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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]]) - List of maritime explorers (2541 bytes)
3: The era of [[European]] [[sea]] [[explorations]] began in the late [[15th century]] and ...
5: This is a '''list of notable sea explorers''':
68: *[[Sebastian Cabot (explorer)|Sebastian Cabot]]
71: *[[Samuel de Champlain]]
89: *[[Amerigo Vespucci (explorer)|Amerigo Vespucci]] - 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 ... - Australia (39438 bytes)
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48: ...88]]. As the population grew and new areas were explored, six self-governing [[Crown Colony|Crown Colo...
50: ...aterway across the border by Papua New Guinean people and [[Torres Strait Islander]]s.
54: ...to use the word "Australia" was [[Alexander Dalrymple]] in his ''An Historical Collection of Voyages a...
62: ...claiming the land for Britain in [[1770]]. This replica was built in 1988 for Australia's bicentennial... - Netherlands (35958 bytes)
1: ...nd became a mere province of the Kingdom and was split into North and South Holland in [[1840]]. There...
72: ...]] (gypsies), gay and lesbian individuals, and people with mental retardation and other disabilites. A...
77: People from other parts of The Netherlands sometimes ob...
79: ...g the [[Eighty Years' War]] but only after the people had turned solidly [[Roman Catholic]] as a resul...
81: ...h originally meant "(Language) of the (common) people" in contrast with the medieval elite who spoke L... - South Africa (40100 bytes)
3: ...en the black majority and the white minority have played a large part in the country's [[History of So...
13: ...nto Namibia and Botswana, and elsewhere. These people, who are a physically distinct population from o...
24: ...ulations displaced earlier [[hunter-gatherer]] peoples as they migrated.
26: ...d [[Cape Frontier Wars]] against the [[Xhosa]] people, and imported [[slaves]] from [[Indonesia]], [[M...
32: ... tactics much better on local conditions. For example, the Boers wore [[khaki]] clothing, which was th... - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
31: * [[Plough]]s in [[Mesopotamia]]
35: * 3500 BC: [[Plywood]] in [[History of ancient Egypt|Egypt]]
80: * [[600]]: Mouldboard [[plough]] in [[Eastern Europe]]
162: * [[1797]]: [[Cast iron plow]]: [[Charles Newbold]]
201: * [[1831]]: [[Multiple coil magnet]]: [[Joseph Henry]] - 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]])
958: *[[Stefan Planinc]] ([[1925]]-)
959: *[[Jan Bogumil Plersch]] ([[1732]]-[[1817]]) - Printmaking (6788 bytes)
1: ... or more [[artist's proof]]s. Depending on the complexity of the process chosen, the artist may work i...
3: ... in printmaking include [[plank]]s of wood, metal plates, flat stones, or a porous fabric mesh stretch...
11: ...n a sheet of [[paper]], perhaps slightly damp, is placed over the block. The block is then rubbed wit...
36: ...], known as a [[ground]], is applied to a [[metal plate]], most often [[copper]].
38: The plate is then completely submerged in an acid that eats away at the e... - Timeline of microscope technology (1673 bytes)
13: ...74]] - [[Anton van Leeuwenhoek]] improves on a simple microscope for viewing biological specimens. - March 18 (10594 bytes)
21: ...]], [[Illinois]], and [[Indiana]], killing 695 people.
22: *[[1937]] - The [[New London School explosion]] kills three hundred, mostly children.
37: ...me]] in [[Russia]] 50 persons were killed at an explosion of a [[Vostok rocket|Vostok-2M]] rocket on i...
42: ...eaks off while en-route to [[Turkey]] causing the plane to crash and killing all 50 on board. This lea...
63: *[[1903]] - [[O. E. Plauen]], illustrator and cartoonist (d. [[1944]]) - March 19 (9902 bytes)
7: *[[1687]] - Explorer [[Robert Cavelier de La Salle]], searching fo...
12: ... for the first time but was not recognized as a [[planet]].
13: *[[1916]] - Eight American planes take off in pursuit of [[Pancho Villa]], the ...
19: ...S ''Franklin'']], killing 800 of her crew and crippling the ship.
24: ...rk, New York|New York]], [[New York]] kills 24 people. - March 21 (10586 bytes)
11: ...ley]] began his trek to find the missionary and explorer [[David Livingstone]].
23: ...1965]] - [[Martin Luther King Jr]] leads 3,200 people on the start of the 3rd and finally successful [...
29: *[[1985]] - [[Canada|Canadian]] [[paraplegic]] [[athlete]] and [[humanitarian]] [[Rick Han...
30: ...ted]]'' reports allegations that tie [[baseball]] player [[Pete Rose]] to [[baseball]] [[gambling]].
71: *[[1961]] - [[Lothar Matthäµ³]], [[soccer]] player - List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
318: *[[Johannes Kepler]] ([[Germany]], [[1571]] – [[1630]])
346: *[[Pierre-Simon Laplace]] ([[France]], [[1749]] – [[1827]])
463: *[[Philip Plait]] ([[United States|USA]])
464: *[[Giovanni Antonio Amedeo Plana]] ([[Italy]], [[1781]] – [[1864]])
465: *[[John Stanley Plaskett]] ([[Canada]], [[1865]] – [[1941]]) - List of festivals (6550 bytes)
92: ...s. It has also to its credit helped develop local players who have then moved onto performing in other... - Helium (36603 bytes)
9: ...mage-BIG.png|250px|click for larger version and explanation]]<br><div align="right"><small>[[Periodic ...
108: ...[[United States]], which is by far the largest supplier of the gas. Helium is used in [[cryogenics]], ...
111: ===Gas and plasma phases===
114: ...on bombardment or is otherwise a [[Plasma physics|plasma]]. HeNe, HgHe<sub>10</sub>, WHe<sub>2</sub> ...
117: ...invisible [[solid]] is highly [[compressible]]; applying pressure in the laboratory can decrease its v... - Painting of the United States (3965 bytes)
5: ... America—the sea, the mountains, and the people who lived near them. Middle-class city life foun...
14: ...ican contribution to world art has been a mocking playfulness, a sense that a central purpose of a new... - Vincent van Gogh (11980 bytes)
11: ...ould join the company later. This friendship is amply documented in the large collection of letters th...
18: ...d remain in Vincent's work, notably in the way he played with light and in the looseness of his brush ...
24: ...ht colors, use of canvas space and the role lines played in the picture. These impressions would influ...
27: ...at cause each other to shine brilliantly, that complete each other like a man and a woman."
30: ...for this purpose. Only [[Paul Gauguin]], whose simplified color schemes and forms (known as [[syntheti... - Drawing (17083 bytes)
2: ...crosshatching, random hatching, scribbling, [[stippling]], and blending.
5: ...t]] uses pure colors and cannot mix them before application. The appearance of mixed colors in some [[...
10: ...ng materials are not water or oil based and are applied dry, without any preparation. Water-based draw...
12: Some examples of drawing media include:
33: ...ny implement that will leave a mark can also be employed for drawing. However specially artist drawing...
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