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- Argentina (30219 bytes)
9: ...[[Argentine National Anthem|Himno Nacional Argentino]] |
11: capital = [[Buenos Aires]] |
13: largest_city = [[Buenos Aires]] |
44: footnotes = <sup>*</sup> Argentina also claims 1,000,000...
48: ...] in the north, [[Brazil]] and [[Uruguay]] in the northeast and [[Chile]] in the west. It's the second... - Percussion instrument (2859 bytes)
1: ...l instrument]]s. Some percussion instruments play not only [[rhythm]], but also [[melody]] and [[harmo...
5: ...ether the instrument can play a definite pitch or not.
7: The [[piano]], [[timpani]], [[xylophone]], [[marimba]], [[vib...
8: ... [[whip (instrument)|whip]] and [[wood block]] do not in general. However, some percussionists tune dr...
10: ...ent)|triangle]]. The [[tambourine]] is both membranophone and idiophone, having both a head and jingle... - Ferdinand Magellan (19348 bytes)
5: ...Real]], in the province of [[Tr᳭dos-Montes]] of north [[Portugal]]) or in [[Porto]]. The son of Pedr...
7: ..., becoming interested in [[geography]] and [[astronomy]]. Some speculate that he may even have been ta...
15: ...e after [[May 15]], [[1514]]. Magellan formally renounced his nationality and went to offer his servic...
22: Having brought the Portuguese cartographical knowledge to the Spanish court, Magellan pointed out ...
24: Ruy Faleiro, an [[astronomer]] and Portuguese [[exile]], aided him in his p... - Francisco Coronado (5090 bytes)
1: ...ico]] and other parts of the southwest of what is now the [[United States]]. He was born in [[Salamanc...
5: ...an Indian allies, four Franciscan monks, the most notable of which was [[Juan de Padilla]], and severa...
8: ...o. There he was met by disappointment. Cibola was nothing like the great golden city fray Marcos had d...
10: ...upplies for Coronado. [[Pedro de Tovar]] was sent northwest, and heard of a great river further west (...
12: ...is main force had remained behind. Here he spent another winter. - Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo (4763 bytes)
2: ... noted for his exploration of the west coast of [[North America]] while sailing for [[Spain]]. Cabrill...
5: ...lar." His date of birth and parentage are also unknown, but events in Cabrillo’s life lead Kelsey to...
10: ...]] to [[Hudson Bay]], providing a route for the [[Northwest Passage]]. Cabrillo, who had started life ...
12: ...fore autumn storms forced them to turn back. On [[November 23]], [[1542]], the little fleet limped bac...
14: ...], who also had access to ships' logs and charts. No printed account of Cabrillo's voyage appeared in ... - Aztec (38742 bytes)
3: ...logy]] and cultural heritage. The capital was [[Tenochtitlan]], built on raised islets in [[Lake Texco...
5: ==Nomenclature==
7: ...cle deals with the historical Aztec civilization, not with modern-day Nahuatl speakers.
9: ...o'', or ''Mediterranean'': a broad term that does not refer to a specific culture.
11: ...t to use the word Azteca, instead they should be known as Mexica. The [[conquistadores]] knew them as ... - List of Major League Baseball players (29066 bytes)
1: ... a list of other players for whom an article does not yet exist, see: [[Wikipedia:Requested articles/s...
9: __NOTOC__
49: *[[Porfi Altamirano]]
139: *[[John Beradino|Johnny Berardino]]
234: *[[Robinson Cano]] - Percussion instruments (2780 bytes)
1: ...l instrument]]s. Some percussion instruments play not only [[rhythm]], but also [[melody]] and [[harmo...
5: ...ether the instrument can play a definite pitch or not.
7: The [[piano]], [[timpani]], [[xylophone]], [[marimba]], [[vib...
8: ... [[whip (instrument)|whip]] and [[wood block]] do not in general. However, some percussionists tune dr...
10: ...ent)|triangle]]. The [[tambourine]] is both membranophone and idiophone, having both a head and jingle... - Monkey stick (1154 bytes)
1: ...instrument -- for the city, see the capitalized [[Mendoza]].''
3: ... [[folk music]]. The origins of the name are not known but it is believed to stem from an association ...
9: ... instrument constructed with beer-bottle tops is known as a "lagerphone". - Music history of the United States (35788 bytes)
2: ... music|classical]] music. Some of the most well-known genres of American music are [[blues]], [[rock ...
4: ...ative American]]s, the first people to populate [[North America]]. These included a number of [[tribe...
6: ... [[Christianity|Christian]] [[choir]]s, [[musical notation]], [[broadside]]s, as well as large numbers...
8: ...Hawaii]] and [[Tex-Mex and Tejano|Tex-Mex and Tejano music]]. Immigrants brought with them the [[East...
10: ...ion. At the time, black performers typically did not perform their own material, instead using songs ... - List of major league baseball players (29066 bytes)
1: ... a list of other players for whom an article does not yet exist, see: [[Wikipedia:Requested articles/s...
9: __NOTOC__
49: *[[Porfi Altamirano]]
139: *[[John Beradino|Johnny Berardino]]
234: *[[Robinson Cano]] - Francisco Vásquez de Coronado (19760 bytes)
1: {{Nofootnotes|article|date=October 2007}}
3: ...emington.jpg|thumb|right|Coronado Sets Out to the North, by [[Frederic Remington]], 1861-1909]]
5: ...isited [[New Mexico]] and other parts of what are now the southwestern [[United States]] between 1540 ...
8: ...ez de Coronado y Anaya]], Conqueror, first [[Governor]] and first ''[[Adelantado]]'' of [[Costa Rica]]...
11: ...e this assertion. -- comment hidden as I can find no reliable source on either side of this question, ... - Hernán Cortés (42809 bytes)
4: ...as given to a high-ranking nobleman, [[Antonio de Mendoza]]. Cortés returned to Spain in 1541 where he die...
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: ...[[Nicolás de Ovando y Cáceres]], the third Governor of Hispaniola. His paternal grandfather was a so...
18: ...s his long period of training and experience as a notary, first in Seville and later in [[Hispaniola]]... - Hernando de Soto explorer (34946 bytes)
5: ...rota]]—claim to be his birthplace. All that is known with certainty is that he spent time as a child...
7: ...cellent horseman, fighter, and tactician, but was notorious for the extreme brutality with which he wi...
14: ... Soto returned later to report that he could find no signs of an army in the area. After the execution...
16: ... Pizarro and de Almagro quarreled over which governorship Cuzco was in. When de Almagro made plans to ...
18: ...a]] instead. De Soto was expected to colonize the North American [[continent]] for Spain within four y...
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