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- Jacques Cartier (8139 bytes)
3: ... was a French [[Exploration|explorer]] who is popularly thought of as one of the major discoverers of ...
9: Very little information is available on Cartier's character and personality but his...
13: ...é|Gaspé, Quebec]] where he planted a cross and claimed the territory for France. During this trip he...
15: ==Second Voyage 1535-1536==
17: ...uch more impressive than the small and squalid village of Stadacona, more than a thousand Hurons came ... - Margaret I of Denmark (7423 bytes)
2: ...k|Valdemar IV of Denmark]] and Helvig of Sonderjylland. She married, at the age of ten, King [[Haakon ...
4: ...s nobles were already in arms against their unpopular king, [[Albert of Mecklenburg]].
6: ...all Margaret's conditions, elected her "Sovereign Lady and Ruler", and engaged to accept from her any ...
10: ...Albrect failing to pay his ransom within the stipulated time, the Hansa surrendered Stockholm to Marga...
12: ...try should retain exclusive possession of its own laws and customs and be administered by its own dign... - Mary I of England (24813 bytes)
3: ...x|'''Mary I''' <br><small>Queen of England and Ireland</small>]]
8: ...es reversed by her successor, [[Elizabeth I of England|Elizabeth I]].
10: ...th her first cousin, once removed [[Mary I of Scotland|Mary I, Queen of Scots]], who lived at approxim...
13: ...d to produce a healthy son; Catherine's sixth and last child was a stillborn daughter.
15: ... was herself the Princess Mary's first teacher in Latin. - Mary I of Scotland (27810 bytes)
2: ...[Image:stuart.jpg|thumb|right|140px|Mary I of Scotland; known as Mary, Queen of Scots]]
5: {{House of Stewart(Scotland)}}
7: ...''Mary, Queen of Scots,''' was the ruler of [[Scotland]] from [[December 14]], [[1542]] – [[July...
9: ...ith her first cousin once removed, [[Mary I of England]] ("Bloody Mary"), who lived at approximately t...
12: ...[[December 8]], [[1542]] to King [[James V of Scotland]] and his French wife, [[Marie de Guise]]. - Slovakia (19892 bytes)
1: ...9; border: 1px #aaaaaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"
6: ...th=140px | [[Image:Slovakia flag large.png|125px|Flag of Slovakia]]
9: | align=center width=140px | ([[Flag of Slovakia|In Detail]])
16: | '''[[Official language]]'''
17: | [[Slovak language|Slovak]] - Barbados (21887 bytes)
1: ... about 434.5 km (270 miles) northeast of [[Venezuela]].
3: ...rts of the island's interior are also dotted with large sugarcane estates and wide [[pastures]] with m...
5: ...], the #1 developing country in the world. The island is a major tourist destination.
9: ...doid-Barrancoid—lived in isolation on the island.
11: ...bor]] on [[plantation]]s. Other Caribs fled the island, moving elsewhere. - United Kingdom (37269 bytes)
5: ...= United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland |
7: image_flag = uk flag large.png |
10: ... [[Dieu et mon droit]] (Royal motto)<br>([[French language|French]]: God and my right)''<sup>2</sup></...
12: ...Languages in the United Kingdom|None]]; [[English language|English]] ''[[de facto]]'' <sup>4</sup> |
14: latd=51|latm=30|latNS=N|longd=0|longm=7|longEW=W| - New Mexico (31079 bytes)
4: Flag = New Mexico state flag.png |
5: Flaglink = [[Flag of New Mexico]] |
8: Nickname = Land of Enchantment |
11: LargestCity = [[Albuquerque, New Mexico|Albuquerque]...
13: PostalAbbreviation = NM | - List of people by name: Y (12717 bytes)
5: *[[Laloo Prasad Yadav|Yadav, Laloo Prasad]] (born 1948), [[India]]n politician
7: ...nder Nikolaevich Yakovlev|Yakovlev, Alexander Nikolaevich]] (born 1923)
12: ...ander Yakushev|Yakushev, Alexander]], ice hockey player
21: ...i]] (1885-1946), Japanese lieutenant general in Malaya, Singapore and the Philippines
31: ...onal Basketball Association|NBA]] [[Basketball]] player, [[Houston Rockets]] - Nicolaus Copernicus (26283 bytes)
1: [[image:copernicus.jpg|right|frame|Nicolaus Copernicus]]
3: ...over the traditional [[geocentric theory]] (that placed [[Earth]] at the center of the [[Universe]]), ...
7: ...s Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip Art]]]
8: ...cle, [[Lucas Watzenrode]], a church [[canon]] and later the [[Prince-Bishop]] governor of [[Warmia]], ...
10: ...r, while studying [[canon law|canon]] and [[civil law]] at [[Ferrara]], he met his teacher [[Domenico ... - Gerardus Mercator (3294 bytes)
7: ...1512]] – [[December 2]], [[1594]]) was a [[Flanders|Flemish]] [[cartographer]] of German descent...
9: ...another map of the world ([[1538]]) and a map of Flanders ([[1540]]). During this period he learned [[...
