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- Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
5: ...as John Cabot) was first to reach the American mainland (which Columbus did not reach until his third ...
9: Unlike the voyage of the Scandinavians, Columbus's vo...
46: ...vered less space on the earth's surface than commonly believed. Finally, Columbus read maps as if the ...
69: ... vast interior of the North and South American mainlands would of course be largely mapped with the le...
74: ...s; her tenderness for her new subjects would be a thorn in conquistadors' plans for years. Columbus also ... - Madagascar (29377 bytes)
2: ...[lemur]]s. Madagascar and [[Mauritania]] are the only countries not to use a [[decimal currency]].
66: ...tion in [[March]] [[1972]]. However, he resigned only 2 months later in response to massive [[antigove...
68: ...year presidential term. For much of this period, only limited and restrained political opposition was ...
111: .... It is also mentioned that the communes are the only entities that are operational, and there will be...
169: ...cal dry broadleaf forests|tropical dry forests]], thorn forests, and [[deserts and xeric shrublands]]. - South Africa (40100 bytes)
9: ...is [[List of national languages of India|second only to India]] in number. As a result, there are man...
17: ...guages. The South African passport currently has only French and English on the front cover and lists ...
50: ...inimum age for voting in South Africa is 18, and unlike most other nations, [[permanent resident]]s as...
70: ...ica)|Democratic Alliance]] party, which received only 12.4 percent of the vote. The formerly dominant ...
105: ...o South Africa was extinguished ruthlessly until only small patches remained. Currently, South African... - St. Peter's Basilica (17805 bytes)
31: ...cedil;ade and the interior is the [[portico]]. Mainly designed by Maderno, it contains an [[18th centu...
33: ...ico Consorti]] ([[1950]]), which is by tradition only opened for great celebrations such as [[Jubilee ...
89: ...ment''', which is open during religious services only. Inside it is a tabernacle on the altar resembli...
95: ...religion, who holds her foot atop a globe, with a thorn piercing her toe from the [[British Isles]], symb... - Samburu (2862 bytes)
1: ...asai]]. They are semi-nomadic pastoralists who mainly herd cattle but also keep sheep, goats and camel...
3: ...mburu district was once a large part of the NDF. Only government officials were allowed to enter and i...
8: ...n the centre. The circle of huts is surrounded by thorn bush fence. - Maya civilization (25116 bytes)
18: ...ld, hence the name bestowed on this era. We have only hints of the advanced [[painting]] of the classi...
33: ...n, while interior space was entirely secondary. Only in the Late Post-Classic era did the great Maya ...
37: ...pliable enough to be worked with stone tools ... only hardening once removed from its bed. In additio...
41: ... as actual stone carvings used as a facade. Commonly, these would continue uninterrupted around an en...
48: These were commonly limestone platforms of typically less than four ... - Sargon II of Assyria (8855 bytes)
18: ... Musasir was annexed. Sargon claims to have lost only one charioteer, 2 horsemen and three couriers on...
22: ...tt-el-Arab]] (though as he seems to have proven a thorn in the side of Sennacherib later on, this might n... - Christmas tree (16574 bytes)
5: ...hristmastime. A branch of flowering [[Glastonbury thorn]] is still sent annually for the Queen's Christma...
11: ...rity along the lower Rhine, and was spread there only by [[Prussian]] officials who were moved there i...
26: ...ies in other [[genus|genera]] are also used. Commonly used species in Northern [[Europe]] (including t...
44: ...se trees is low. These trees must be kept inside only for a few days, as the warmth will bring them ou...
55: ...hey were made the same way, using animal hair (mainly [[pig]] bristles) and later [[plastic]] bristles... - Maya (24836 bytes)
18: ...ld, hence the name bestowed on this era. We have only hints of the advanced [[painting]] of the classi...
33: ...n, while interior space was entirely secondary. Only in the Late Post-Classic era did the great Maya ...
37: ...pliable enough to be worked with stone tools ... only hardening once removed from its bed. In additio...
41: ... as actual stone carvings used as a facade. Commonly, these would continue uninterrupted around an en...
48: These were commonly limestone platforms of typically less than four ... - Hernán Cortés (42809 bytes)
2: ...e Aztec empire]] and brought large portions of mainland [[Mexico]] under the [[Crown of Castile|King o...
4: ...elected captain of the third expedition to the mainland, an expedition which he partly funded. His enm...
10: ...ll equally correct. The latter two were most commonly used during his lifetime, but the former shorten...
20: ... of a sixteen-year-old boy who had returned home only to find himself frustrated by life in his small ...
26: ...here of Spain's southern ports of Cadiz, Palos, Sanlucai, and Seville, listening to the tales of those... - Weed control (16617 bytes)
10: ...lings of fat hen that appear in late summer will only produce small plants. [[Chickweed]] (''Stellaria...
21: ...o all but a very hard freeze, and even that will only kill it back briefly. By feeding an array of pol...
35: ...e ground. Removal of the complete taproot is the only sure remedy.
47: * '''Contact''' herbicides destroy only that plant tissue in contact with the chemical s...
64: ... [[broom]], [[gorse|furze]] and [[Spine (biology)|thorn]]s. The first may be destroyed by frequent plowin...
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