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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]]) - Artemisia Gentileschi (23093 bytes)
3: ...[1653]]) is today considered one of the most accomplished Early [[Baroque]] painters in the generation...
14: ..., had committed incest with his sister-in-law and planned to steal some of Orazio?s paintings. During ...
16: ...12]]-13), stored in the [[Capodimonte Museum of Naples]], is impressive for the violence portrayed, an...
18: ...tist from [[Florence]]. Shortly afterwards the couple moved to [[Florence]], where Artemisia received ...
20: ...urn to [[Rome]] in [[1621]] and later move to [[Naples]]. After her mother's death in [[1651]], Pruden... - Guyana (12153 bytes)
13: ...r colspan=2 | <small>''[[National motto]]: One People, One Nation, One Destiny''</small>
51: | ''[[Dear Land of Guyana, of Rivers and Plains]]''
62: ...blished three separate colonies; [[Essequibo]] ([[1616]]), [[Berbice]] ([[1627]]), and [[Demerara]] ([[1...
64: ...a]], [[China]] and [[Portugal]] to work the sugar plantations. This ethnocultural divide has persisted...
105: ...ghly divided into three regions: a narrow, marshy plain along the coast of the [[Atlantic Ocean]], a w... - Israel (51605 bytes)
1: ...and it is a [[Jewish state]]. Israel was the birthplace of [[Judaism]] in the [[17th century BCE]] and...
60: ... Israel is not limited to Judaism, it is also the place where [[Christianity]] was born, and contains ...
73: ...bsequent attempted extermination of the Jewish people in the [[Shoah]], or [[the Holocaust|Holocaust]]...
78: ...ted, but the [[White Paper of 1939]] policy was implemented well into the end of [[WW2]], and enforced...
83: ...bly, the Palestinian Arab leadership rejected the plan to create the as-yet-unnamed Jewish state and l... - United Kingdom (37269 bytes)
54: ...[[European Union]] and [[NATO]]. Usually known simply as the '''United Kingdom''' or the '''UK''', it ...
64: ...) has been proposed, but is little used outside diplomatic circles.
69: ...land was on the brink of economic ruin and was deeply unpopular with the broader Scottish population.
71: ...nd]]. This was also an unpopular decision, taking place just after the unsuccessful United Irishmen Re...
74: ...he 20th century saw the UK's strength seriously depleted in two World Wars. The second half witnessed ... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
1: The following list is an incomplete '''list of painters'''.
281: *[[John Singleton Copley]] ([[1737]]-[[1815]])
616: *[[Leon Kaplinski]] ([[1826]]-[[1873]])
932: *[[Matteo Perez d'Aleccio ]] (ca.[[1547]]-ca.[[1616]])
958: *[[Stefan Planinc]] ([[1925]]-) - Dynasties in Chinese history (8665 bytes)
9: ...sty itself was established in [[1636]] (or even [[1616]], albeit under a different name), while the last... - Galileo Galilei (33761 bytes)
2: ...n Catholic Church]] is taken as a major early example of the conflict of authority and [[freedom of th...
7: ...astronomy]] until [[1610]]. During this time he explored science and made many landmark discoveries.
14: ...on falling bodies (actually rolling balls) were replicated using the methods described by Galileo (Set...
18: ...lescope is inaccurate, he was one of the first people to use the telescope to observe the [[sky]]. Bas...
20: ... of the [[natural satellite|moons]] of [[Jupiter (planet)|Jupiter]]. Galileo published a full descript... - Francis Bacon (16741 bytes)
4: ...n called the ''[[Baconian method]]''. Induction implies drawing knowledge from the natural world throu...
21: ...im to devote himself to a life of learning. His application failed, and for the next two years he work...
25: ...e (he objected to the time span) offended many people; he was accused of seeking popularity, and was f...
29: ... a gift of a fine of ?1200 on one of Essex's accomplices.
35: ... to sit in parliament -- and to the various royal plans which Bacon had supported. His obvious influen... - Dentistry (9670 bytes)
3: ...e would have thought, such a very desirable ''exempla''.
13: ...prostheses such as dentures, bridges and dental implants), [[endodontics]] ([[root canal]] therapy), d...
15: ...g is required: [[cosmetic dentistry]], [[dental implant]], [[temporal-mandibular joint therapy]]. Thes...
20: ...mb|''Farmer at the dentist'', [[Johann Liss]], c. 1616-17.]]
22: ...h]], [[Pakistan]], made the discovery that the people of [[Indus Valley Civilization]], even from the ... - Tycho Brahe (17516 bytes)
3: ...mill]]. His best known assistant was [[Johannes Kepler]].
