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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]]) - Amerigo Vespucci (3736 bytes)
4: ...oyaged to and wrote about [[the Americas]]. His exploratory journeys along the eastern coastline of [[...
18: ... not mention the broad estuary of the [[Rio de la Plata]], which he must have seen if he had gotten th...
20: ...ndash;[[1504]], not even whether it actually took place. Amerigo Vespucci died in [[Seville]], [[Spain... - Argentina (30219 bytes)
52: ...named the river of Solís, Río de la Plata (River of the Silver).
57: ...y establishing the [[Viceroyalty of the R�de la Plata]] in [[1776]], and Buenos Aires became a flour...
63: ...r, known as [[Evita]] ([[1919]]-[[1952|52]]), played a key role in developing support for her husb...
65: ...to a number of emergency decrees, including the implementation of special executive authority to deal ...
67: ...til [[December 10]], [[1983]]. The armed forces applied harsh measures against terrorists and many sus... - Dinosaur (35313 bytes)
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18: ...pterosaur]]s, and the aquatic [[ichthyosaur]]s, [[plesiosaur]]s, and [[mosasaur]]s.
20: ...keley.edu/diapsids/avians.html]. The widespread application of [[cladistics]], which rigorously analyz... - Paleontology (5646 bytes)
1: ...loping history of [[life]] on earth, of ancient [[plant]]s and [[animal]]s based on the [[fossil recor...
5: ...e responded to these changes and have changed the planetary environment in turn, and how these mutual ...
7: ...lude [[paleozoology]] (animals), [[paleobotany]] (plants), and [[micropaleontology]] (microfossils). P...
15: ...ies and especially the [[petroleum]] industry. Simply looking at the fossils contained in a rock remai...
24: ...gging up [[penguin]]s, [[George Gaylord Simpson]] played a crucial role in bringing together ideas fro... - Ferdinand Magellan (19348 bytes)
2: ...rtugal|Portuguese]] [[List of sea explorers|sea explorer]] who sailed for [[Spain]]. He was the first ...
15: ...lso told Magellan that he would have no further employment in his country's service after [[May 15]], ...
17: ==Plans for [[circumnavigation]]==
22: ...h America, which he thought to be the [[Rio de la Plata]], to the Pacific Ocean, forming a large bay-l...
24: ... 22]], [[1518]], King Charles approved Magellan's plan and granted him generous funds. Under the contr... - Glacier (6999 bytes)
3: ...stralia]]. Most of the concepts in this article apply equally to alpine glaciers and continental glaci...
5: ...lve underwater, causing the iceberg to suddenly explode up out of the water. The [[Hubbard Glacier]] i...
11: .... The lower layers of glacial ice flow and deform plastically under this pressure, allowing the glacie...
13: The place where the glacier thins to nothing is called t...
23: ...entina-Perito_Moreno-Glacier.jpg|thumb|250px|left|Patagonia, Argentina - Perito-Moreno Glacier]] - Andes (13210 bytes)
4: [[Image:Andesplane.jpg|thumb|300px|Plane's view of the Andes, Peru.]]
12: ...u-Chile [[oceanic trench]]. The descending Nazca plate is young and buoyant [[lithosphere]], which re...
13: ...f the [[Antarctic Peninsula]] south of the Scotia Plate which appear to be a continuation of the Andes...
23: ===Plant and animal life===
24: ...of the original forests remaining [http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/andes_climate_page.htm]. - Llama (12988 bytes)
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19: ...hides, and [[wool]]. In fact, llamas were used in place of the [[horse]], the [[ox]], the [[goat]], an...
27: ...their remains have been abundantly found in the [[Pleistocene]] deposits of the region of the [[Rocky ...
29: ...ed species of the modern epoch down through the [[Pliocene]] to the early [[Miocene]] beds. Their char... - Megatherium (3307 bytes)
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14: ...s hunting in a portion of his country, known as [[Patagonia]], when a large, unknown creature covered with lo...
16: ...he legends he had collected from natives in the [[Patagonia]] region about hunting such a large creature in a... - Charles Darwin (47469 bytes)
6: ...inued his research and wrote a series of books on plants and animals, now including mankind in ''[[The...
19: ... March [[1827]] Darwin made a presentation to the Plinian society of his discovery that black spores o...
22: ...clergymen who saw it as part of their duties to explore the wonders of God's creation.
26: ...t Cambridge till June and following Henslow's example and advice he was in no rush to take holy orders...
27: ...anted to study natural history in the tropics and planned to visit [[Madeira]] with some class-mates u... - Dusky Dolphins (3923 bytes)
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23: ...c]] and [[Indian Ocean]]s. An ariel survey over [[Patagonia]] in the mid-[[1990s]] indicated that there was a...
26: ...s around 400-600 animals were killed annually off Patagonia due to individuals becoming trapped in nets. Rate... - Right Whales (11436 bytes)
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29: ...Utah marine biologists revealed that their hosts split into three species 5-6 million years ago, and t...
45: ... Right whales have between 250 and 350 [[baleen]] plates on each side of the mouth. - Eocene (7034 bytes)
11: | (37.2 ± 0.1 – 33.9 ± 0.1 [[MYA]])
14: | (40.4 ± 0.2 – 37.2 ± 0.1 MYA)
17: | (48.6 ± 0.2 – 40.4 ± 0.2 MYA)
20: | (55.8 ± 0.2 – 48.6 ± 0.2 MYA)
24: Marking the start of the Eocene, the planet heated up in one of the most rapid (in geolog...
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