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- Jacques Cartier (8139 bytes)
3: ...ome the first european-inhabited area of that country.
7: ...s Cartier has been found and the most familiar portrait (see right) was painted by a Russian artist in...
13: ...and claimed the territory for France. During this trip he took [[Domagaya]] and [[Taignoagny]], the so...
15: ==Second Voyage 1535-1536==
17: ... to visit [[Hochelaga (village)|Hochelaga]] ([[Montreal]]) and arrived on [[October 2]], [[1535]]. Mu... - Margaret I of Denmark (7423 bytes)
4: ... (by the compact of Nyborg 1386), but under such stringent conditions that the Danish crown got all th...
6: ...[Falk?g]], and Margaret was now the omnipotent mistress of three kingdoms.
12: ...olted at the clauses which insisted that each country should retain exclusive possession of its own la...
16: ... checked, though Norway, as being more loyal, was treated more indulgently than Sweden.
18: ...nded property which had been alienated during the troubled days before Valdemar IV. This so-called "re... - Mary I of England (24813 bytes)
13: ...her from her mother, who presumably would have contracted the disease from Mary's father. Whether or ...
15: The Princess Mary became an extremely well-educated child under the direction of h...
17: ...s eager for an alliance with England. A marriage treaty was signed; it provided that the Princess Mar...
21: ...[[Europe]], furthermore, regarded her as the only true heir and daughter of Henry VIII, although she w...
23: ...ueen Anne lost royal favour and was beheaded in [[1536]]. The Princess Elizabeth was also degraded to a... - Mary I of Scotland (27810 bytes)
7: ... of the Scottish monarchs, in part because of the tragedy of her life.
15: ...yal cousin, had lived yet some years ago and died 1536. Had he not died before James V, Mary would not n...
17: ...obert I of Scotland|Robert I, the Bruce]]). James truly believed that Mary marked the end of the Stewa...
19: ...land. Two months later, Mary and her mother, who strongly opposed the marriage proposition, went into ...
24: ...bes in miniature. A crimson velvet mantle, with a train furred with ermine, was fastened around her ti... - Slovakia (19892 bytes)
29: | [[List of countries by area|Ranked 126th]] <br> [[1 E10 m?|49,035 ...
32: | [[List of countries by population|Ranked 103rd]]<br> 5,379,455<br>...
41: ...]] ([[Coordinated Universal Time|UTC]]+1)<br>[[Central European Summer Time|CEST]] ([[Coordinated Univ...
44: | ''[[Nad Tatrou sa bl?''
49: | '''[[List of country calling codes|Calling Code]]''' - Barbados (21887 bytes)
3: ...] and [[limestone]]. It is tropical with constant tradewinds and consists of some [[marsh]]es and [[ma...
5: ...g to the [[UN]]'s [[UNDP]], the #1 developing country in the world. The island is a major tourist des...
9: ... and the Salodoid-Barrancoid. For the next few centries, the Caribs—like the Arawak and the Salo...
11: ...ght resembled beards. Between Campos' sighting in 1536 and 1550, [[Spanish colonization of the Americas|...
13: ...66]], Barbados was under uninterrupted British control. Nevertheless, Barbados always enjoyed a large ... - United Kingdom (37269 bytes)
4: {{Infobox_Country|
54: ... "state", "nation", "union", etc, please first contribute to the extensive discussion of this topic on...
69: ...d]] by the [[Acts of Union 1536-1543|Act of Union 1536]]. With the [[Act of Union 1707]], the separate k...
71: ...art of the United Kingdom. As provided for in the treaty, Northern Ireland, which consists of six of t...
74: ... The first half of the 20th century saw the UK's strength seriously depleted in two World Wars. The se... - 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 people by name: Y (12717 bytes)
41: *[[Carl Yastrzemski|Yastrzemski, Carl]], (born [[1939]]), [[Baseball Hall o...
64: *[[Trisha Yearwood|Yearwood, Trisha]] (born 1964), musician
68: ...egorov, Boris Borisovich]] (1937-1994), Russian astronaut
70: ...sei Yeliseyev|Yeliseyev, Aleksei]] (born 1934), astronaut
74: *[[Philip Yeo|Yeo, Philip]], industrial and systems engineer - Nicolaus Copernicus (26283 bytes)
3: ...f human life as well, opening the door to young astronomers everywhere to challenge the facts and neve...
