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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
1: ...icle|SUV]], see [[Ford Expedition]] (especially replacing the [[Ford Excursion]]). For the science fic...
6: ... de Azambuja]] ([[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
7: ... de Alenquer]] ([[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
8: ...lmeida]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] naval explorer and [[viceroy]] of [[India]])
9: ...uerque]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] naval explorer and [[viceroy]] of [[India]]) - 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. [[... - List of people by name: Ag (3474 bytes)
1: {{List of people A}}
6: ...gapetus|Agapetus, John]], patriarch of Constantinople
10: *[[Andre Agassi|Agassi, Andre]], (1970-), tennis player
13: *[[Agathangelus I]], patriarch of Constantinople
36: *[[Johannes Agricola|Agricola, Johannes]], (1494-1566), Protestant reformer - Marie Antoinette (40871 bytes)
4: ...ficial described the new baby as "a small, but completely healthy Archduchess."
11: ...arolina, was married to King Ferdinand of the [[Naples]].
15: ...g which had being going on intermittently since [[1494]] would finally end. [[Louis XV]]'s heir was his ...
17: ...y dearest child. Do so much good to the French people that they can say that I have sent them an angel...
24: ...en the king told him to eat less, Louis-Auguste replied "Why? I always sleep better when I have a full... - Geology (12007 bytes)
3: ... processes that are collectively referred to as [[plate tectonics]]. Geologists help locate and manage...
5: ...tudies of the [[Moon]]), ''areology'' (of [[Mars (planet)|Mars]]), etc., are also in use.
14: Georg Agricola (1494-1555) wrote the first systematic treatise about [...
20: ...[Royal Society of Edinburgh]]. In his paper, he explained his theory that the Earth must be much older...
22: Followers of Hutton were known as ''[[Plutonism |Plutonists]]'' because they believed that some rocks... - 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 ... - Jamaica (16893 bytes)
13: ...| <small>''[[National motto]]: Out of Many One People''</small>
65: ... to it by the original [[Arawak]] or [[Taino]] people from South America, who first settled there arou...
67: ... [[Christopher Columbus]] first landed there in [[1494]]. Columbus used it as his family's private estat...
71: ...eaving the federation in [[1962]] and is now a completely sovereign nation. Jamaica celebrated the tri...
80: ...n which the Queen and Governor-General would be replaced by a President. - List of painters (54090 bytes)
1: The following list is an incomplete '''list of painters'''.
281: *[[John Singleton Copley]] ([[1737]]-[[1815]])
460: *[[Domenico Ghirlandaio]] ([[1449]]-[[1494]])
553: *[[Ambrosius Holbein]] ([[1494]]-[[1519]])
616: *[[Leon Kaplinski]] ([[1826]]-[[1873]]) - Timeline of United States pre-history (before 1600) (1679 bytes)
8: *[[1494]]-[[Treaty of Tordesillas]] divides the New World...
18: ...iovanni da Verrazano]], working for [[France]], explores coastline from present-day [[North Carolina]]...
19: *[[1542]]-[[Hernando_de_Soto_(explorer)|Hernando de Soto]] discovers the [[Mississip... - Josquin Des Prez (6810 bytes)
6: ...r the Duke's brother instead. From [[1486]] to [[1494]] (except the year [[1487]]-[[1488]], which he ma...
10: ...by [[Jacob Obrecht]] in [[1505]], who died of the plague that year, and by [[Antoine Brumel]] in [[150...
14: ...]], writing in the [[1580s]], was still using examples from Josquin in his treatises on composition; a... - Niccolo Machiavelli (11084 bytes)
3: ...], [[musician]], [[poet]], and romantic comedic [[playwright]]. Machiavelli was also a key figure in [...
10: ...as other Italian [[city-state]]s on [[Diplomacy|diplomatic]] missions. During this time he would draw ...
12: .... He died in Florence in [[1527]] and his resting place is unknown, however a symbolic tomb in his hon...
27: ...cally speaking rides Power or Power rides all the Players.
35: ... in contemporaneous Italian politics. (As an example, he compares the way in which Roman generals use... - Florence (11538 bytes)
1: ...dom of Italy. Florence was long ruled ([[1434]]-[[1494]], [[1512]]-[[1527]] and [[1530]]-[[1737]]) by th...
3: ...inance, the city is sometimes considered the birthplace of the [[Italian Renaissance]]. Florence is fa...
19: ...acy|Papal]] [[Guelphs]], who after their victory split in turn into feuding "White" and "Black" factio...
25: ...mosexuality#History|sodomy]] and of other worldly pleasures foreshadowed many of the wider religious c...
32: ...during the 19th century, Florence's population tripled in the 20th with the growth of tourism, trade, ... - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
89: *[[Isaac ben Moses Arama]], (1420-1494){{fn|R}}
391: *[[Frederick Copleston]], (1907-1994)
896: *[[David Kaplan (philosopher)|David Kaplan]], (born 1933){{fn|O}}
897: *[[Mordecai Kaplan]], (1881-1983){{fn|R}}
907: *[[Johannes Kepler]], (1571-1630){{fn|C}}{{fn|R}} - Chile (capsicum) (7837 bytes)
1: ...language|Spanish]] ''chile'') is the fruit of the plant ''[[Capsicum]]'' from the nightshade family ('...
11: ...nd first wrote about their medicinal effects in [[1494]].
26: ...culinary use. Green and red bell peppers, for example, are the same cultivar of ''C. annuum'', the gre...
30: ...in high concentrations (habanero peppers, for example, are routinely picked with gloves). It is also t...
41: ...ly associated with the chile pepper, although the plant was unknown in Asia until Europeans introduced... - History of Italy during foreign domination and the unification (3859 bytes)
6: ...feats and of [[Protestant Reformation]], which deeply weakened the catholic church.
10: ...[Alfonso II]] starts the Spanish acquisition of Naples with the help of a Ventian fleet and troops und...
13: In 1798 France declared war on the Kingdom of Naples
35: ... the main differences were that [[Austria]] had replaced [[Spain]] as the dominant foreign power, and ... - Caterpillar track (7234 bytes)
8: An effective caterpillar track was invented and implemented by [[Alvin Lombard]], for the Lombard ste...
14: ... to transport heavy rocks great distances than simply pulling it along the ground, though attempts by ...
18: ...zkum מזקו"ם ''(or זחלים for short), which en...
30: ...nically. A non-powered wheel, the '''idler''', is placed at the same "height" above the ground at the ...
32: ...n]]'' uses oversized road wheels and the track simply lies on top of the wheels. The shape of the trac... - Lichen (7988 bytes)
8: ...of the [[Basidiomycota]]. Some lichen taxonomists place lichens in their own division, the '''Mycophyc...
10: ...t this can [[nitrogen fixation|fix nitrogen]], complementing the activities of the green alga.
14: ... and walls. They are often the first to settle in places lacking soil, constituting the sole vegetatio...
16: ... structures made from fungal metabolites, for example crustose lichens sometimes have a polysaccharide...
29: ...inert surfaces, or woody plants in somewhat to completely open or exposed situations. However, where a...
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