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- Costa Rica (12931 bytes)
1: ...ngside [[Uruguay]], is seen as an exceptional example of political stablity in the region, and sometim...
65: The native people of the [[Mayans]] and [[Aztecs]] were conquered ...
67: ...[History of Central America]]) from [[1823]] to [[1839]]. In [[1824]], the capital moved to [[San Jos鬠...
69: ...ta Rica has avoided much of the violence that has plagued Central America. Since the late [[19th centu...
109: ...cause the Government had implemented a seven year plan of expansion in the high tech industry. They h... - List of U.S. state capitals (5230 bytes)
41: | [[1839]] — [[1845]] - 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]]) - John C. Fremont (3726 bytes)
2: ...esidential candidate of a major party to run on a platform of opposition to slavery. He was born in [[...
5: ...oines River]], and from 1841 to [[1846]] he led exploration parties on the [[Oregon Trail]] and into t...
13: ... [[Wind River Mountains]] is also named for the explorer.
15: ... author abbreviation]] '''Frém.''' is applied to plants he described. - Jacques Cartier (8139 bytes)
3: ...tember 1]] [[1557]]) was a French [[Exploration|explorer]] who is popularly thought of as one of the m...
7: ...it (see right) was painted by a Russian artist in 1839 for the city of Saint-Malo.
9: ...may be considered one of the most conscientious explorers of the period.
13: ...at present day [[Gaspé|Gaspé, Quebec]] where he planted a cross and claimed the territory for France...
35: ...den and seeds of cabbage, turnip and lettuce were planted. A fortified settlement was thus created wh... - List of people by name: Ah (925 bytes)
1: {{List_of_people_A}}
11: *[[Mirza Ghulam Ahmad|Ahmad, Mirza Ghulam]] ([[1839]]-[[1908]]), founder of [[Ahmadi]] sect
16: ... Ahtisaari|Ahtisaari, Martti]], (born 1937), UN diplomat & president of [[Finland]] - Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
12: ...f Leiningen]]. Victoria, the only child of the couple, was born in Kensington Palace, London on [[24 M...
18: ...tch, but his objections failed to dissuade the couple. Many scholars have suggested that Prince Albert...
20: ...merged the Royal House name and family surname, replacing both with one deliberately English sounding ...
27: ...itish policies by refusing to pass any laws. In [[1839]], unable to cope with the problems overseas, the...
29: ...wives of Whigs, but Sir Robert Peel expected to replace them with wives of Tories. Victoria strongly o... - Ouida (1938 bytes)
1: ..., August 20, 1881)]]'''Ouida''' ([[January 7]], [[1839]] – [[January 25]], [[1908]]) was the ''[[p...
37: * http://www.indiana.edu/cgi-bin-ip/letrs/vwwplib.pl - This site contains some of Ouida's works. - Ada Lovelace (5406 bytes)
11: ...velace'''. She is widely known in modern times simply as '''Ada Lovelace'''.
15: ...nd scientific pieces of music of any degree of complexity or extent."
23: ... some debate as to whether Lovelace understood deeply the concepts behind programming Babbage's engine... - Painting (4567 bytes)
2: '''Painting''' is the practice of applying [[pigment]] suspended in a carrier (or [[medi...
4: ... is the process of making marks on a surface by applying pressure from or moving a tool on the surface...
8: ...ceros, lions, buffalo, and mammoth. There are examples of [[cave painting]] all over the world.
20: *[[Pointillism]] (aka divisionism, 'stippling')
36: Examples include: - Carpet (15753 bytes)
10: ...aka double cloth, two-ply, triple cloth, or three-ply).
12: A '''hooked rug''' is a simple type of rug handmade by pulling strips of cloth ...
14: ...e of the weave at a perpendicular angle. This supplementary weft is attached to the warp by one of th...
16: ...all coverings. Production was improved with the application of the Jacquard mechanism (see [[Jacquard ...
