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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
55: ...d sailed up it to [[Montreal]]; failed in an attempt to set up a colony
80: ...uguese]] explorer, first European to reach [[Cape Verde]]
90: *[[Leifur Eiríksson]], (born 970), attempted to colonize [[Vinland]], discovered [[the Ameri...
128: *[[Hannu]], [[ancient Egypt|ancient Egyptian]] explorer (around 2750 BC) and the first expl...
129: ...rlands|Dutch]] [[Dutch East India Company|VOC]] captain, charted mid-western coast of [[Australia]] - Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
3: ...rary to this belief, most people at that time accepted that the earth was round. The main debate was o...
5: ... of two, led by [[João Vaz Corte-Real]] to Terra Verde (today's Newfoundland). [[Giovanni Caboto]] (bett...
13: It has generally been accepted that he was [[Genoa|Genovese]], although doubts...
43: ... distance to the Indies. Most scholars accepted [[Ptolemy]]'s claim that the terrestrial landmass (for...
46: Columbus accepted the calculations of [[Pierre d'Ailly]], that th... - Africa (35389 bytes)
18: ...rapher [[Ptolemy]] ([[85]] - [[165]] AD), who accepted [[Alexandria]] as [[Prime Meridian]] and made t...
26: ...roximately of 8,000 km (5,000 miles); from [[Cape Verde]], 17°33′22″ W, the westernmost p...
37: ... used in [[Egypt]] along the [[Nile river]]. [[Egypt]] was one of the earliest nation states ever form...
39: ...continents. Arabians and Europeans were able to capture millions of Africans, and export them for labo...
61: ...ave frequently been hampered by instability, corruption, violence, and [[authoritarianism]]. Until rec... - Age of Exploration (14467 bytes)
24: ... line that ran 270 [[leagues]] west of the [[Cape Verde]] islands; this gave them control over Africa, As...
33: ... The combined empires were simply too big to be kept unchallenged, and to resist those challenges.
35: ...remained in Portuguese possession. The Dutch attempted to conquer Brazil, and at one time controlled a... - Sub-Saharan Africa (3920 bytes)
3: ...]] in [[ethnicity]] and [[culture]], and the perception of sub-Saharan Africa as predominantly [[black...
5: With a few exceptions, such as [[Mauritius]] and [[South Africa]], ...
7: ...nd two island nations in the Atlantic Ocean (Cape Verde and Sao Tome and Principe) are considered part of...
47: * [[Cape Verde]] - List of countries by continent (11037 bytes)
16: *[[Cape Verde]] - [[Praia, Cape Verde|Praia]]
24: *[[Egypt]] (Misr) - [[Cairo]] - List of national capitals (10847 bytes)
56: <tr><td>[[Cairo]] <td>[[Egypt]]
170: <tr><td>[[Praia]] <td>[[Cape Verde]] - Guinea-Bissau (9517 bytes)
44: <br>[[September 24|24 Sep]] [[1973]]
45: <br>[[September 10|10 Sep]] [[1974]]
65: ...]. Independence was unilaterally declared on [[September 24]], 1973 and was recognized by a 93-7 UN G...
67: In September [[2003]] a coup took place in which the mili...
99: ...d. Its farming and fishing economy was badly disrupted by the 1998-99 civil war. It has a foreign [[de... - Portugal (61755 bytes)
31: ...nding loss of independence to Castile was not accepted by the majority of the Portuguese people, which...
40: In [[1418]] two captains of Prince Henry the Navigator, were driven by...
76: ... Os Verdes'' – Ecologists). PCP, BE, and Os Verdes are left wing and the PP right wing. [[As of 200...
85: ...them. It has very close close relations with Cape Verde and East Timor. It has a friendship alliance and...
93: ... mainland Portugal. Download an [http://www.igeoe.pt/downloads/500mil/500mil_24bits2.zip official map]... - Arizona (24367 bytes)
29: ... doesn't observe [[Daylight saving time|DST]] except in the [[Navajo Nation]])</small> |
53: Reptile = [[Rattlesnake|Arizona Ridgenose Ratt...