15: .... Maps of [[France]], [[Germany]] and the [[Netherlands]] were added in [[1585]] and of the [[Balkan]]...
17: The Mercatormuseum in [[Sint-Niklaas]], [[Belgium]] features exhibits about Mercator...
20: ...Mercator: The Man Who Mapped the Planet'' by Nicholas Crane, ISBN 0805066241, Henry Holt & Company, In... - Erasmus (18332 bytes)
1: ...icture provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipart]]]
2: ...66]] – [[July 12]], [[1536]]) was a [[Netherlands|Dutch]] [[humanism|humanist]] and [[theology|t...
6: ...by his parents till their early death from the [[plague]] in [[1483]], and then given the best educati...
8: ...]]. At the [[University of Cambridge]], he was [[Lady Margaret's Professor of Divinity]], and had the...
10: ...he had a less active association with Italian scholars than might have been expected. - Hernando de Soto (explorer) (19418 bytes)
1: ...o|Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipart]]]
2: ...sco Pizarro]] in [[Peru]]. Later, de Soto led the largest expedition of the 16th and 17th century thro...
5: ...ccompanied [[Pedrarias]] to the Spanish colonies, landing in [[Panama]]. His only possessions then wer...
6: ...on and defeated Gonzales's army. As a result, Davilas leadership was secured and de Soto gained his fa...
7: ... connection by sea between the [[Atlantic Ocean|Atlantic]] and the [[Pacific Ocean]]. - Cabeza de Vaca (4807 bytes)
3: ... head there. In the prologue to his great story relating his shipwreck and wanderings in North America...
5: ...lorers termed ''Malhado'', or Island of Doom) but later escaped and eventually reached [[Mexico City]]...
7: ...s later published in 1542, under the title ''La Relación'' (The Report). Cabeza de Vaca desired to s...
9: ...outh America, which bound with his earlier ''La Relación'' and published under the title ''Comentario...
18: ...ative of Cabeza De Vaca.'' Translation of ''La Relacion'' by Rolena Adorno and Patrick Charles Pautz.... - History of Slovakia (43199 bytes)
5: ...hese ancient tools were made by the [[Clactonian|Clactonian technique]], and are a potent reminder of ...
7: ...] (c. 200,000 BCE), discovered near Gᮯvce, a village in Northern Slovakia.
9: ...ravany nad Vᨯm near Pieštany. Numerous necklaces made of shells from Cypraca thermophile [[Gast...
11: ...n more surprisingly, in the northern regions at relatively high altitudes, give evidence of human habi...
17: ==Early history of the pre-Slavic inhabitants== - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
7: *[[Nicola Abbagnano]], (1901-1990)
10: *[[Pierre Ab鬡rd]] (or ''Peter Abelard''), (1079-1142){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R}}
23: *[[Adelard of Bath]], (12th century){{fn|C}}
31: *[[Rodolphus Agricola]], (1443-1485){{fn|R}}
37: *[[Alain de Lille]], (c. 1128-1202) - Inca Empire (25571 bytes)
4: ...d short-lived: by [[1533]] CE, [[Atahualpa]], the last Inca, was killed on the orders of the [[Conquis...
6: ...yu was Quechua, although over seven hundred local languages were spoken. The Inca leadership encourage...
17: ...e valley of Cuzco where they founded their new village. There Manco became their leader and became kno...
19: ...and [[Mama Ocllo]] to emerge from the depths of [[Lake Titicaca]] and found the city of Cuzco. They tr...
21: ...evidence seems to indicate that the Inca were a relatively unimportant tribe until the time of Sinchi ... - Knights Hospitaller (26158 bytes)
1: ...om [[Rhodes]], of which it was [[sovereign]], and later from [[Malta]] as a [[vassal]] state under the...
5: ...n Christian pilgrims traveling to visit the birthplace of [[Jesus]]. It was served by [[Benedictine]] ...
9: ... forts and 140 other estates in the area. The two largest of these, their bases of power in the Kingdo...
15: ...hey also gained control a number of neighboring islands, as well as the Anatolian ports of [[Bodrum]] ...
17: ...]], [[Aragon]], [[Castile]], [[Germany]] and [[England]]). The English prior at the time was Philip Th... - Computer display (4276 bytes)
1: ...omponent of a [[computer terminal]], computer displays have long since become standardized peripherals...
4: ...different [[hardware]] technologies exist for displaying the actual image:
7: * [[Liquid crystal display]] (LCD). They can receive TV and computer bands ...
8: * [[Plasma display]] (rarely seen)
11: ...rom 640 by 480 [[pixel]]s (640״80) up to 2048 by 1536 pixels (2048ױ536) with 32-bit colour and a varie... - Chile (39914 bytes)
9: image_flag = Chile flag large.png |
12: ...''Por la razón o la fuerza''<br>([[Spanish language|Spanish]]: "By right or might") |
14: official_languages = [[Spanish language|Spanish]] |
16: latd=33|latm=26|latNS=S|longd=70|longm=40|longEW=W|
19: leader_names = [[Ricardo Lagos]] |
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