19: ...lve scrolling vines and regional flowers (for example, the [[Bradford carpet]]). They often incorpora... - Map (10223 bytes)
3: A '''map''' is a simplified depiction of a [[space]], a navigational aid...
9: ...wer to the universe. Medieval "T-O" maps, for example, show [[Jerusalem]] at the center of the world, ...
33: ...ring a larger map to show the same area. For example, maps designed for the hiker are often scaled at...
35: ...ectional [[road sign|road signs]] are further examples of this kind.
37: ...to deliver visual usefulness to its user, for example, by exaggerating the width of roads. With the [... - Clarinet (18825 bytes)
4: ...f some student instruments, composite material or plastic [[resin]]. The instrument uses a single [[re...
6: A person who plays the clarinet is called a [[clarinetist]].
11: ... there are few restrictions to what it is able to play.
20: ... (music)|reed]] which is held in the mouth by the player. Vibrating the reed produces the instrument's...
22: The body is equipped with a complicated set of seven tone holes (six front, one bac... - Martin Van Buren (21629 bytes)
10: <tr><td>'''Place of Birth:'''</td><td>[[Kinderhook (village), N...
12: <tr><td>'''Place of Death:'''</td><td>[[Kinderhook (town), New ...
27: ...y. In [[1796]] he began the study of [[law]], completing his preparation in 1802 at [[New York City|N...
33: ...ber of the Senate, until [[1819]], when he was displaced to make room for a Federalist. He had already...
35: ...f "Little Magician" for the skill with which he exploited it. - George M. Dallas (3858 bytes)
7: ...ster Plenipotentiary to Russia from [[1837]] to [[1839]], when he was recalled at his own request. He w...
9: ...as was appointed Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to [[United Kingdom|Britain]] by Pre...
18: ...ay]]|after=[[Churchill C. Cambreleng]]|years=1837-1839}} - Franklin Pierce (19017 bytes)
10: | place of birth=[[Hillsborough]], [[New Hampshire]]
13: | place of death=[[Concord]], [[New Hampshire]]
20: ... [[alcoholism]] as his marriage to [[Jane Means Appleton Pierce]] fell apart. He destroyed his reputat...
22: ...Pierce was hounded by guilt, temptation, and just plain bad luck."
40: ... ([[1836]]) in infancy and Frank Robert Pierce ([[1839]]–[[1843]]) at the age of four from [[epide... - Andrew Johnson (12662 bytes)
19: | '''Place of Birth:''' || [[Raleigh, North Carolina]]
23: | '''Place of Death:''' || near [[Elizabethton, Tennessee...
45: ..., Tennessee in [[1826]], where he continued his employment as a tailor. He never attended any type of ...
48: ...f Representatives from [[1835]] to [[1837]] and [[1839]] to [[1841]]. He was elected to the State Senat...
107: ... [[Edwin Stanton]] as Secretary of War, and was replacing him in the interim with Adjutant-General [[L... - Alexandria (28378 bytes)
19: ...ocks of birds to eat it. In any case, the story explains Alexandria's role as the shipping-point for E...
34: ...ose favor the city paid dear to [[Octavian]], who placed over it a prefect from the imperial household...
36: ...ne of the chief reasons which induced Augustus to place it directly under [[Roman Empire|imperial powe...
40: ...century]] AD, it declined fast in population and splendour.
42: ...temples by Theophilus|Destruction of the pagan temples by Theophilus]]. - 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.
18: [[William Smith (geologist)|William Smith]] (1769-1839) drew some of the first geological maps and began...
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... - Peru (12264 bytes)
48: ...s not in power until [[1827]]. From [[1836]] to [[1839]] Peru and [[Bolivia]] were united in the [[Peru-...
57: ... [[department]]s (''departamentos''), and many people still use this term when referring to today's re...
99: The western coastal plains (costa) are separated from the eastern lowlan...
113: ...ts way through the economy. Lima did manage to complete negotiations for an Extended Fund Facility wit...
121: ...rindian ancestry, constitute around 37% of the people.
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