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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
1: ... [[travelogue]], the [[History of Science and Technology]] and [[Biography]]. Also, see [[Internationa...
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17: ...st at the [[South Pole]], first to navigate the [[Northwest Passage]] in a single ship
22: ...y]]/[[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of [[North America]])
26: *[[Heinrich Barth]] ([[1821]]-[[1865]]), Northern and Central Africa - Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
7: ...nd [[King of Ireland|Queen of Ireland]] from [[17 November]] [[1558]] until her death. Sometimes refer...
9: ...d political views; and English colonisation of [[North America]] took place under [[Walter Raleigh|Si...
11: ...nce in the granting of [[British honours system|honours and dignities]]. Only eight peerage dignities,...
13: [[Virginia]], an English [[13 colonies|colony in North America]] and afterwards a member of the [[Uni...
18: ...rnowne, who was often referred to as "Kat". Chapernowne developed a close relationship with Elizabeth ... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
17: *[[Pierre-Auguste Renoir]], ([[1841]]-[[1919]]), French [[Impressionism|...
47: *[[Cristofano Allori]] ([[1577]]-[[1621]])
93: *[[Vladimir Baranoff-Rossine]] ([[1888]]-[[1944]])
108: *[[Jacopo Bassano]] (ca.[[1510]]-[[1592]])
137: *[[Alexander Benois]] ([[1870]]-[[1960]]) - Johannes Kepler (17038 bytes)
2: ...[[mathematician]] and [[astrologer]]. He is best known for his [[Kepler's laws of planetary motion|law...
6: ... renamed [[Johannes Kepler University Linz]] in honor of Johannes Kepler, since he wrote his ''magnum ...
9: ... City|Imperial Free City]] of [[Weil der Stadt]] (now part of the [[Stuttgart Region]] in the German s...
13: ...k at it." At age nine, he observed another astronomical event, the [[Lunar eclipse]] of [[1580]], re...
15: ...he vacant post of teacher of mathematics and astronomy at the Protestant school in Graz, Austria. He ... - Francis Bacon (16741 bytes)
4: ...[[Baconian method]]''. Induction implies drawing knowledge from the natural world through experimentat...
21: ...rvice to his country, and service to the church. Knowing that a prestigious post would aid him toward ...
23: ...ent, into the enjoyment of which, however, he did not enter until 1608.
25: ...y sold for ?1800, equivalent to a much larger sum now.
29: ...ough he had no commission or warrant and received no salary. His relationship with the queen also impr... - History of California (38344 bytes)
3: ...ter European colonization means that most of the known '''history of California''' begins with Europea...
5: ...digious oil fields, and finally with its high-technology leadership.
11: ...ng pathway even for the earliest inhabitants of [[North America]]. The remains of [[Arlington Springs ...
13: ...el]] shells using stone tools, while those in the northern [[Cascade Range]] traded [[obsidian]], used...
19: ...tanejo|Ciguatan]], a wonderful country far to the northwest, populated with [[Amazons|Amazonish women]... - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
1: '''[[Philosopher]]s''' ''(and non-philosophers important in the history of philoso...
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5: *[[Pietro d'Abano]], (1250?-1316)
7: *[[Nicola Abbagnano]], (1901-1990)
25: *[[Theodor Adorno]], (1903-1969){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R}} - Christmas tree (16574 bytes)
2: ...ion of [[Christmas]], the '''Christmas tree''' is normally an [[evergreen]] [[conifer]] [[tree]] that ...
11: ...19th century, the custom became popular among the nobility and spread to royal courts as far as Russia...
15: ...en [[Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz]], but did not spread much beyond the royal family until the ro...
17: ...o January. In Europe, private Christmas trees are not usually put up until at least the middle of Dece...
19: ...ift from the city of [[Bergen, Norway|Bergen]], [[Norway]] in thanks for the part played by soldiers f... - Lettuce (5469 bytes)
5: ...obox_divisio_entry | taxon = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]}}
6: {{Taxobox_classis_entry | taxon = [[Magnoliopsida]]}}
12: ...x_section_binomial_botany | color = lightgreen| binomial_name = Lactuca sativa | author = [[Carolus Li...
25: ... male virility. As any vegetable gardener will know the lettuce can bolt or serge vertically upwards...
29: ...ing or the end of a meal. An ancient dietician known as Galen from Pergamon would eat the plant to a... - Opera (25153 bytes)
9: ...atura]], ''soubrette'', spinto, and dramatic soprano, which associate the singer's voice with the role...
11: ...ialogue and plot-driving passages often sung in a non-melodic style characteristic of opera, and [[ari...
20: ...he word dates from around 1597. It is ''Dafne'', (now lost) written by [[Jacopo Peri]] largely under t...
22: ...ation of principles it associated with a mixed-up notion of antiquity.
24: ...e present instrumentalists. The intermedi tended not to tell a story as such, although they occasiona...
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