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- Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
1: ...cia]] or [[Portugal]] among others. He was an [[explorer]] and [[trade]]r who crossed the [[Atlantic O...
3: ...etting stuck in windless regions. Although his explorations were not the first to reach the Americas,...
5: ...t]]''', one of the most consistent is the first exploration (before 1472) of two, led by [[João Vaz C...
7: Columbus landed in the [[Bahamas]] and later explored much of the [[Caribbean]], including the isle...
11: ...]]. Others honour him for the massive boost his explorations gave to Western expansion and culture. [[... - Elizabeth Woodville (6291 bytes)
10: ...], but Elizabeth insisted on marriage, which took place secretly (from the public but not from their f...
12: ...and lucrative opportunities; in [[1480]], for example, when Elizabeth's obscure brother-in-law Sir Ant...
20: ...Henry VII of England|Henry VII]]), if he could supplant Richard. Following Henry's accession in [[148...
28: * Mary Plantagenet (1467-1482), buried in [[St. George's Chapel, Windsor|St Geo...
29: * Cecily Plantagenet (1469-1507), Viscountess Welles - Margaret of Anjou (3729 bytes)
1: ...jou''' ([[March 23]], [[1429]] - [[August 25]], [[1482]]) was the Queen consort of [[Henry VI of England...
3: ...ene I of Naples]], Duke of [[Anjou]], King of [[Naples]] and [[Sicily]] and [[Isabella, Duchess of Lor...
12: ...on [[October 13]], [[1453]], he had suffered a complete mental breakdown. Rumours were rife that he w...
16: ...oyed. Margaret had both beheaded, and ordered the placing of their heads on the gates of the city of Y...
20: ...omed by the French king. She died on August 25, [[1482]], in Anjou, where she was buried. - Ptolemy (10609 bytes)
7: ...ers and navigators, until the time of the great explorations. They were also adopted in the Arab world...
11: ...grand scheme. He assigned coordinates to all the places and geographic features he knew, in a grid th...
13: ...:Ptolemys_system.jpg|thumb|300px|Ptolemy System Explained. Image provided by [http://classroomclipart....
16: ...300, after the text was rediscovered by [[Maximus Planudes]].
18: ...ugh copies containing many scribal errors, and people have always been adding or improving the topogra... - Age of Exploration (14467 bytes)
1: ...eviously unknown to them. Among the most famous explorers of the period were [[Christopher Columbus]],...
3: The Age of Exploration was rooted in new technologies and ideas g...
5: ==Exploration by land==
6: ...ccurate world maps prior to the age of European exploration]]
7: ... between Europe and the Middle East was almost completely controlled by traders from the Italian city ... - Leonardo da Vinci (25889 bytes)
9: ...of Mister Piero, from Vinci". Leonardo himself simply signed his works "Leonardo" or "Io, Leonardo" ("...
18: ...his relations with his assistant, Salai, "Did you play the game from behind which the Florentines love...
29: ... and permitted him to operate his own workshop complete with apprentices. It was here that seventy [[t...
45: ...s, and did not travel without it. Thousands of people see it each year in the Louvre, perhaps drawing ...
47: ...ration of the Magi]]". After extensive, ambitious plans and many drawings, the painting was left unfin... - List of sculptors (9151 bytes)
247: *[[Luca della Robbia]] (1400 - 1482)
325: *[[List of people by occupation]] - Aluminium (26079 bytes)
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54: == Applications ==
56: ...chanical processing these [[aluminium alloys]] display a marked increase in mechanical properties.
61: *Transportation ([[automobile]]s, [[airplane]]s, [[truck]]s, [[railroad car]]s, marine vess...
65: *Consumer durable goods (appliances, [[cooking utensil]]s, etc.) - Tutankhamun (15224 bytes)
4: ...culation on what might have been contained in the plundered tombs of far more significant Pharaohs.) H...
8: ...t common estimates are in this range), that would place his birth around [[1342 BC]]-[[1340 BC]], and ...
10: ...n the old [[pantheon]] of [[god]]s and their [[temple]]s was lifted, the traditional privileges restor...
23: ... discovered from the same X-ray analysis. Some people have mistaken this visible bone fragment for the...
25: ...the head as well as no evidence suggesting [[foul play]]. There was a hole in the head, but it appeare... - List of U.S. states by elevation (16995 bytes)
284: | 29 m ([[Lake Champlain]])
320: ...!-- If you rename this heading, change it at [[Template:Infobox U.S. state]] -->
371: | West Virginia ||1482 m || 73 m ||455 m||1409 m
427: ...!-- If you rename this heading, change it at [[Template:Infobox U.S. state]] -->
468: | West Virginia ||1482 m || 73 m ||455 m||1409 m - Jerusalem (61585 bytes)
4: ...]]ish, [[Christianity|Christian]], [[Armenian (people)|Armenian]], and [[Muslim]].
12: ...See the Biblical commentator the [[Ramban]] for explanation.) "Salem" is the original name used in [[G...
20: ...e reign of King Solomon, the northern ten tribes split off to form the [[Kingdom of Israel]] with its ...
22: ...rically identifiable, and the significance the Temple had in Jewish religious life is clear.
24: ...chadnezzar II of Babylon|Nebuchadnezzar]]. The temple was burnt, and the city's walls were ruined, thu...
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