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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... - Steel (28384 bytes)
3: ...ontent can be made harder and [[tensile strength|stronger]] than iron, but is also more [[brittle]]. O...
8: ... material with limited uses on its own. Iron is extracted from [[ore]] by removing the oxygen by combi...
11: ...ementite-ferrite mixture. Cementite is a stochiometric phase with the chemical formula of Fe<sub>3</su...
13: ...cal chemical composition. As such, it requires extremely little thermal [[activation energy]] to form...
15: ...place. The transformation into martensite, by contrast, occurs almost immediately, due to a lower act... - Politics (7193 bytes)
9: ... he noted that men would enter into a [[social contract]] and would give up absolute rights for certai...
11:
14: ...lization were the institutionalization of social stratification, non-agricultural specialized crafts (...
16: ...s is most often studied in relation to the administration governments.
18: The oldest form of government was tribal organization. Rule by elders was supplanted ... - Leonardo da Vinci (25889 bytes)
2: ..., he helped advance the study of [[anatomy]], [[astronomy]], and [[civil engineering]].
11: ...do also worked with [[Lorenzo di Credi]] and [[Pietro Perugino]].
22: ...rneys throughout Italy. Though Salai was always introduced as Leonardo's "pupil", he never produced an...
26: [[image:leonardo_self.jpg|thumb|left|[[Self-portrait]] in [[red chalk]], circa 1512 to 1515]]
31: ...t man to describe [[Double-Entry_Booking|double-entry bookkeeping]]) for [[Mantua]], moving on after 2... - Thomas More (15893 bytes)
1: [[Image:Thomas More.png|250px|thumb|right|Portrait of Sir Thomas More by [[Hans Holbein the Young...
2: ...man Catholic Church]], in which he became the [[patron saint]] of statesmen, lawyers, and politicians.
5: ...father and was admitted to [[Lincoln's Inn]] in [[1496]]. In [[1501]] More became a [[barrister]].
12: ...eror|Charles V]], More was knighted and made undertreasurer in [[1521]]. As secretary and personal ad...
14: ...tion that entailed administrative and judicial control of much of northern England. - Hernando de Soto (explorer) (19418 bytes)
2: ...6]] or [[1500]], [[Jerez de los Caballeros]], [[Extremadura]], and died [[21 May]] [[1542]], probably ...
4: == Travels and Career ==
5: ...word. In [[1516]], he became commander of an equestrian unit and went with [[Francisco Fernandez de Co...
6: ...d to break away from him. De Soto denunciated the treason and defeated Gonzales's army. As a result, D...
9: ...n the Spanish colonies, as well as gold mines and trade ships. Apparently though, his aim was to achie... - Ferdinand Magellan (19348 bytes)
5: ...brosa]] (near [[Vila Real]], in the province of [[Trá³dos-Montes]] of north [[Portugal]]) or in [[Por...
7: ... even have been taught by [[Martin Behaim]]. In [[1496]], Magellan became a [[squire]].
9: ...perience battle: when a local king refused to pay tribute, Almeida's party attacked, conquering the [[...
13: ...f several medals, Magellan was accused of illegal trade with the Islamic [[Moors]]. He had also been i...
15: ...at he would have no further employment in his country's service after [[May 15]], [[1514]]. Magellan f... - John Cabot (5966 bytes)
12: ...ke out, discover, and finde, whatsoever iles, countreyes, regions or provinces of the heathen and infi...
20: ... His precise landing-place is a matter of much controversy, either [[Bonavista, Newfoundland|Bonavista...
22: ...Labrador]] or [[Maine]]. We might never know the truth. His men may have been the first Europeans on ...
23: ...jpg|thumb|right|200px|''The Cabot Tower in the centre of Bristol, England.'']]
24: ... expedition made for an Irish port, because of distress. Except for one ship, John Cabot and his exped... - Fashion (7767 bytes)
1: ...on''' consists of a current (constantly changing) trend, favoured for frivolous rather than practical,...
13: * and also economic [[trend]]s, such as those studied in [[behavioral fina...
20: ...] (left) with her counterpart from [[Venice]], in 1496-97. The Venetian lady's high [[clogs]] make her t...
21: ... a European male silhouette are galvanized in theatres of European war, where gentleman officers had o...
25: ... start to wear new or different clothes a fashion trend may start; people who like or respect them may... - William Howard Taft (15237 bytes)
20: ...sidency prosecuted the [[Trust-busting|trusts]], strengthened the [[Interstate Commerce Commission]], ...
27: ...rican War]] and the [[Treaty of Paris (1898)|1898 Treaty of Paris]]. From [[1901]] to [[1903]], Taft s...
33: ...e:Taft.png|left|frame|Official [[White House]] portrait of Taft.]]
37: Taft fought for prosecution of trusts, further strengthened the Interstate Commerce Commission, esta...
39: ...outraged liberal opinion; his opposition to the entry of the state of Arizona into the Union because o... - Hernando de Soto explorer (34946 bytes)
1: '''Hernando De Soto''' (c.1496/1497 - 1542) was a [[Spanish people|Spanish]] exp...
5: ...anish nobility)|hidalgos]] of modest means in [[Extremadura]], a region of poverty and hardship from w...
7: ...ghter, and tactician, but was notorious for the extreme brutality with which he wielded these gifts.
12: ...tic Ocean]] and the [[Pacific Ocean]] in order to trade Spain's New World fortunes with the Orient, th...
14: ... advance guard fought a pitched battle with Incan troops in front of the city, but the battle had ende... - Flight (3194 bytes)
7: ... [[evolution|evolved]] separately from different structures.
11: ...is way with very little loss of height. [[Flying tree frog]]s use greatly enlarged webbed feet for a ...
13: ... and have been observed soaring for hundreds of metres using the updraft on the leading edges of waves...
15: ... with some exceptions. The largest birds, the [[ostrich]] and the [[emu]], are earthbound, as were the...
18: ...wingspan, up to 3.5 metres (11.5 feet), and the [[trumpeter swan]] perhaps the greatest weight, 17 [[k... - Temperature (22519 bytes)
6: ...onal discussion of the various mechanisms of heat transfer).
10: ...[mass]] and [[volume]] are [[extrinsic property|extrinsic properties]], and depend on the amount of ma...
13: ...t all fields of science, including physics, chemistry, and biology.
15: ...hich a [[tungsten]] filament is [[electricity|electrically]] heated to a temperature at which signific...
29: *[[Langmuir probe]]s (for electron temperature of a [[plasma]])
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