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- Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
1: ...ugal]] among others. He was an [[explorer]] and [[trade]]r who crossed the [[Atlantic Ocean]] and reac...
3: ...ry [[myth]] created by [[Washington Irving]]. Contrary to this belief, most people at that time accep...
5: ...f peoples throughout time; see '''[[Pre-Columbian trans-oceanic contact]]''', one of the most consiste...
7: ...]), as well as the coasts of [[Central America|Central]] and [[South America]]. He never reached the p...
11: Columbus remains a controversial figure. Some – including many [[Nat... - Elizabeth Woodville (6291 bytes)
6: ...61]], fighting for the [[House of Lancaster|Lancastrian]] cause. (This was ironic, as Edward IV was t...
10: Edward IV had many mistresses, the most notorious being [[Jane Shore]], bu...
12: ...ges the queen arranged for her family, the most outrageous being when her 20-year-old brother John Woo...
16: ...ding contract that rendered any other marriage contract invalid as bigamous. (It was said that Eleano...
20: ...n]] and was buried on [[June 12]] in the same chantry as her husband King [[Edward IV of England|Edwar... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
14: ...[1912]]-[[1956]]), US [[Abstract expressionism|abstract expressionist]] [[painter]]
188: *[[P. Rostrup Bøyesen]] ([[1882]]-[[1952]])
206: *[[Bertram Brooker]] ([[1888]]-[[1955]])
219: *[[William Partridge Burpee]] ([[1846]]-[[1940]])
287: *[[Pietro da Cortona]] ([[1596]]-[[1669]]) - Michel de Montaigne (5245 bytes)
6: ...a herring merchant and had bought the estate in [[1477]]. His father was a soldier in Italy for a time,...
8: After his six years in the country, he was sent to study at a prestigious boarding ...
12: He started to write in 1569, first a translation of the Spanish monk [[Raymond Sebond]]'s...
18: ...lished much later, in [[1774]], under the title ''Travel Journal''.
33: ...y to solve problems and mediate conflicts without truly getting emotionally involved, his disdain for ... - Venice (22017 bytes)
2: ...ortant center of commerce (especially the [[spice trade]]) and [[art]] in the [[Renaissance]].
6: ... being [[Genoa]], [[Pisa]], and [[Amalfi]]). Its strategic position at head of the Adriatic made Venet...
8: ...was under construction in 1104; Venice wrested control of the [[Brenner pass]] from Verona in 1178, op...
10: ...itime commercial empire, the Republic acquired control of most of the islands in the [[Aegean Sea|Aege...
12: ... of Venice. Only Venetian ships could efficiently transport the men, supplies, and (especially) war ho... - Hank Aaron (72330 bytes)
1: ...lso holds the career marks for [[RBI]] (2,297), extra-base hits (1,477) and total bases (6,856). He w...
4: ...e he was brought up and attended school. In [[Central High School]], Aaron played [[shortstop]] and [...
6: ...rtstop and third baseman. He made $3 a game. He tried out for the [[Brooklyn Dodgers|Dodgers]] but d...
12: On June 14, [[1952 in sports|1952]] Aaron's contract was acquired by the [[Boston Braves]] for $10,...
14: ...g game. The next day Aaron made his first spring training start for the Braves in left field and hit ... - Atlas (cartography) (4308 bytes)
3: An '''atlas''' is a collection of [[map]]s, traditionally bound into book form, but also found i...
9: ...al maps made by Ptolemy, or whether they were constructed by [[medieval]] [[Greek]] scholars from Ptol...
11: ...y maps were produced, especially in the important trading centers of [[Rome]] and [[Venice]]. Each pub...
13: ...rrarum", contained 53 map-sheets covering the countries of the World. This work was the first book of ...
23: ...atue of this figure adorns the front of the World Trade Center in [[Amsterdam]].
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