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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
22: *[[Pêro de Barcelos]] ([[15th century]]/[[16th century]] [[Portuguese...
33: *[[Joseph René Bellot]] [[France|French]] [[Arctic]] ex...
42: *[[Lafayette Bunnell]], (1824-1903), described [[Yosemite Valley]]
47: ...ian]] navigator in [[England|English]] service, crossed the [[Atlantic Ocean]] to [[North America]]
51: *[[Alvise Cadamosto]] (1432-1488), [[Portuguese]] explorer of [[Ven... - Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
1: ...hers. He was an [[explorer]] and [[trade]]r who crossed the [[Atlantic Ocean]] and reached the [[Ameri...
3: ...nd. The main debate was over whether it would be possible to get around the planet without running out...
5: ...Columbian trans-oceanic contact]]''', one of the most consistent is the first exploration (before 1472...
9: ...]], the [[Columbian Exchange]] of species (both those harmful to humans, such as [[virus]]es, [[bacter...
11: ...est Indies]]. Others honour him for the massive boost his explorations gave to Western expansion and c... - List of people by name: Ag (3474 bytes)
30: *[[Joaquim Agostinho|Agostinho, Joaquim]], (1942-1984), Portuguese cyclist
31: *[[Paolo Agostino|Agostino, Paolo]], (1593-1629), Italian musician
32: *[[Benjamin Agosto|Agosto, Benjamin]], (born 1982), American skater
33: *[[Jose Miguel Agrelot|Agrelot, Jose Miguel]], (1927-2004), Puerto Rican entertainer
36: *[[Johannes Agricola|Agricola, Johannes]], (1494-1566), Protestant reformer - Marie Antoinette (40871 bytes)
4: ...onour of her elder brother, [[Joseph II|Archduke Josef]] and ''Johanna'' in honour of Saint John the E...
6: ... year younger.) Her other brothers ? [[Joseph II|Josef]], [[Leopold II|Leopold]], and Ferdinand-Karl ?...
7: ...ntoinette's birth. She was considered one of the most brilliant political figures in Europe.]]
13: ... education. She was flighty, artistic and read almost nothing. Her French was imperfect and she prefer...
15: ...r was his grandson, Louis-Auguste, and it was proposed that he should marry one of [[Maria Theresa of ... - Geology (12007 bytes)
1: ...e [[science]] and study of the [[Earth]], its composition, structure, physical properties, history, an...
3: ... such as [[asbestos]], [[perlite]], [[mica]], [[phosphates]], [[zeolites]], [[clay]], [[pumice]], [[qu...
10: ...he [[mountain]]s and by [[Deposition (geology)|deposition]] of [[silt]].
12: ...ve for millennia. However, its interpretation of fossils was not overturned until after the [[Scientif...
14: Georg Agricola (1494-1555) wrote the first systematic treatise about [... - Age of Exploration (14467 bytes)
1: ...pped lands previously unknown to them. Among the most famous explorers of the period were [[Christophe...
3: ...ography]], [[navigation]], and shipbuilding. The most important development was the invention of first...
6: ...by Arab geographer [[al-Idrisi]], was one of the most accurate world maps prior to the age of European...
7: ...r close links to the [[Levant]] created great curiosity and commercial interest in what lay further ea...
9: ...[Mongolia]] and back from [[1244]]-[[1247]]. The most famous voyage, however, was that of [[Marco Polo... - Jamaica (16893 bytes)
67: ... [[Christopher Columbus]] first landed there in [[1494]]. Columbus used it as his family's private estat...
69: ...ed in blacks outnumbering whites by a ratio of almost 20 to one, leading to constant threat of revolt....
80: ...roving bills, and other state functions. For the most part, the monarch (through her representative, t...
84: ...inister, and the parliamentary [[Leader of the Opposition]].
94: ...aining Depot Newcastle. As on the British model NCOs are given several levels of professional training... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
28: *[[Oswald Achenbach]] ([[1827]]-[[1905]])
37: *[[Josef Albers]] ([[1888]]-[[1976]])
93: *[[Vladimir Baranoff-Rossine]] ([[1888]]-[[1944]])
158: *[[Ross Bleckner]] ([[1949]]-)
171: *[[Rosa Bonheur]] ([[1822]]-[[1899]]) - Timeline of United States pre-history (before 1600) (1679 bytes)
8: *[[1494]]-[[Treaty of Tordesillas]] divides the New World...
