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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. [[... - List of countries by continent (11037 bytes)
3: ...country]], [[state]], [[nation state]] for some explanation of the difference between these.
68: ...a continent in the 5 continent systems, called simply Asia in one of them.
81: * [[China, People's Republic of]] - [[Beijing]]
86: ...ng]], [[Special Administrative Region|SAR]], [[People's Republic of China|China]]
99: ...au]], [[Special Administrative Region|SAR]], [[People's Republic of China|China]] - List of national capitals (10847 bytes)
36: <tr><td>[[Beijing]] <td>[[People's Republic of China]], see also [[Capital of Chi...
168: <tr><td>[[Porto-Novo]] <td>[[Benin]] (official) - Portugal (61755 bytes)
15: ...s]], forming the [[Celt-Iberian]]s. Early Greek explorers named the region "[[Ophiussa]]" (Greek for "...
21: ...radle of Portugal." The Battle of S㯠Mamede took place nearby in 1128. (courtesy IPPAR)]]
25: An [[Islam]]ic invasion took place in [[711]]. Many of the ousted nobles took ref...
29: ...as formally recognized. Afonso, aided by the [[Templar Knights]], continued to conquer southern lands ...
31: ...torious John was then acclaimed as king by the people. - Pope Sergius II (1785 bytes)
1: ...an]] of noble birth, elected by the clergy and people to succeed [[Pope Gregory IV|Gregory IV]], he wa... - Pope Marinus I (1000 bytes)
3: ...Constantinople patriarchs|Patriarch of Constantinople]]. Among his first acts as pope were the restit... - Pope Formosus (4107 bytes)
2: ...al-Bishop of [[Porto]] in [[864]]. He undertook diplomatic missions to [[Bulgaria]] ([[866]]) and [[Fr...
4: ...didate for the papal see. But due to political complications he left Rome and the court of [[Pope John...
8: ...ween [[Odo, Count of Paris]] and [[Charles the Simple]] for the [[France|French]] crown, the pope side... - Pope Stephen VII (1936 bytes)
10: ...opes Stephen -- see [[Pope Stephen II]] for the explanation. - Pope Theodore II (608 bytes)
1: ...son of [[Photius]], the [[patriarch of Constantinople]]. He was ordained as a priest by [[Pope Stephen... - 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... - Rock formations (10410 bytes)
7: ... later exposes them in their current form. An example is [[Bryce Canyon]] National Park in [[Utah]].
9: ...ind of rock, usually by heat and pressure. An example is [[Mount Rushmore]] National Monument in [[Sou...
11: ...erosive forces sculpt their current forms. An example is [[Iao Needle]] in [[Maui, Hawaii]].
15: ...]]/[[Ayers Rock]] in [[Australia]] is a noted example.
97: *Waterberg Plateau, [[Namibia]]
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