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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... - Amerigo Vespucci (3736 bytes)
10: ... deliberate fabrications, others have instead proposed that the two letters were forgeries written by ...
14: ... Vespucci made four voyages to America, while at most three can be verified from other sources. It is ...
16: ...etermined his longitude celestially on August 23, 1499, while on this voyage. But his claim is clearly f... - Diane de Poitiers (2609 bytes)
1: '''Diane de Poitiers''' ([[September 3]], [[1499]] - [[April 25]], [[1566]]) was a fixture at the ...
9: ...III]] sent the new Queen Catherine the "[[Golden Rose]]", he did not forget to present the royal mistr... - Mediterranean Sea (9773 bytes)
4: ...t of the [[Atlantic Ocean]] almost completely enclosed by land, on the north by [[Europe]], on the sou...
9: ...+ ''terra'', 'land, earth'), in [[Greek]] "mesogeios".
11: ...on" (הים התיכון), "the middle sea", a literal adap...
17: ... [[Black Sea]], by the [[Dardanelles]] and the [[Bosporus]] respectively, on the east. The Sea of Marm...
31: ...state of [[Malta]], [[Slovenia]], [[Croatia]], [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]], [[Serbia and Montenegro]], ... - Switzerland (22270 bytes)
3: ...[[Latin]] version of the official name, avoids choosing one of the four official languages. The abbrev...
18: ...|VP 2005]])</small><br>[[Pascal Couchepin]]<br>[[Joseph Deiss]]<br>[[Samuel Schmid]] <small>([[Preside...
46: ...tory in a war against the [[Swabian League]] in [[1499]] amounted to de facto independence from the [[Ho...
54: ...erland and in [[1803]], [[Napoleon Bonaparte]] imposed a new constitution, largely restoring Swiss aut...
84: ...003 elections to the Federal Council the CVP/PDC lost their second seat to the SVP/UDC. - Israel (51605 bytes)
1: ...tly [[Jew]]ish with a large non-Jewish minority, mostly comprising [[Muslim]], [[Christian]], and [[Dr...
18: leader_names = [[Ariel Sharon]]<br>[[Moshe Katsav]] |
60: ...ce in Jewish religious obligations and Judaism's most important sites, including the remains of the [[...
62: ...udaism's most important religious texts, were composed in Palestine during this period. The province b...
68: ...cted [[Arab]] settlers. After a brief period of prosperity under the [[Umayyad]] Caliphate, the territ... - Cotton (7876 bytes)
2: ...[Old World]] and the [[New World]]. The fiber is most often spun into [[yarn|thread]] and used to make...
4: ...er is made up of twenty to thirty layers of cellulose coiled in a neat series of natural springs. When...
13: ..., writing in [[1350]], stated as fact the now-preposterous belief: "There grew there India a wonderful...
28: ...cts are now available. Historically, one of the most economically destructive pests in cotton product...
30: ..., the plant will continue to grow. Cotton is a close relative of [[okra]] and [[hibiscus]]. - 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]]) - Leonardo da Vinci (25889 bytes)
7: ...a young [[lawyer]] and his mother, Caterina, was most likely a peasant girl. It has also been suggeste...
9: ...thorities therefore refer to his works as "Leonardos", not "da Vincis". Presumably he did not use his ...
16: ...Jacopo Saltarelli]], who was a notorious male [[prostitute]]. After two months in jail, he was acquitt...
20: ...re, been assumed that he was a [[homosexuality|homosexual]]. One of his loves may have been Gian Giaco...
29: ... [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonardo_da_Vinci#rossiPage33], employed Leonardo and permitted him to ... - Baldassare Castiglione (7242 bytes)
1: ...]] – [[February 2]], [[1529]]), one of the most important [[renaissance]] authors and a diplomat...
10: ...a, again in the court of Gonzaga. In [[1499]] he lost his father and succeeded him in the representati...
13: ...Cardinal Bibbiena]], Ottaviano and [[Federico Fregoso]], [[Cesare Gonzaga]] (a cousin of both Castigli...
15: ...06]] Castiglione wrote (and played together with Cosimo Gonzaga) his eclogue ''Tirsi'' in which allusi...
17: ...gh in a literary form, like with [[Ludovico da Canossa]]. - Niccolo Machiavelli (11084 bytes)
3: ...]]) was a [[Florence|Florentine]] [[political philosopher]], [[musician]], [[poet]], and romantic come...
10: ...ropean leaders he met. His first mission was in [[1499]] to [[Caterina Sforza]], who appeared as "my lad...
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... - John Cabot (5966 bytes)
2: '''Giovanni Caboto''' (c. [[1450]] – [[1499]]), known as '''''John Cabot''''' in [[English la...
4: ...r his explorations made under the English flag. Most notably, in [[1497]], he set sail from [[Bristol...
12: ... will have in saide ships, upon their own proper costes and charges, to seeke out, discover, and finde...
20: ...ewfoundland|St. John's]]. He went ashore to take possession of the land, and explored the coast for so...
31: ...n, [[Basque]], Portuguese and English fishermen crossed the ocean to catch fish on the [[Grand Banks|N... - Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo (4763 bytes)
2: ...e]] version ''João Rodrigues Cabrilho'') (ca. [[1499]] – [[January 3]], [[1543]]) was a [[Portug...
5: ... early years. Even his nationality is uncertain; most biographies describe him as Portuguese, but in h...
10: ...ed, or the mythical [[Strait of Anián]] that supposedly connected the [[Pacific Ocean]] to [[Hudson ...
14: ...report of Cabrillo's inconclusive expedition was lost; all that survives is a summary of it made by an...
16: ...nta Catalina Island, San Miguel Island and Santa Rosa Island have all been suggested. - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
61: *[[Yehoshua Bar-Hillel]], (Israel, [[1915]]-[[1975]])
76: *[[Joseph Louis Francois Bertrand]] (France, [[1822]] - ...
111: *[[Rudjer Josip Boscovich|Ruđer Josip Bošković]] ([[Republic of Dubrovnik]]...
163: *[[Paul Cohen|Paul Joseph Cohen]] (USA, [[1934]] - )
179: *[[Allan Joseph Champneys Cunningham]] (UK, [[1842]] - [[1928]... - 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)
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