heresy, and those whose beliefs or practices dev...
7: ...sicrucians]]. Efforts to suppress heresies were initially ''ad hoc.'' But in the [[Middle Ages]] a per...
11: ... [[Portuguese Inquisition]] and the [[Roman Inquisition]].
13: ===[[Medieval Inquisition]]=== - Alchemy (42222 bytes)
1: ...hemy is the [[transmutation]] of any metal into either [[gold]] or [[silver]].
2: ... well be powder or liquid as a stone, had the ability to do both. The third goal was creating human li...
8: ... word, not Coptic, and have been later connected with ancient Egypt through what linguists term a "[[f...
11: ... instead on [[rule of thumb|rules of thumb]], traditions, basic observations, and mysticism to fill in...
13: ...eferring to the spiritual development of the practitioner as well as a material meaning connected to p... - Samuel de Champlain (12497 bytes)
3: ... of explorers|explorer]] and founder of [[Quebec City]]. He was also integral in opening [[North Ameri...
7: ... 15]], [[1603]] as part of a [[fur trading]] expedition. Although he had no official assignment on the...
9: ...bitation at Port-Royal]] (which had been located with Champlain's assistance), where Champlain lived u...
11: ==Founding of Quebec City==
13: ...ying Quebec City (which he referred to as his "Habitation") became one of his passions, which he embar... - Baffin Bay (763 bytes)
3: ... is 1,130 km (700 mi) across from north to south. It is not navigable most of the year because of the ...
5: ...ic through several narrow channels of [[Nares Strait]]. These channels are covered year-round by the p...
7: ...fin]], the first person to navigate the bay, in [[1616]].
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