8: ... his father, a wealthy businessman and [[copper]] trader, died. Little is known of his mother, Barbara...
10: ...[Domenico Maria Novara da Ferrara]], a famous [[astronomer]]. He followed his lessons and became a dis...
14: ...r [[eclipse]] and where he gave some lessons of astronomy or maths (unfortunately nothing of this rema...
18: ...ely became ill. Throughout his lifetime he made astronomical observations and calculations, but always... - Gerardus Mercator (3294 bytes)
4: ...mage:mercator.jpg|200px|Gerardus Mercator]]</td></tr>
9: ...r copper engraving of maps. He wrote the first instruction book of italic script to be published in no...
12: ...on by sea, as compass courses could be marked as straight lines.
15: ...ted versions of the maps of [[Ptolemy]] (though introducing a number of new errors). Maps of [[France]...
27: * [http://www.walkingtree.com/ Mercators Atlas] - Erasmus (18332 bytes)
2: ...er 27]], probably [[1466]] – [[July 12]], [[1536]]) was a [[Netherlands|Dutch]] [[humanism|humanis...
8: ...life of an independent scholar, unhindered by country, academic ties, [[religion|religious]] [[allegia...
14: ...ntangling obligations; yet he was in a singularly true sense the center of the literary movement of hi...
16: ...of ''Instrumentum''. This edition was used by the translators of the [[King James Version]] of the Bib...
17: ...his writings, were in Latin, but were immediately translated into other languages, with his encouragem... - 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... - 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== - History of Slovakia (43199 bytes)
9: ...arried out between the [[Mediterranean]] and [[Central Europe]].
11: ...logical standpoint, the discovery of different instruments and objects made of pottery, in several arc...
13: ...sly inhabited for more than 800 years by the same tribes who created the pottery from the Massif Bukov...
15: ...lt, it became an important crossroads of European trade routes.
19: ...ngs and administrative centers, a large growth in trades and agricultural technologies. - 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}} - Inca Empire (25571 bytes)
4: ...pire a large portion of western South America, centred on the [[Andes|Andean]] mountain ranges. The In...
19: ...Lake Titicaca]] and found the city of Cuzco. They traveled by means of underground caves until reachin...
21: ...icate that the Inca were a relatively unimportant tribe until the time of Sinchi Roca, also called Cin...
26: The Inca people began as a tribe in the Cuzco area around the [[12th century]] ...
28: ...er as a family home or as a [[Camp David]]-like retreat. - Knights Hospitaller (26158 bytes)
1: ...alta''' (see below) is the main successor to this tradition.
5: ... [[John the Baptist]], took in Christian pilgrims traveling to visit the birthplace of [[Jesus]]. It w...
9: ... [[Margat]], both located near [[Tripoli, Lebanon|Tripoli]]. The property of the Order was divided int...
15: ...] surrendered to the knights. They also gained control a number of neighboring islands, as well as the...
19: ... the survivors were allowed to leave Rhodes and retreated to the [[Kingdom of Sicily]]. In exchange, t... - Computer display (4276 bytes)
11: ...rom 640 by 480 [[pixel]]s (640״80) up to 2048 by 1536 pixels (2048ױ536) with 32-bit colour and a varie...
15: ...etype]]s", because of the similarity to their electromechanical predecessors.
20: ... and blue inputs are compatible with [[Transistor-transistor logic|TTL]] logic chips.
24: ...ologies (especially LCD) have an inherent misregistration of the colour planes, that is, the centers o...
29: ...d dualhead, while three monitors are often called triplehead. - Chile (39914 bytes)
1: ...ry in [[South America]] occupying a long coastal strip between the [[Andes]] mountains and the [[Pacif...
6: {{Infobox Country |
56: ... Spanish expedition south from Peru in [[1535]]-[[1536|36]] called themselves the "men of Chilli."
64: ...cognized the agricultural potential of Chile's central valley, and Chile became part of the [[Viceroya...
66: ...apuche land to the south, and permitted increased trade between colonists and Mapuches.
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