56: Tree = [[Palo Verde]] |
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]] - California (63989 bytes)
31: AdmittanceDate = [[September 9]], [[1850]] |
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...
158: ...contains more forestland than any other state except Alaska. Most of the forest is found in 2 places.... - Time zone (34024 bytes)
2: ... zones''' are areas of the [[Earth]] that have adopted the same standard [[time]], usually referred to...
19: *[[Cairo]], [[Egypt]]: UTC + 2 (e.g. if it is 23:00 UTC on Monday 15 ...
33: ...mber 2]], [[1868]], [[New Zealand]] officially adopted a standard time to be observed nationally, and ...
35: ...able exception was [[Detroit, Michigan]], which kept local time until [[1900]], then vacillated betwee...
37: ...rable." Nevertheless, most major countries had adopted hourly time zones by [[1929]]. Even today, they... - Tropical cyclone (34538 bytes)
1: ...wed from the [[International Space Station]], [[September 2004]]. [[NASA]] photo by [[Edward Fincke]]...
38: ...of a 10-minute average, and that definition is adopted by most countries. However, a few countries use...
63: ..., forming just west of [[Africa]] near the [[Cape Verde]] islands.
70: ...n September 1947, September 1969, January 1982, September 1983, and January 1995. There is debate on w...
88: |align=left| September || 198 || 3.5 - List of politics by country articles (10131 bytes)
16: ...f Canada|Canada]] - [[Politics of Cape Verde|Cape Verde]] - [[Politics of the Cayman Islands|Cayman Islan...
22: ...ics of Ecuador|Ecuador]] - [[Politics of Egypt|Egypt]] - [[Politics of El Salvador|El Salvador]] - [[P... - Colorado (22240 bytes)
63: Reptile=Hide |
84: Image = State_Quarter,_Colorado_Accepted_Design.jpg |
114: ...002]] devastating [[forest fire|forest fires]] swept this area.
122: ...inter; most snow melts by mid August with the exception of a few small glaciers. The [[Colorado Minera...
131: *[[Mesa Verde National Park]] - Toad (5772 bytes)
3: ...:Bufo periglenes1.jpg|240px]] | caption = [[Monte Verde Toad]]}}
21: ''[[Leptophryne]]''<br />
41: ...hown by some true frogs (''Rana''), which have adapted to burrowing habits, and are absolutely toad-li...
45: ...ld except the [[Australia]]n region (with the exception of the introduced [[Giant_neotropical_toad|Can... - Ferdinand Magellan (19348 bytes)
11: ...[1510]], Magellan was promoted to the rank of [[captain]]. However, after secretly sailing a ship east...
24: ... the contract, Magellan and Faleiro, as joint [[captain]]s-general, would receive one-twentieth of all...
28: ...agellan's [[flagship]], and besides Faleiro the captains for the other four were Juan de Cartegena, Go...
34: ...lmost prevented Magellan from sailing, but on [[September 20]], Magellan set sail from Sanl?de Barrame...
37: ...[Canary Islands]], Magellan arrived at the [[Cape Verde]] Islands, where they set course for Cape St. Aug... - Henry the Navigator (6878 bytes)
9: ...geographic knowledge for Henry, a position he accepted. The nearby port of [[Lagos, Portugal|Lagos]] ...
13: ... 1430. Portuguese vessels encountered the [[Cape Verde]] islands in 1455.
17:
19: ...d Henry's younger brother Fernando and held him captive until his death eleven years later. Henry's m... - Apache (7848 bytes)
28: ...th the Yavapai. There is a visitor center in Camp Verde, Arizona and at the end of February an Exodus Day...
32: Apache children were taken for adoption by white Americans in programs similar in natu... - List of national anthems (17969 bytes)
105: |[[Cape Verde]]||[[C⮴ico da Liberdade]]
172: |[[Egypt]]||[[Bilady, Bilady, Bilady]] (My Homeland, My Ho...
444: |[[Romania]]||[[Desteapta-te, Romane!|Deşteaptă-te, rom⮥]] (Wake up, Romanian), former an...
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