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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. - Jeanne d'Albret (2474 bytes)
2: '''Jeanne d'Albret''' ([[January 7]] [[1528]] – [[June 9]] [[1572]]) was Queen of [[Nav...
4: Jeanne was born in [[Pau]] in [[1528]], the daughter of [[Henry II of Navarre]] and [[...
12: ...r struggle between Catholics and Huguenots for control of the French court and France as a whole led t... - Louisiana (26375 bytes)
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28: ...TimeZone = [[Central Standard Time Zone|Central]]: [[UTC]]-6/[[Daylight saving time|-5]] |
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41: <tr><td align="center" colspan=2>Louisiana State Quar...
43: </TD></TR></TABLE> - Texas (39610 bytes)
25: ...TimeZone = [[Central Standard Time Zone|Central]]: [[UTC]]-6/[[Daylight saving time|-5]]<br />[...
44: * [[state tree]] — the [[pecan]]
52: ...th an area of [[1 E11 m?|690,000]] [[square kilometre|km<sup>2</sup>]], Texas forms the second-largest...
57: Texas lies in the south-central part of the United States of America. Depending...
70: ...a]] Tribes of Texas, the [[Kickapoo]] Traditional Tribe of Texas, and the [[Ysleta Del Sur Pueblo]] of... - New Mexico (31079 bytes)
38: ...cs and culture of the state are unique for their strong Spanish, Mexican, and Native American cultural...
44: ...ourishing sedentary culture in the [[1200s]], constructing small towns in the valley of the [[Rio Gran...
46: ...s [[Coronado State Monument]] in [[1541]]. His maltreatment of the Pueblo people while exploring the u...
52: ...Diego de Vargas Zapata]] reestablished Spanish control and returned Spanish colonists in [[1692]].
54: ... of New Spain, the duke of Alburquerque. They constructed the Church of San Felipe de Ner�[[1706]]).... - 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]]) - Watercolor painting (4393 bytes)
6: ...n the [[12th century]] the conquering [[Moors]] introduced papermaking to [[Spain]] and the technology...
12: ...ainted full-scale cartoons as precursors for tapestry designs.
14:
23: ...'watercolor'' most often to refers to traditional transparent watercolor or [[gouache]] (an opaque for...
29: Traditionally, watercolor paint is applied with brus... - Baldassare Castiglione (7242 bytes)
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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... - Francesco Guicciardini (1068 bytes)
15: ... Machiavelli sopra la prima deca di Tito Livio'' (1528)
17: * ''Le cose fiorentine'' (1528-1531) - 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...
7: In [[1528]] de Soto led his own expedition along the coast ... - Cabeza de Vaca (4807 bytes)
3: ...ould not be as great, due to forces beyond his control.
5: ...us [[Native American (Americas)|Native American]] tribes of the upper Gulf coast (including the Han an...
7: ...sed to give his countrymen any details of the country that might prepare them for the hardships they w...
9: ...g the most spectacular in the world. Political intrigue against him caused his arrest and return to S...
11: ==Trivia== - 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}}
142: *[[Domingo Bᱥz]], (1528-1604){{fn|C}}{{fn|R}}
185: *[[Bernard of Chartres]], (d. 1130){{fn|C}}
187: *[[Bernard Silvestris]] (or ''Bernard of Tours''), (1147-1178){{fn|R}... - Martin Luther (43050 bytes)
12: ...of the [[Bible]] resulted in the formation of new traditions within Christianity and his teachings und...
14: ...of [[clerical marriage]] within several Christian traditions.
19: ...earby [[Mansfeld]]. Having risen from the [[peasantry]], his father was determined to see his son asce...
23: ...torm in the summer of 1505. A [[lightning bolt]] struck near to him as he was returning to school. Ter...
25: ==Luther's struggle to find peace with God== - Hernán Cortés (42809 bytes)
4: ... Cortés, he fought them and won, using the extra troops as reinforcements. Cortés wrote letters dire...
6: ...as an individual. As a result of these historical trends, descriptions of Cortés tend to be simplisti...
14: ... [[Captain (OF-2)|captain]] of distinguished ancestry but slender means. Hernán's mother was Catalina...
16: ...udy at the [[University of Salamanca]] in west-central Spain. This was Spain's great center of learnin...
18: ...e two years at Salamanca, plus his long period of training and experience as a notary, first in Sevill...
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