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1. 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
2. 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: ...rning around and seeing [[Trinidad]] and the [[Orinoco River]] and returning to [[Spain]] by way of [[...
   18: ... this also seems doubtful, since his account does not mention the broad estuary of the [[Rio de la Pla...
3. Argentina (30219 bytes)
   9: ...[[Argentine National Anthem|Himno Nacional Argentino]] |
   11: capital = [[Buenos Aires]] |
   13: largest_city = [[Buenos Aires]] |
   44: footnotes = ^* 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...
4. Dinosaur (35313 bytes)
   1: {{Taxobox_begin | color = pink | name = Dinosaur}}<br/>{{StatusFossil}}
   2: ... skull.gif|225px|]] | caption = Skull of ''[[Tyrannosaurus rex|T. Rex]]'' from the <br /> [[United Sta...
   7: {{Taxobox_superordo_entry | taxon = '''Dinosauria'''}}<br>{{Taxobox_authority | author = [[Ri...
   16: ...em [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/03/science/03dinosaur.html]".
   17: ...flying.jpg |thumb|300px|left|Tenontosaurus and deinonych]]
5. Paleontology (5646 bytes)
   5: ...ith living creatures and how they interact. [[Palynology]] is the study of pollen, whether modern or g...
   8: ...c-walled microfossils whose study is called [[palynology]].
   10: ...gy]] (the study of tracks and burrows) and [[taphonomy]], the study of what happens to organisms after...
   13: Paleontology utilizes the same classic [[binomial nomenclature]] scheme devised for the biology of liv...
   15: The primary economic importance of paleontology lies in the use of ...
6. 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...
7. Glacier (6999 bytes)
   3: ...r is formed by multi-year ice accretion in mountainous or sloping terrain. The ''glacier fringe'' is t...
   11: ...er, the melted ice from the glacier alone may be enough to create a stream and while the glacier may b...
   13: The place where the glacier thins to nothing is called the [[ice front]].
   17: ... of deposition cancel. Erosive lateral forces are not canceled; therefore, glaciers turn v-shaped rive...
   19: ...like ridges formed by streambeds under glaciers, known as [[esker]]s. Glacial meltwaters contain [[roc...
8. Andes (13210 bytes)
   6: ...], [[Peru]] and [[Venezuela]], some of which are known as [[Andean States]]. The name ''Andes'' comes ...
   8: ...because of the [[equatorial bulge]]. The Andes cannot match the [[Himalayas]] in height but do so in w...
   13: ...ongoing [[Orogeny|orogenic event]] resulting in minor to major earthquakes and volcanic eruptions to t...
   15: ...ding [[Cotopaxi]], one of the highest active volcanos in the world.
   17: ...ela, represent the submerged peaks of the extreme northern edge of the Andes range.
9. Llama (12988 bytes)
   12: ...axobox_section_binomial_parens | color = pink | binomial_name = Lama glama | author = [[Carolus Linnae...
   16: ...is that camels have a hump or humps and llamas do not.
   19: ... the whole. Llamas are seeing increasing use in [[North America]] as fiber producing animals and as gu...
   24: ...but in others showing great special modifications not found in any of the other sections.
   26: ...als. It is now known that llamas at one time were not confined to the part of the continent south of
10. Megatherium (3307 bytes)
    12: ...laws on its feet. These claws meant that it could not put its feet flat on the ground and so, like a m...
    14: ...shot at the beast, but the bullets seemed to have no effect.
    16: ...he legends he had collected from natives in the [[Patagonia]] region about hunting such a large creature in a...
    18: The animal in the stories was nocturnal, and slept during the day in burrows it du...
    20: .... The hide was studded with small, hard, calcium nodules and would have been impervious to the teeth ...
11. Charles Darwin (47469 bytes)
    4: ...]] the information that [[Alfred Russel Wallace]] now had a similar theory forced early joint [[public...
    6: ...nd wrote a series of books on plants and animals, now including mankind in ''[[The Descent of Man and ...
    21: His father, unhappy that his younger son would not become a physician and fearing that Charles woul...
    24: ...well]] and Charles became the "favourite pupil", known as "the man who walks with Henslow". When exams...
    26: ... following Henslow's example and advice he was in no rush to take holy orders.
12. Dusky Dolphins (3923 bytes)
    1: ...lor = pink | name = Dusky Dolphin}}<br>{{StatusUnknown}}
    11: {{Taxobox_genus_entry | taxon = ''[[Lagenorhynchus]]''}}
    14: ...omial_simple | color = pink | binomial_name = Lagenorhynchus obscurus}}
    17: The '''Dusky Dolphin''' (''Lagenorhynchus obscurus'') is a highly gregarious and ac...
    23: ...al had a confirmed range of 780kn). However it is not believed that they follow a migatory pattern.
13. Right Whales (11436 bytes)
    16: &nbsp;''Eubalaena glacialis'', Atlantic Northern Right Whale<br>
    17: &nbsp;''Eubalaena japonica'', Pacific Northern Right Whale
    18: ...NG|300px|Northern Right Whale range]] | caption = Northern Right Whale range}}
    24: ==Taxonomy==
    25: ...-species view. No group of right whales has been known to swim through warm equatorial waters to make ...
14. Eocene (7034 bytes)
    1: ...e large [[bolide]]s in [[Siberia]] and in what is now [[Chesapeake Bay]]. Still, as with other other [...
    31: ... began to freeze, sending cold water and icefloes north, reinforcing the cooling.
    33: ...n to break up, as [[Europe]], [[Greenland]] and [[North America]] drifted apart.
    35: In western North America, [[Orogeny|mountain building]] started...
    37: ... land connection appears to have remained between North America and Europe as the faunas of the two re...

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