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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 - Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
1: ...' in [[Portuguese]]) was most probably [[Genova|Genoese]], although some historians claim he could hav...
3: ...windless regions. Although his explorations were not the first to reach the Americas, they inaugurate...
5: ... two decades later, the existence of America was known to the general public throughout Europe. This i...
7: ..., including the isles of Juana ([[Cuba]]) and Espanola ([[Hispaniola]]), as well as the coasts of [[Ce...
11: ...ope, and slavery in the [[West Indies]]. Others honour him for the massive boost his explorations gave... - Condoleezza Rice (23116 bytes)
16: |[[November 14]], [[1954]]
27: '''Condoleezza "Condi" Rice''' (born [[November 14]] [[1954]]), is the second [[United Stat...
29: ...[United States Senate|U.S. Senate]] confirmed her nomination by a vote of 85-13, and she was sworn in ...
34: ...olumbia University]], writes, "Birmingham had one notably rich black family, the Gastons, who were in ...
37: ...s non-minorities [http://www.racematters.org/lessononlifecondoleezzarice.htm]. - George Washington (29551 bytes)
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14: ...ace of death=[[Mount Vernon (plantation)|Mount Vernon]], [[Virginia]]
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19: ...r of the Nation|Father of his Country]]'''<sup>[[#Notes|1]]</sup>, was an [[United States|American]] g...
24: ... on the Gregorian (new style) calendar date. Also note that the English year began on [[March 25]] ([[... - Guyana (12153 bytes)
1: ...Brazil]], to the west by [[Venezuela]] and to the north by the [[Atlantic Ocean]]. The border with Ven...
62: ...1814]]. The three became a single British colony known as [[British Guiana]] in [[1831]].
64: ...Portugal]] to work the sugar plantations. This ethnocultural divide has persisted and has on occasion ...
68: *[[Forbes Burnham]] 1966 - 1985
78: ... minister]] and other ministers. The president is not directly elected; each party presenting a slate ... - Babe Ruth (55357 bytes)
2: ...d also commonly known by the nicknames ''The Bambino'' and ''The Sultan of Swat'', was an American [[b...
4: ...pelled other teams to follow suit, breaking the monopoly of the "inside game" that had been the primar...
9: ...perate attempt to bring the boy into line, but to no avail. He was finally sent to St. Mary's Industri...
14: ...anager of the minor-league [[Baltimore Orioles (minor league)|Baltimore Orioles]], and the man often c...
15: ...ced a team in Baltimore, across the street from minor league Orioles, and the competition hit Orioles'... - West Virginia (24258 bytes)
11: Governor = [[Joe Manchin]] |
36: ...tates|Southern state]] of the [[United States]], known as ''The Mountain State.''
38: ... during the [[American Civil War]]. The state is noted for its [[coal]] mining heritage, and union or...
40: ...een Bank Telescope]] at the [[National Radio Astronomy Observatory]].
42: ... [[USS West Virginia|USS ''West Virginia'']] in honor of this state. - French and Indian War (5652 bytes)
1: ...sulted in France's loss of all its possessions in North America except for some Caribbean islands and ...
3: ==Nomenclature==
5: ...s conquered by the British and became part of the North American portion of the [[British Empire]].
7: ==Series of North American conflicts, 1600-1700s==
9: ...r Indian allies, following the conflicts known in North America as [[King William's War]] ([[1689]]-[[... - Pittsburgh Pirates (16589 bytes)
6: ... Allegheny. Ballclub was sometimes dubbed the ''Innocents'' during the 1880s. In [[1891]], after being...
11: :'''Wild Card titles won''' (0): ''none''
19: ...ete games, winning three of them; but it was not enough. With largely the same star players, the Pirat...
21: ...fielder [[Max Carey]] and young players [[Pie Traynor]] and [[Kiki Cuyler]], along with a steady if un...
23: The post-[[World War II]] years were not kind to the Pirates, despite the presence of a g... - Underground Railroad (17993 bytes)
2: ...attempted to escape to [[free state]]s, or as far north as [[Canada]], with the aid of [[abolitionists...
