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- Rio de Janeiro (14538 bytes)
9: ...eiro is located at 22 degrees, 54 minutes south [[latitude]], 43 degrees 14 minutes west [[longitude]] ({{co...
19: ...tuguese found gold and diamonds in the neighbor captaincy of [[Minas Gerais]], Rio de Janeiro became m...
123: [[pt:Rio de Janeiro (Rio de Janeiro)]] - Amerigo Vespucci (3736 bytes)
14: ...ified from other sources. It is now generally accepted by historians that no voyage was made in [[1497...
18: ...his own account is to be believed, he reached the latitude of [[Patagonia]] before turning back; although th... - Ptolemy (10609 bytes)
1: [[image:Ptolemy.jpg|thumb|240px|Claudius Ptolemaeus, given contemporary German styling, in a ...
3: ...obably lived and worked in [[Alexandria]] in [[Egypt]].
5: ...ost of Classical Greek science, in Arabic manuscripts (hence its familiar name) and only made availabl...
7: ...time of the great explorations. They were also adopted in the Arab world and in India. The ''Almagest...
9: Ptolemy's other main work is his ''Geography''. Thi... - Cartography (10500 bytes)
9: ...P/PUB93/NSC/NSCFIG7.html]. The [[Ancient Egypt|Egypt]]ians later used geometry to survey land and to r...
11: ...earth to within 15 per cent of the modern-day accepted value.
19: ...rojection around [[200s BCE|200 BCE]]. [[Claudius Ptolemy]] developed map projections as well, includi...
21: ...nd Islamic philosophers adhered to the Greek conception of a spherical earth.
30: ...ility of mapmakers and navigators to find their [[latitude]] by measuring angles to the [[North Star]] at ni... - Earth (30908 bytes)
58: Earth's composition (by depth below surface):
80: ...p>24</sup> [[pascal second|Pa?s]], depending on depth [http://www2.uni-jena.de/chemie/geowiss/geodyn/p...
86: The crust ranges from 5 to 70 km in depth. The thin parts are [[oceanic crust]] composed o...
91: ...a]]. On land, biomes are separated primarily by [[latitude]]. Terrestrial biomes lying within the [[Arctic C...
120: ...parent motion of celestial bodies in the sky (except [[meteor]]s which are within the atmosphere and l... - Antarctica (14761 bytes)
6: ...nd") go back to antiquity, the first commonly accepted sighting of the continent occurred in [[1820]] ...
32: ...efined by degrees of [[longitude]]. In terms of [[latitude]], the northern border is the 60? S parallel that...
43: ...between 90 degrees west and 150 degrees west, except for the Norwegian claim to Peter I Island (see ab...
140: * [[Diamond dust]], an Antarctic optical phenomenon - Canada (35540 bytes)
19: ...|English]] is the majority language elsewhere except in certain communities and in [[Nunavut]], where ...
94: ...U.S. attacked British forces in Canada in an attempt to reduce their control of North America and the ...
96: ...with the [[Act of Union (1840)]] in a doomed attempt to assimilate the French Canadians. Once the U.S....
98: ...880]] Canada included all of its present area except for [[Newfoundland and Labrador]], which joined i...
111: ...t on the northern tip of Ellesmere Island – latitude 82.5°N – just 834 kilometres from the N... - Biome (5008 bytes)
1: ... the region's physical [[environment]]. The concept of a biome highlights the interaction among plant...
3: ...rs. In turn, climate and soil partly depend on [[latitude]], [[altitude]] and slope.
5: ...ra type, vertical stratification or vegetation adaptation.
14: == Latitude Classification ==
16: ...elation between the distribution of climates with latitude, and homogenous vegetation bands. Another major ... - Abydos, Egypt (9715 bytes)
1: ...s|2=<hiero>Ab-b-Dw:O49</hiero>|align=right|era=egypt}}
2: ...at latitude 26? 10' N. The [[Egyptian language|Egyptian]] name was Abdju (technically, ''3b<u>d</u>w''...
6: ... I]] in the 30th dynasty. From [[Ptolemaic Period|Ptolemaic]] times the place continued to decay and n...
10: ...rises to importance in the [[Middle Kingdom of Egypt|Middle Kingdom]] and then vanishes in the 18th. T...
14: ... thickened about the 2nd or [[Third dynasty of Egypt|3rd dynasty]]. The old temple entirely vanished ... - U.S. state (14432 bytes)
92: ...] and [[Wyoming]] are bounded by two [[circles of latitude]] and two [[meridian]]s each, i.e. they appear to...
93: * Every state—except Hawaii, which has no land boundaries—has st...