14: ''I've studied all available charts of the planets and stars and none of them match the others....
16: .... (These measurements became the possessions of Kepler following Tycho's death.)
18: ...he rest of his life, he was said to have worn a replacement made of [[silver]] and [[gold]]. Tycho's ...
33: ...as strongly critical of those who dismissed the implications of the astronomical appearance, writing i... - Baldassare Castiglione (7242 bytes)
1: ...he most important [[renaissance]] authors and a diplomat.
15: In [[1506]] Castiglione wrote (and played together with Cosimo Gonzaga) his eclogue ''T...
17: ...r princes, maintaining an activity very near to diplomacy, though in a literary form, like with [[Ludo...
23: ... V, it was his duty to investigate what Spain was planning against the Eternal City.
28: ...se found no confirmation: he died by Black Death (plague). - William Shakespeare (28915 bytes)
2: ...tyle|N.S.]])), [[England|English]] [[poet]] and [[playwright]], has a reputation as the greatest of al...
4: ...und the world. Shakespeare was among the very few playwrights who have excelled in both [[tragedy]] an...
6: ...Chronology of Shakespeare plays|chronology of the plays]] attributed to him are often uncertain. His p...
8: ...d the many [[list of adaptations of Shakespearean plays|adaptations]] of his works.
12: ...ree that William Shakespeare{{fn|1}}—actor, playwright and poet—was one individual whose l... - Pirate Ship (44502 bytes)
4: ... any state, in fact piracy has been the first example of universal jurisdiction. Nevertheless today th...
10: ...tances of piracy are the exploits of the [[Sea Peoples]] who threatened the [[Aegean civilization|Aege...
12: ...odecanese]] islet of [[Farmakos|Pharmacusa]].<ref>Plutarch, ''Caesar'' 1-2.</ref> He maintained an att...
16: ...ng some of the most famous ancient pirateering peoples were the [[Illyrians]], populating the western ...
24: ...he sea for their [[hit-and-run tactics]] - a safe place to retreat to if the battle turned against the... - Francis Drake (14963 bytes)
9: ...orld]] under the sails of the Hawkins family of [[Plymouth]], in company with his cousin, Sir [[John H...
12: ...im an outlaw [[pirate]], but to England he was simply a sailor and [[privateer]]. On his second such v...
13: ...was unable to officially acknowledge Drake's accomplishment. Such intrigues were typical during Drake'...
16: ...e Pacific coast of the Americas. He set sail from Plymouth, England, in December aboard the ''Pelican'...
18: ... oceans met at Cape Horn was not discovered until 1616. - Rene Descartes (17976 bytes)
1: ...inventing the Cartesian coordinate system used in plane geometry and algebra.
4: ... to [[Teleology|ends]]—divine or natural—in explaining natural phenomena. In his theology, he insi...
11: ...''Baccalauréat'' and ''Licence'' in [[law]] in [[1616]].
14: ...eling, visiting courts and armies, mixing with people of diverse temperaments and ranks, gathering var...
18: ...ege of La Rochelle]] by Cardinal [[Armand Jean du Plessis, Cardinal Richelieu|Richelieu]] in [[1627]].... - Inquisition (9274 bytes)
28: ...''[[De Revolutionibus Orbium Coelestium]]'' to be placed on the [[Index Librorum Prohibitorum|Index of...
40: ...pproval of the investigators. For example some people call the Second [[Red Scare]] an inquisition.
42: ...uisition'' (ISBN 1561840025) is critical of the application of the [[Scientific Method]] in the 20th c... - Alchemy (42222 bytes)
11: ...context of their times. They were attempting to explore and investigate nature before many of the most...
13: ...sical insight would have been as partial and incomplete as a metaphysics devoid of physical manifestat...
23: ...of 1989. None of those claims could be reliably duplicated. In either case, the required conditions w...
25: ...e [[New Age]] movement. Even some physicists have played with alchemical ideas in books such as ''[[Th...
27: ...of the intellectual connections between that discipline and other facets of Western cultural history, ... - Samuel de Champlain (12497 bytes)
1: ...el-de-champlain-s.jpg|thumb|right|''Samuel de Champlain''<br>by Th鯰hile Hamel (1870)]]
3: ...'s pattern was to spend several months or years exploring North America and then he would have to head...
7: Born in [[Brouage]], [[France]], much of Champlain's early life is unknown. His first trip to Nor...
9: ...nce), where Champlain lived until 1607 while he explored the Atlantic coast.
13: On [[July 3]], 1608 Champlain landed at the "point of Quebec" and set about ... - Baffin Bay (763 bytes)
7: ...fin]], the first person to navigate the bay, in [[1616]].
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