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- Jacques Cartier (8139 bytes)
3: ...rior eastern region that would become the first european-inhabited area of that country.
5: ...s part of a respectable family of mariners and improved his social status in 1520 by marrying Catherin...
9: ...t Cartier made three voyages of discovery in dangerous and hitherto unknown waters without losing a sh...
13: ... the sons of Huron [[Chief Donnacona]], back to Europe.
15: ==Second Voyage 1535-1536== - Mary, the mother of Jesus (30135 bytes)
2: ...nd the [[betrothal|betrothed]] of [[Joseph the Betrothed|Joseph]]. The area of [[Christian]] [[theolog...
8: ...f Mary, and the centuries of Marian cult derived from the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Christian chur...
13: ...for strangers (Luke 2:6, 7). But as the inn was crowded, Mary had to retire to a place among the catt...
15: ...among the doctors in the temple (Luke 2:41-52). Probably also during this period Joseph died, for he ...
17: ... of Mary in the Gospels until we find her at the cross along with her sister Mary, and [[Mary Magdalen... - Vermont (39851 bytes)
36: ... York]] to the west, and the [[Canada|Canadian]] province of [[Quebec]] to the north.
38: ...tionary War]]. Famous for its scenery, [[dairy]] products and [[maple syrup]], Vermont has long been k...
44: ...hington]], three miles east of [[Roxbury, Vermont|Roxbury]].
50: ...ion, giving Vermont some of New England's best [[cross-country skiing]] areas.
52: ...articular variant of the tree; it rather results from a number of soil and climate conditions unique t... - History of California (38344 bytes)
1: ...k|This article covers the History of California through 1900; for events in the 20th century and beyon...
3: ...e known '''history of California''' begins with European exploration.
5: ...49, then with its fertile agricultural lands and prodigious oil fields, and finally with its high-tech...
11: ... Woman]] on [[Santa Rosa Island, California|Santa Rosa Island]] are among the traces of a very early i...
13: ...othills collected [[acorn]]s from [[oak]] trees, ground them, and leached out the acidic [[tannin]] to... - Thomas More (15893 bytes)
2: ...an Catholic Church]], in which he became the [[patron saint]] of statesmen, lawyers, and politicians.
9: ...own her daughter by her previous husband. More provided his daughters with an excellent classical ed...
12: ...[Holy Roman Emperor]] [[Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor|Charles V]], More was knighted and made undertre...
14: ...ion that entailed administrative and judicial control of much of northern England.
17: ...e:Utopia.jpg|300px|thumb|left|[[Woodcut]] by [[Ambrosius Holbein]] for a [[1518]] edition of ''Utopia.... - Protestant Reformation (26890 bytes)
1: ...lso led to the [[Counter-Reformation]] within the Roman Catholic Church.
3: == Roots of the Reformation ==
20: ...cal and demographic forces that contributed to a growing disaffection with the wealth and power of the...
22: ...stry. Accumulation of surplus, competitive [[overproduction]], and heightened competition to maximize ...
24: ...e stimulated, landowners increasingly moved away from the [[Manorialism|manorial]] economy. Woolen man... - Gerardus Mercator (3294 bytes)
7: ...of German descent, remembered for the [[Mercator projection]] named after him.
9: ... of italic script to be published in northern [[Europe]].
11: ...6thcentury.jpg|thumb|left|300px|Mercator map of Europe]]
12: ...Wilhelm of Cleve]] in [[1564]]. He devised a new projection and first used it in [[1569]]; it had para...
15: ...[[Ptolemy]] (though introducing a number of new errors). Maps of [[France]], [[Germany]] and the [[Net... - Erasmus (18332 bytes)
1: ...re provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipart]]]
2: ...derius Erasmus of Rotterdam''') ([[October 27]], probably [[1466]] – [[July 12]], [[1536]]) was ...
6: ... cared for by his parents till their early death from the [[plague]] in [[1483]], and then given the b...
8: ...of spending the rest of his life as an English [[professor]]. He stayed at [[Queens' College, Cambridg...
10: ... Press|Aldus Manutius]] at [[Venice]], but apart from this he had a less active association with Itali... - Francis Drake (14963 bytes)
2: ...o [[circumnavigation|circumnavigate]] the globe, from [[1577]] to [[1580]] and was knighted on his ret...
7: ...as early as [[1535]]. The [[1540]] date is taken from a portrait painted quite late in his life. Franc...
9: During the [[Catholicism|Roman Catholic]] uprising of [[1549]], the family wa...
12: ... few days before, nearly costing Drake his life. From then on, he devoted the rest of his life to work...