106: ...me 13 independently sovereign states. Upon the adoption of the [[Articles of Confederation]] and Perpe...
110: ...vertly tyrannical government. Several states attempted to secede during the [[U.S. Civil War|Civil War... - Alabama (10792 bytes)
31: Latitude = 30?13'N to 35?N |
66: *The current [[Alabama Constitution]] was adopted in [[1901]].
154: ... [[Protestant]] denominations in Alabama are: [[Baptist]] (51% of the total state population), [[Metho... - Alaska (24727 bytes)
28: Latitude = 54?40'N to 71?50'N |
42: ...ist of U.S. state birds|State bird]]'''||[[Willow Ptarmigan]]
77: ...itory]] had several years earlier (circa 1975) adopted a single time zone identical to Pacific Standar...
127: ...ion tourists arriving in Alaska between May and September). - Arizona (24367 bytes)
29: ... doesn't observe [[Daylight saving time|DST]] except in the [[Navajo Nation]])</small> |
30: Latitude = 31?20'N to 37?N |
53: Reptile = [[Rattlesnake|Arizona Ridgenose Ratt...
134: ... to 29 kilometers (4 to 18 miles) and attains a depth of more than 1,6 km (1 mile). Nearly 2 billion y...
186: ***9% [[Baptist]] - Arkansas (11679 bytes)
26: Latitude = 33?N to 36?30'N |
141: ...est Protestant denominations in Arkansas are: [[Baptist]] (42% of the total state population), [[Metho...
202: *[[Arkansas Baptist College]]
205: *[[Central Baptist College]]
211: *[[Ouachita Baptist University]] - California (63989 bytes)
31: AdmittanceDate = [[September 9]], [[1850]] |
33: Latitude = 32°30'N to 42°N |
59: Reptile = [[Desert Tortoise]] |
103: ...ome nobles of [[Imperial Russia]] made brief attempts to explore and claim parts of California, but th...
126: ...25]], [[1854]] where it has been permanently, except for a four-month temporary move in 1862 to San Fr... - North Carolina (18268 bytes)
27: Latitude = 34?N to 36?21'N |
42: ...t American territory the [[England|English]] attempted to colonize. [[Sir Walter Raleigh]], for whom t...
48: ...th Carolina was at [[Bentonville]], a futile attempt by Confederate Gen. Joseph Johnston to slow Union...
74: ...ccept guilty pleas for traffic violations and accept waivers of trial for worthless-check cases among ...
86: ...uded between the parallels 34? and 36?30' north [[latitude]], and between the meridians 75?30' and 84?30' we... - Connecticut (28543 bytes)
27: Latitude = 40?58'N to 42?3'N |
43: ...constitution]], the third for Connecticut, was adopted in [[1965]]. The traditional abbreviation of th...
47: ...have a merged city-town government. The sole exception is the [[Groton (city), Connecticut | City of ...
85: ...roads/ct/index.html] for a very complete and in-depth discussion of Connecticut roadways, current, pas...
93: ... [[transportation]] equipment (especially [[helicopters]], [[aircraft]] parts, and [[nuclear submarine... - Delaware (15006 bytes)
27: Latitude = 38?27'N to 39?50'N |
46: ... "The Delaware State," and in 1792 that entity adopted its first constitution, declaring itself to be ...
54: Delaware's fourth and current constitution was adopted in [[1897]] and provides for executive, judicia...
104: ...hodist]] (27% of the total state population), [[Baptist]] (9%), [[Pentecostal]] & [[Presbyterian]] & [...
181: ...etween [[New Jersey]] and [[Pennsylvania]], and emptying into [[Delaware Bay]], which separates New Je... - Florida (24937 bytes)
26: Latitude = 24?30'N to 31?N |
56: ...is 6 percent. Local governments may levy a local option sales on top of that, so sales taxes vary by c...
72: [[Image:Hurricane Frances, September 2nd.jpg|left|thumb|138px|Hurricane Frances n...
80: ...[Hurricane Jeanne|Jeanne]] ([[September 25]]-[[September 26|26]]) cumulatively cost forty-two billion...
116: ...gest Protestant denominations in Florida are: [[Baptist]] (22% of the total state population), [[Metho... - Georgia (U.S. state) (26579 bytes)
26: Latitude = 30°31'N to 35°N |
74: ...o has 159 [[counties]], the most of any state except [[Texas]] (254). Before [[1932]], there were 161...
78: .... Up to 1% of a SPLOST can go to [[homestead exemption]]s. All taxes are collected by the state and ...
165: ...gest Protestant denominations in Georgia are: [[Baptist]] (51% of total state population), [[Methodist...
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