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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... - Francisco Vasquez de Coronado (3639 bytes)
1: ...de Coronado''' (ca. [[1510]] - [[September 22]],[[1554]]) was a [[Spain|Spanish]] [[conquistador]], who ...
7: ... voyage to the north, to [[New Mexico]]. When Marcos returned he told about a wealthy, golden city, ca...
9: ... a simple [[pueblo]] of the [[Zuni]] Indians. Marcos was sent back to [[Mexico]] in disgrace.
11: ...ered Cibola, and explored the other six Zuni pueblos. He also sent out various expeditions. [[Melchior...
14: ...ere no rich people at all, the village consisted mostly of thatched huts, and not even small amounts o... - Mary I of England (24813 bytes)
8: ...to [[Roman Catholicism]]. To this end, she had almost three hundred religious dissenters executed; as ...
21: ...fficially null and void from the beginning. She lost the dignity of a Princess, becoming a mere "Lady...
23: ...tly expected her troubles to end when Queen Anne lost royal favour and was beheaded in [[1536]]. The ...
26: ...closer together, again improving the Lady Mary's position.
30: ...e appealed to her cousin and former matrimonial prospect, the Emperor Charles V. Charles threatened w... - Mary I of Scotland (27810 bytes)
9: ... the same time ([[1516]] – [[1558]]), and whose reign coincided with that of Mary, Queen of Scot...
17: ...ng loss to the English at the [[Battle of Solway Moss]]. In [[Falkland Palace]], her father heard of t...
19: ...her mother, who strongly opposed the marriage proposition, went into hiding in [[Stirling Castle]], wh...
31: ...y tried to change the agreement so that he could possess Mary years before the marriage was to take pl...
33: ...her such actions. It lasted until June [[1551]], costing over half a million pounds and many lives. In... - Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
9: ...ate the globe; [[Francis Bacon]] laid out his philosophical and political views; and English colonisat...
16: ...that time and was also declared illegitimate and lost the title of princess. Thereafter she was addres...
18: ...n referred to as "Kat". Chapernowne developed a close relationship with Elizabeth and remained her con...
25: ...ed the throne, but was [[Deposition_(politics)|deposed]] less than two weeks later. Armed with popular...
27: ... Lady Elizabeth to succeed rather than her next-closest relative, [[Mary I of Scotland|Mary Stuart]], ... - Africa (35389 bytes)
1: ... satellite orthographic.jpg|thumb|A satellite composite image of Africa]]
12: *the Afri, a tribe—possibly [[Berber]]—who dwelt in [[North Africa...
16: The historian [[Leo Africanus]] ([[1495]]-[[1554]]) attributed the origin to the Greek word ''phri...
26: ...in [[Somalia]], 51°27′52″ E, the most easterly projection, is a distance (also approxi...
28: ...en in the southern peninsulas. Africa is thus composed of two segments at right angles, the northern r... - Gerardus Mercator (3294 bytes)
9: ...rchant" or "marketeer". Educated in [['s-Hertogenbosch]] and at the [[University of Leuven]]. Although...
12: ...He produced more maps and he was appointed Court Cosmographer to [[Duke Wilhelm of Cleve]] in [[1564]]...
22: ...by Gerardus Mercator, Duisburg, 1595; Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection, Library of Congress. ISBN 1-891... - Francisco Coronado (5090 bytes)
1: ...de Coronado''' (ca. [[1510]] - [[September 22]],[[1554]]) was a [[Spain|Spanish]] [[conquistador]], who ...
5: ...exican Indian allies, four Franciscan monks, the most notable of which was [[Juan de Padilla]], and se...
8: ... a simple [[pueblo]] of the [[Zuni]] Indians. Marcos was sent back to [[Mexico]] in disgrace.
10: ...ch resulted in the destruction of the Tiguex pueblos and the death of hundreds of Indians.
12: ...ere no rich people at all, the village consisted mostly of thatched huts, and not even small amounts o... - 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) - Sebastiano Serlio (4494 bytes)
1: ...ntial treatise, ''Tutte l'opere d'archittura et prospetiva''.
28: ...ooks VI-VII of "Tutte l'opere d'architettura et prospetiva" with "Castrametation of the Romans" and "T... - Guinea pig (19730 bytes)
24: ...here are more than 20 different species, the one most familiar to people is ''C. porcellus'', the comm...
31: ...ved to be because they come from overseas and supposedly taste a bit like pork), the [[Russian languag...
35: ...coin, and the first guinea pig was described in [[1554]] by the [[Switzerland|Swiss]] naturalist [[Konra...
41: ...across. They are [[crepuscular]], tending to be most active during dawn and dusk, when it is harder f...
47: ...en form. Means "feed me" or "pay attention", or possibly "I'm hurt". - Guinea Pigs (18488 bytes)
24: ...here are more than 20 different species, the one most familiar to people is ''C. porcellus'', the comm...
31: ...ved to be because they come from overseas and supposedly taste a bit like pork), the [[Russian languag...
35: ...coin, and the first guinea pig was described in [[1554]] by the [[Switzerland|Swiss]] naturalist [[Konra...
41: ...across. They are [[crepuscular]], tending to be most active during dawn and dusk, when it is harder f...
47: ...en form. Means "feed me" or "pay attention", or possibly "I'm hurt". - Francisco Vásquez de Coronado (19760 bytes)
5: ...e Coronado y Luján''' (1510 – 22 September 1554) was a [[Spain|Spanish]] [[conquistador]], who vi...
8: ...t [[Governor]] and first ''[[Adelantado]]'' of [[Costa Rica]]. <ref> [http://genforum.genealogy.com/co...
11: The most distinguished [[scion]] of his family, Coronado ...
14: ... of [[Nayarit]], towards [[New Mexico]]. When Marcos de Niza returned, he told about a city of vast we...
16: ... his wife's estates and was lended 70,000 more pesos.
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