13: ...ad escaped the Spanish), Drake raided the waters around [[Dari鮬 Panama|Darien]] (in modern [[Panama]... - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
5: *[[Pietro d'Abano]], (1250?-1316)
11: *[[John Abercrombie]], (1780-1844)
15: ...eon Abravanel|Judah ben Isaac Abravanel]], (1460?-1535?){{fn|C}}{{fn|R}}
16: *[[Alessandro Achillini]], (1463-1512)
21: *[[Robert Adams (philosopher)|Robert Adams]], (born 1937){{fn|O}} - Knights Hospitaller (26158 bytes)
1: ...id to have come to an end following its ejection from Malta by [[Napoleon]]. The '''Sovereign Military...
5: ...e of [[Jesus]]. It was served by [[Benedictine]] Brothers.
7: ...it to Jerusalem but the order soon extended into providing an armed escort to pilgrims. The escort soo...
9: ...h located near [[Tripoli, Lebanon|Tripoli]]. The property of the Order was divided into [[priories]], ...
15: ... surrendered to the knights. They also gained control a number of neighboring islands, as well as the ... - Iron (23778 bytes)
5: ...span="2" align="center">[[manganese]] – '''iron''' – [[cobalt]]</td>
7: <td rowspan="3" valign="middle">'''Fe'''<br>[[Ruthenium|...
17: <td>iron, Fe, 26</td></tr>
21: <td>[[periodic table group|Group]], [[periodic table period|Period]], [[periodic...
22: <td>[[group 8 element|8 (VIIIB)]], [[period 4 element|4]], ... - Chile (39914 bytes)
39: established_dates = From [[Spain]]<br>[[September 18]], [[1810]]<br>[[Feb...
56: ...]'s first Spanish expedition south from Peru in [[1535]]-[[1536|36]] called themselves the "men of Chill...
62: ...age provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip Art]]]
64: ...entral valley, and Chile became part of the [[Viceroyalty of Peru]].
66: ... [[slavery]] in [[1683]] defused tensions on the frontier between the colony and the Mapuche land to t... - Tropical savanna (1816 bytes)
1: ... to this seasonal aridity, either having long tap roots to reach water tables, or bulbs to store water...
3: Tropical savannas are widespread on the continent of ...
5: [[Native Americans]] created subtropical savannas by periodic burning in some areas o... - Francisco Vásquez de Coronado (19760 bytes)
3: [[Image:Coronado-Remington.jpg|thumb|right|Coronado Sets Out to the North, by [[Frederic Remingto...
5: ...estern [[United States]] between 1540 and 1542. Coronado had hoped to conquer the mythical [[Seven Cit...
7: ==Background==
8: ...ta Rica]]. <ref> [http://genforum.genealogy.com/coronado/messages/30.html Origin of Vázquez de
9: Coronado family] </ref> - Hernán Cortés (42809 bytes)
2: ...arge portions of mainland [[Mexico]] under the [[Crown of Castile|King of Castile]], in the early 16th...
4: ...ile the more prestigious title of [[New Spain|Viceroy]] was given to a high-ranking nobleman, [[Antoni...
6: Because of the controversial undertakings of Cortés and the scarcity o...
14: ... of [[Rodrigo de Monroy y Almaraz, 5th Lord of Monroy]], and wife Mencía de Orellana y Carvajal.
16: ...tings and actions suggest he studied [[Law]] and probably [[Latin language|Latin]]. - Hernando de Soto explorer (34946 bytes)
1: ...the modern-day [[United States]], was the first European to discover the [[Mississippi River]].
3: A vast undertaking, de Soto's expedition ranged throughout the [[southeastern United States]] searchin...
5: ...quista|reconquest]] of the [[Iberian peninsula]] from Islamic forces. Spain and [[Portugal]] were fill...
9: ..., who first sailed that ocean to the [[Orient]], profoundly influenced de Soto's ambitions.
12: ...ca]]), de Soto was in charge of one of the three groups of mounted soldiers. The Spanish captured Atah... - Judge (10187 bytes)
3: ...s, functions, and training of judges vary widely from [[jurisdiction]] to jurisdiction.
9: ...orld continue to wear wigs, a tradition imported from the [[United Kingdom|British]] legal system.]]
15: ...lawyers]] and are generally appointed or elected from among practicing [[attorney]]s.
17: ...[justice]] under the applicable rules of [[civil procedure]].
21: ...court, while judges elected for a four-year term from the population, without any special legal traini... - Green alga (4059 bytes)
1: ...e-photo.jpg|400px|thumb|right|Photo of Green and Brown Algae]]
8: *[[Chlorophyta]] <BR>
9: *[[Charophyta]] <BR>
13: ...sly included among the [[Plantae]] or with the [[Protist]]a. The green algae include unicellular and ...
15: ...een chloroplasts, which were presumably acquired from ingested green algae, in the latter case retaini...
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