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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
89: ...Red]], (c.950-1003), explored and colonized [[Greenland]]
90: ...ríksson]], (born 970), attempted to colonize [[Vinland]], discovered [[the Americas|America]]
131: ...ara Falls]] and the [[Saint Anthony Falls]] (the only [[waterfall]] on the [[Mississippi River|Mississ...
148: ...anish people|Danish]] explorer, Governor of [[Greenland]]
182: ...n]] (the first European to visit [[India]] and to document his travels) - Mary I of Scotland (27810 bytes)
12: She was born at [[Linlithgow Palace]], West Lothian, [[Scotland]], on [[...
14: ...tionable. Females and female lines could inherit only after extinction of male lines.
36: This seemed to Marie to be the only sensible solution to her troubles. In February [...
49: ...eith]] on [[August 19]], [[1561]]. She was still only 18 and, despite her talents, her upbringing had ...
57: ...English royal blood, any child Mary would bear Darnley would have an extremely strong claim to both Ma... - Catherine II of Russia (9308 bytes)
2: ...therine exemplified an "[[enlightened absolutism|enlightened monarch]]."
9: ...ses except the [[serf]]s was created to make this document the law, but she disbanded the commission before ...
13: ...erine proceeded to "Westernize" Russia. However, unlike [[Peter the Great]], Catherine scorned force a...
25: ...e of Svensksund]] (modern-day Ruotsinsalmi in [[Finland]]), July 9-10, 1790. The Russian navy, command...
33: Catherine subscribed to [[the Enlightenment]] and considered herself a "philosopher... - Diana, Princess of Wales (29391 bytes)
22: ...tess Spencer|Raine, Countess of Dartmouth]], the only daughter of the romance novelist [[Barbara Cartl...
36: ...ince Harry of Wales|Prince Henry of Wales]] (commonly called Prince Harry) on [[15 September]] [[1984]...
38: ... suicide attempts did take place, there was certainly a significant risk she would [[miscarriage|misca...
85: ...o needle as it was [[digital]]. The car was certainly travelling much faster than the legal [[speed li...
106: ... spot; it is on a stretch of high-speed road but only has limited visibility ahead in places; and ther... - Marie Antoinette (40871 bytes)
22: ...s-Auguste]] was shy, awkward and distant. He was only a year older than she was and had no sexual or r...
25: ... supposed to do on their wedding night. They had only a very vague idea of sex and this increased the ...
36: ...-Auguste and Marie-Antoinette's life changed suddenly at 3 o'clock in the afternoon of 10th May [[1774...
85: ...me impatient with the jeweller and snapped, "Not only have I never commissioned you to make a jewel &h...
117: ...ds were massacred. She and her ladies-in-waiting only narrowly escaped with their lives before the cro... - Ayn Rand (18001 bytes)
19: ...late [[1925]], however, she was granted a [[Visa (document)|visa]] to visit American relatives. She arrived ...
66: ...s. Many academic philosophers criticize Rand not only for her sweeping denouncements of academic philo...
105: ... vol 2, #2. [http://www.skeptic.com/02.2.shermer-unlikely-cult.html] - Jane Delano (3466 bytes)
12: ...s of the Red Cross and to preserve artifacts that document the history of Red Cross nursing. - Mary, the mother of Jesus (30135 bytes)
13: ...ksgiving (Luke 1:46-56; comp. 1 Sam. 2:1-10) commonly known as the ''[[Magnificat]]''. After three mo...
15: ... for thirty uneventful years. During these years only one event in the history of Jesus is recorded: h...
19: ...hristians that she is again portrayed as the heavenly Woman of Revelation (Revelation 12.1).
41: ...tican.va/archive/hist_councils/ii_vatican_council/documents/vat-ii_const_19641121_lumen-gentium_en.html] des...
43: ...the divinity or humanity of Jesus Christ. So not only would one side affirm that Jesus was indeed God,... - Mary Magdalene (15420 bytes)
18: ... not believe that the Savior said this. For certainly these teachings are of other ideas."
20: ...tly with a woman, in preference to us, and not openly? Are we to turn back and all listen to her? Did ...