10: ...ans]], as well as breakaway sects of mainstream denominations such as the [[Free Methodist]]s and [[Am...
12: === Terminology ===
16: *guides were known as "conductors"
23: ...n of the word <i>via</i> indicated that they were not sent on the regular train, but rather via Readin... - Warren G. Harding (30163 bytes)
9: | date of birth=[[November 2]], [[1865]]
18: ... as [[Lieutenant Governor of Ohio|Lieutenant Governor]] ([[1903]]–[[1905]]).
20: ...d hands-off [[laissez-faire]] policies both on economic and social policy. Plagued by scandals in his ...
23: ... near [[Blooming Grove, Ohio|Corsica]], [[Ohio]] (now [[Blooming Grove, Ohio|Blooming Grove]]) in [[Mo...
29: ...ing. He opposed the marriage vigorously and would not speak to his daughter or son-in-law for eight ye... - Charles Babbage (13539 bytes)
8: ...nd was an Oxford tutor from whom Charles learned enough of the Classics to be accepted to Cambridge.
12: ...to graduate with honors. He instead received an honorary degree without examination in 1814.
16: ...in [[Teignmouth]], [[Devon]]. Charles' father did not approve of the marriage. The couple lived happil...
26: *Alexander Forbes Babbage (born [[1827]])
36: .../Mathematicians/Babbage.html] It calculated [[polynomial]]s using a numerical method called the [[Diff... - Frederick Cook (12772 bytes)
2: ...an]], noted for his claim of having reached the [[North Pole]] on April 21, 1908, a year before [[Robe...
9: ...d his [[M.D.]] in 1890. In 1889 he married Libby Forbes, who died in childbirth in 1890. On his 37th bir...
13: ...ing the winter. A fellow crew-member was [[Norway|Norwegian]] explorer [[Roald Amundsen]], with whom h...
24: ...that Cook and he had turned back at the Gateway. No evidence of Cook's presence between the Gateway a...
26: ==North Pole== - Boise, Idaho (9777 bytes)
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28: ...es (especially those unfamiliar with the area) pronounce the name "BOY-zee". See [[list of words of di...
36: Originally known as Fort Boise, Boise was incorporated under a c...
44: ... about 20,000. There is a large Basque festival (known as [[Jaialdi]]) once every 5 years, and a vibra...
49: [[Image:Owyhee Mountains.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Reynolds Creek Experimental Watershed in the Owyhee Mou... - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
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9: *[[Niels Henrik Abel]] (Norway, [[1802]] - [[1829]])
31: *[[Anthemius of Tralles]] (Constantinople c. [[474]] - c. [[534]])
34: *[[Apollonius of Perga]] (Asia Minor, [[265 BC|265 B.C.]] - [[170 BC|170 B.C.]])
41: *[[Vladimir Igorevich Arnol'd]] ([[1937]] - ) - Tutankhamun (15224 bytes)
2: ...341 BC]] – [[1323 BC]]), during the period known as the [[New Kingdom]]. His original name, Tuta...
4: ...utankhamun (or "'''King Tut'''") is perhaps best known to modern westerners as the only pharaoh to hav...
8: ...e was a young adult when he died. Again, there is no consensus among Egyptologists as to his age when ...
10: ...s were made, it is generally thought that most if not all the responsibility for them falls on his viz...
12: ...amun ending, becoming Ankhesenamun. They had two known children, both stillborn – their mummies ... - Roman clothing (10346 bytes)
6: ...ilk]], imported from several locations also was known.
9: ...from the [[byssus]] or fibres produced by ''Pinna noblis'', a large Mediterranean seashell.
11: ...Forbes, their wool contained around 50% fatty [[lanolin|impurities]], flax and hemp were about 25% imp...
13: ... to be spun. The [[sheep]] of [[Tarentum]] were renowned for the quality of their wool, although the R...
15: ... afforded only to the richest and worn by women. Another type of silk, called "sea silk" was obtained ...
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