13: *[[1513]]-[[Vasco N?de Balboa]] crosses isthmus of [[Panama]], sees [[Pacific Ocean]]
20: *1570s-[[Haudenosaunee|Iroquois League]] founded - Josquin Des Prez (6810 bytes)
1: ...em;">[[image:DESPREZ.JPG|Josquin Des Prez]]<br>''Josquin Des Prez''</div>
2: ...naissance]]. He was the most famous European composer between [[Guillaume Dufay]] and [[Giovanni Pier...
6: ...f [[Ferrara]] hired him for the chapel there; so Josquin returned to Italy.
8: In Ferrara Josquin wrote the exquisite ''Missa Hercules Dux Ferr...
10: ...y border between Belgium and France, becoming provost of the cathedral there. During this time he had... - Niccolo Machiavelli (11084 bytes)
3: ...]]) was a [[Florence|Florentine]] [[political philosopher]], [[musician]], [[poet]], and romantic come...
10: ...f Florence after the expulsion of the Medici in [[1494]], travelling to European courts in [[France]], [...
12: ...persons supposedly involved in a conspiracy to oppose Medici rule. He was briefly imprisoned, and tort...
17: ...ered more 'just' reasons of state, most notably those of [[Jean Bodin]] and [[Giovanni Botero]].
21: ...tributed to him but this was essentially NOT his position. And that is the whole point with Modern pol... - Florence (11538 bytes)
1: ...dom of Italy. Florence was long ruled ([[1434]]-[[1494]], [[1512]]-[[1527]] and [[1530]]-[[1737]]) by th...
17: ...xperienced subsequent periods of [[Byzantine]], [[Ostrogothic]], [[Lombard]] and [[Frankish rule]], du...
21: ...y's rise to become one of the most powerful and prosperous in Europe, assisted by her own strong gold ...
23: ...Piero]], who was shortly thereafter succeeded by Cosimo's grandson, [[Lorenzo de%27 Medici|Lorenzo]] i...
25: ...cal persecution of the widespread Florentine [[Homosexuality#History|sodomy]] and of other worldly ple... - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
1: ... non-philosophers important in the history of philosophy)'', '''listed alphabetically:'''
17: *[[Uriel Acosta]], (1585-1640)
21: *[[Robert Adams (philosopher)|Robert Adams]], (born 1937){{fn|O}}
38: *[[Albert of Saxony (philosopher)|Albert of Saxony]] (c. 1316-1390){{fn|C}}{{...
41: *[[Albinus (philosopher)|Albinus]] (c. 130) - Chile (capsicum) (7837 bytes)
11: ...nd first wrote about their medicinal effects in [[1494]].
17: The most common species of chile peppers are:
26: ... cultivars. Jamaicans, Scotch bonnets, and habaneros are common varieties of ''C. chinense''. The spec...
32: ...s at 3,000–6,000 Scoville units, and habaneros at 300,000 Scoville units. The record for the hig...
35: ... missing: [[Image:vegRedPepperCloseup.jpg|right|Close-up of a red chile pepper]] --> - History of Italy during foreign domination and the unification (3859 bytes)
6: ...rence) were reduced to a lesser role. The papacy lost much of its importance both because of military ...
10: ...[[Charles VIII]] of [[France]] invaded Italy unopposed. Charles entered [[Naples]] on [[February 22, 1...
35: ...me kings of Sardinia by increasing their Italian possessions, which now included Sardinia and the nort...
37: ...ess of Vienna]] ([[1814]]) restored a situation close to that of [[1795]], dividing Italy between Aust...
39: ...) and the north-eastern provinces around Venice (most of which were annexed in [[1866]], after a new w... - Caterpillar track (7234 bytes)
14: ... slid along atop rounded wooden cylinders. While most of the workers pushed or pulled the rock along t...
18: ...zkum מזקו"ם ''(or זחלים for short), which en...
23: ...rom modular chainlinks which compose together a closed chain. These chainlinks are often broad and mad...
30: ...d at the same "height" above the ground at the opposite end of the track, primarily to angle the front...
34: ... vehicle from sinking. [[Bulldozer]]s, which are most often tracked, uses this attribute to rescue oth... - Lichen (7988 bytes)
3: ...ge:Lichen.jpg|thumb|230 px|right|Crustose and foliose lichens on a wall]]
4: ...mage:Lichen_squamulose.jpg|thumb|230 px|right|Foliose lichen on basalt]]
5: ...g|thumb|230 px|right|''Usnea australis'', a fruticose form, growing on a tree branch]]
8: ... hence are named based on the fungus. The fungus most commonly forms the majority of the lichen's bulk...
10: ... producing their own organic compounds (see [[photosynthesis]]). The fungus protects the alga against ...
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