31: ... other hand, consider this one person to be, not only the sinner of Luke 7:36-50 but also [[Mary siste...
43: ...eloved Disciple]], to whom the Fourth Gospel commonly called ''[[Gospel of John]]'' is ascribed. The m...
47: ...e]]'' (Eio Books, 2005), similarly sees Mary not only as the author of the [[Gospel of John]], but as ... - Iconography (7643 bytes)
8: ...]] when making a point, just as they might cite a document written by an earlier theologian or [[ecumenical ...
15: ...figures in [[icon]]s are shown with serene, passionless faces, never smiling or angry. This stylized a... - Manuscript (5266 bytes)
1: ...y hand"), strictly speaking, is any [[written]] [[document]] that is put down by hand, in contrast to being ...
3: ...the leaves nor paper were as durable as the metal document in the hot, humid climate. In [[Italy]] some impo...
8: ...pyrus]], and on [[paper]]. In Russia [[birch bark documents]] as old as from the 11th century have survived.... - Printing (4400 bytes)
21: A [[document]] can also be printed by a [[laser printer]], [[I... - Seal (device) (5951 bytes)
2: ...ession printed on, embossed upon, or affixed to a document (or any other object) in order to authenticate it...
6: ...ave to separate the cords to attach it to another document, which would destroy the seal as well because the...
8: ...led [[letters secret]]. Seals are no longer commonly used in this way, except for ceremonial purposes...
23: ...me and a motto, are used to authenticate official documents. Seals are so important in East Asia that forei... - Definitions of music (17609 bytes)
1: ... euphonious and pleasing sound" to only a printed document showing how a piece is to be performed (as in [[s...
8: ... mundana]], [[musica instrumentalis]]. Of those, only the last - musica instrumentalis - referred to m...
17: ...or Jarawa. Many other languages have terms which only partly cover what Europeans mean by the term "mu...
19: In Czech, ''hudba'' is instrumental music and only by implication vocal music. Some languages in We...
31: Another commonly held definition of music holds that music must b... - Map (10223 bytes)
11: ...epresentations of the world, they are not neutral documents and must be carefully interpreted. It's of cour...
23: ...in such a way that you cannot read them properly unless you put the imperial palace above your head.
43: ... soil type or land use. Geological maps show not only the physical surface, but characteristics of the...
54: #enlarging the same map without enlarging the [[pixel]]s, hence show more detail
55: #enlarging the same map with the pixels enlarged (replaced by rectangles of pixels); no addit... - Cartography (10500 bytes)
11: ...hy]] because he wrote ''Geographia'', in which he documented and criticized the works of others (most of who...
17: *Some stars can only be seen from certain parts of the earth.
25: ...]. This would, in turn, eventually lead to [[the Enlightenment]] a concern for scientific accuracy and...
34: ...screens, plotters, printers, scanners (remote and document) and analytic stereo plotters along with visualiz... - John Adams (18716 bytes)
39: ...ence|Declaration of Independence]]. Although that document was, by the request of the committee, written by ...
52: Partly for this reason, Adams received only thirty-four out of sixty-nine votes in the [[U.S...
57: ...ers of opposing [[political party|parties]]. The only other time this would happen would be when [[Abr... - Andrew Jackson (23546 bytes)
38: ... holding federal offices found that they had suddenly been replaced by supporters of Jackson who had w...
65: ... of New Echota]] with Jackson's administration, a document of dubious legality that was rejected by most Che...
73: ... considerable pain for the rest of his life. His only child was an adopted son, Andrew, Jr. In his wil...
83: ...etween the two was also the basis of a successful documentary by the [[Public Broadcasting System]], called ...
101: ...It is a damn poor mind indeed which can think of only one way to spell a word." - Papyrus (5819 bytes)
2: ...editerranean| Mediterranean]] region, as well as inland parts of [[Europe]] and south-west [[Asia]].
15: ...d by the eruption of [[Mount Vesuvius]], but has only been partially excavated.
19: ...re 1057 for a papal decree and 1087 for an Arabic document. Papyrus was used as late as the 1100s in the [[B... - Elephantine (3346 bytes)
15: ...oh [[Psammetichus I]] in his Nubian campaign. The documents cover the period 495-399 BCE.
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