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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
1: ...a explorers]], [[astronaut]], [[conquistador]], [[travelogue]], the [[History of Science and Technolog...
26: ...rich Barth]] ([[1821]]-[[1865]]), Northern and Central Africa
29: *[[George Bass]] - [[Australia]]n explorer
30: ...isited [[Mecca]] several times, travelled to [[Central Asia]], [[East Africa]], [[China]], [[Tomboucto...
31: ... [[France|French]] explorer, mapped the West [[Australia]]n coastline. - 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... - Amerigo Vespucci (3736 bytes)
4: ...trailblazers setting out from European docks were travelling to [[East Asia]].
10: ...d that Vespucci was exaggerating his role and constructing deliberate fabrications, others have instea...
16: ...etermined his longitude celestially on August 23, 1499, while on this voyage. But his claim is clearly f... - Diane de Poitiers (2609 bytes)
1: ...ce|French]] kings, and became notorious as the mistress of King [[Henry II of France|Henri II]].
5: ...ci]], Diane de Poitiers would remain his lifelong true love. They had one daughter born in 1538 Diane,...
9: ...ose]]", he did not forget to present the royal mistress with a pearl necklace.
11: ...art of Queen Catherine, particularly when Henri entrusted Diane with the Crown Jewels of France, had t...
13: ...urnament]], Catherine de' Medici took control, restricting access to him. Although the king called out... - Mediterranean Sea (9773 bytes)
4: ...a of [[1 E12 m2|2.5 million]] [[square kilometre|km²]] (965 000 [[square mile|mi²]]). ...
6: ...way'' of transport in ancient times, allowing for trade and cultural exchange between emergent peoples...
11: ...on" (הים התיכון), "the middle sea", a literal adap...
13: ...sently, "The Med" is a common English language contraction for the Mediterranean Sea and its surroundi...
17: ... is connected to the [[Atlantic Ocean]] by the [[Strait of Gibraltar]] on the west and to the [[Sea of... - Switzerland (22270 bytes)
1: ...on of [[neutral country|political and military neutrality]], but also of international co-operation, a...
3: ...d; for example, it is used as Switzerland's [[country code top-level domain|ccTLD]], [[.ch]].
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31: time_zone = [[Central European Time|CET]] |utc_offset=+1 |
32: time_zone_DST = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]] |utc_offset_DST=+2 ... - Israel (51605 bytes)
1: ...controls, including the [[West Bank]] and [[Gaza Strip]], borders the states of [[Lebanon]], [[Syria]]...
5: {{Infobox Country |
60: ...ael (about 25% of the Jewish population, see [[Destruction of Jerusalem]]). After crushing [[Bar Kokhb...
68: ...s subject to waves of invasions and changes of control, including rule by the [[Seljuks]], [[Fatimids]...
73: ...ory into two parts. The eastern portion, called [[Transjordan]], became the Arab state of [[Jordan]] i... - Cotton (7876 bytes)
2: ...lant]], a [[shrub]] native to the tropical and subtropical regions of both the [[Old World]] and the [...
4: ... in a way that gives cotton unique properties of strength, durability, and absorbency. Each fiber is m...
9: ...ake very fine lightweight [[cloth]] in areas with tropical climates for millennia. Some authorities cl...
11: ...[[sheep]]. The Indians make their clothes of this tree wool".
13: ...uage|German]] ''Baumwolle'', which translates as "tree wool". - 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]]) - 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]]
29: From around 1482 to 1499 [[Ludovico Sforza]], [[Duke]] of [[Milan]] [http:... - Baldassare Castiglione (7242 bytes)
4: <tr><td>[[Image:Castiglione.jpg]]</td></tr>
5: <tr><td>'''Baldassare Castiglione'''</td></tr>
10: ...sions to [[Rome]], he met [[Guidubaldo da Montefeltro]], duke of [[Urbino]], and in [[1504]] Gonzaga, ...
13: ...Maria Emilia Pia; among most constant guests [[Pietro Bembo]], [[Giuliano di Lorenzo de' Medici|Giulia...
15: ...ntains echoes of both ancient and contemporary poetry, with recalls [[Vergil]], [[Poliziano]], [[Sanna... - Niccolo Machiavelli (11084 bytes)
10: ...ropean leaders he met. His first mission was in [[1499]] to [[Caterina Sforza]], who appeared as "my lad...
15: ...s works and the name is now associated with the extreme view point. Notwithstanding the mitigating the...
17: ...ies, often used in the introductions of political tracts of the sixteenth century that offered more 'j...
21: ...tify the means", is sometimes (all too often!!) attributed to him but this was essentially NOT his pos...
25: ...w Epoch without dogmatic constraints! His insight truly is novel! - John Cabot (5966 bytes)
2: '''Giovanni Caboto''' (c. [[1450]] – [[1499]]), known as '''''John Cabot''''' in [[English la...
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.'']] - Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo (4763 bytes)
2: ...e]] version ''João Rodrigues Cabrilho'') (ca. [[1499]] – [[January 3]], [[1543]]) was a [[Portug...
8: ...es of [[Hernán Cortés]] in Mexico. Later, his entrepreneurial skills, enslaving the natives of his l...
10: ...ree ships), and stood to profit from any trade or treasure.
19: ...uropean to travel the California coast, and many streets and buildings in California bear his name. On... - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
1: ...n [[English language|English]] [[alphabet]]ical [[transliteration]] order (by [[surname]]).
31: *[[Anthemius of Tralles]] (Constantinople c. [[474]] - c. [[534]])
33: *[[Petrus Apianus]] (Germany, [[1495]] - [[1552]])
42: *[[Emil Artin]] (Austria, [[1898]] - [[1962]])
71: *[[Eugenio Beltrami]] (Italy, [[1835]]-[[1900]]) - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
5: *[[Pietro d'Abano]], (1250?-1316)
102: *[[David Malet Armstrong]], (born 1926){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R}}
185: *[[Bernard of Chartres]], (d. 1130){{fn|C}}
187: *[[Bernard Silvestris]] (or ''Bernard of Tours''), (1147-1178){{fn|R}...
191: *[[Bhartrhari]], (5th century){{fn|R}}
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