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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: ...ing the isles of Juana ([[Cuba]]) and Espanola ([[Hispaniola]]), as well as the coasts of [[Central America|Ce...
11: ...ope, and slavery in the [[West Indies]]. Others honour him for the massive boost his explorations gave... - Amerigo Vespucci (3736 bytes)
8: ...ird child of a respected family. His father was a notary for the Money Changers' [[Guild]] of Florence...
10: ...nticity has been brought into doubt: the ''Mundus Novus'' ([[New World]]) and the ''Lettera'' (or "The...
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16: ...co River]] and returning to [[Spain]] by way of [[Hispaniola]]. Vespucci claimed, in a letter to Lorenzo di Me...
18: ... this also seems doubtful, since his account does not mention the broad estuary of the [[Rio de la Pla... - Ponce De Leon (5480 bytes)
2: ... first [[Europe]]an known to have visited what is now the [[United States]] when he set foot in [[Flor...
4: ...León, however, became rich while serving as Governor.
7: ...once de León obtained title to explore the areas north of [[Cuba]].
9: ...e ''Historia general de los hechos de los Castellanos'' of [[Antonio de Herrera y Tordesillas]].
11: ...w York]] in 1882 using the bronze from English Cannons seized after the English attacked San Juan in 1... - Jamaica (16893 bytes)
1: ...], located south of [[Cuba]] and to the west of [[Hispaniola]], on which [[Haiti]] and the [[Dominican Republi...
26: | '''[[Governor-General]]'''
65: ...r, given to it by the original [[Arawak]] or [[Taino]] people from South America, who first settled th...
71: ...ence by leaving the federation in [[1962]] and is now a completely sovereign nation. Jamaica celebrate...
73: Deteriorating economic conditions during the [[1970s]] led to recurre... - Hernan Cortes (17441 bytes)
2: ...] who conquered [[Mexico]] for [[Spain]]. He was known as '''Hernando''' or '''Fernando Cortés''' dur...
5: ... of modern-day [[Peru]] (not to be confused with another Francisco Pizarro who joined Cortés to conqu...
10: ...[Canary Islands|Canaries]] (eliminating the indigenous [[Guanches]]) but would prove devastating in th...
12: ...enger to Cortés with a letter saying that he was no longer the captain of the expedition, but Cortés...
15: ...ounts. It is generally accepted that Cortés does not write a true “history,” but rather combines ... - Solenodons (2732 bytes)
1: {{Taxobox begin | color = pink | name = Solenodontidae}}
2: ... [[Image:Solen5.jpg]] | caption = Hispaniolan Solenodon, ''S. paradoxus''}}
8: {{Taxobox familia entry | taxon = '''Solenodontidae'''}}
12: ''[[Solenodon]]''
15: ''Solenodon paradoxus''<br/> - List of island countries (6641 bytes)
56: *[[Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus]] dispute between [[Cyprus]] and [[T...
58: ====Autonomous or semi-autonomous====
61: *[[Cook Islands]][[#Notes|?]]
67: *[[Niue]][[#Notes|?]]
68: *[[Northern Mariana Islands]][[#Notes|?]] - Mammal classification (78467 bytes)
1: ...ure that all taxonomic designations represent [[monophyletic]] groups. The field has also seen a rece...
3: ...on, 1945]]) was the original source for the [[taxonomy]] listed here. Simpson laid out a [[systematics...
9: ...sses and infraclasses. This system also makes no note of the position of entirely fossil groups.
11: In this and later taxonomies listed here, families are merely listed under...
14: *Order [[Monotremata]] - Estevanico the moor (3698 bytes)
2: ...ck", "Stephen the Moor", and "Little Stephen") of North African origins, possibly from [[Azemmour]], ...
5: ...orantes de Carranza, a [[Spanish nobility|Spanish nobleman]] with whom he developed close ties.
8: ...day southeastern [[Arizona]], and through the [[Sonoran Desert]] to the region of [[Sinaloa]] in [[New...
10: ...nd Estevanico continued alone, opening up what is now New Mexico and Arizona. He was killed at the [[Z...
13: ...erences to Estevanico in later accounts is proof enough of the explorer's death. - Hernán Cortés (42809 bytes)
4: ...[[New Spain|Viceroy]] was given to a high-ranking nobleman, [[Antonio de Mendoza]]. Cortés returned t...
6: ...vations. Early lionizing of the conquistadors did not encourage deep examination of Cortés. Later rec...
10: ... modern times, and is the name which many people know him by today.
14: ...ás de Ovando y Cáceres]], the third Governor of Hispaniola. His paternal grandfather was a son of [[Rodrigo ...
18: ...ence as a notary, first in Seville and later in [[Hispaniola]], would give him a close acquaintance with the l... - Medieval medicine (14745 bytes)
1: ...eas about the origin and cure of [[disease]] were not, however, purely [[secular]], but were also base...
3: In this era, there was no clear tradition of scientific medicine, and accur...
7: In the early period there was no single, organised, strand of medieval medicine. I...
9: ...ystical]], and had its basis in sources that were not compatible with Christian faith. [[Spell]]s and ...
17: ...the persistence of elements of classical medical knowledge. Compendiums like Bald's ''Leechbook'' (cir...
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