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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
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23: ...n]], founded Darién, oldest surviving European settlement in the South American continent.
27: *[[Robert Bartlett]] ([[1875]]-[[1946]]), notable Arctic explorer
30: *[[Ibn Battuta|Abu Abdullah Muhammad Ibn Battuta]], ([[1304]]?-[[1377]]?), [[Morocco|Moroccan]]...
32: *[[Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen]], [[Russians|Russian]] ex... - Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
1: ..._columbus_99w.jpg|thumb|250px|Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip Art]]]'''C...
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3: ...round the planet without running out of food or getting stuck in windless regions. Although his explo...
5: ...de (today's Newfoundland). [[Giovanni Caboto]] (better known as John Cabot) was first to reach the Ame...
10: ...C2_columbus21.jpg|thumb|250px|Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip Art]]] - Alexandria (28378 bytes)
3: ... late [[Ottoman]] period had seen it reduced to little more than a small fishing village.
23: ...and the sea, according to a history of Alexander attributed to the author known as [[Alexander Romance...
36: ... seems to have been carried out even beyond the letter, for a general massacre was the result.
51: The attempt proved successful. The caliph, perceiving his...
53: ...ttoman Empire|Ottoman]] periods landed, we hear little of it until about the beginning of the [[19th c... - Age of Exploration (14467 bytes)
9: ...ent from [[1271]] to [[1295]]. His journey was written up as ''[[Travels]]'' and the work was read thr...
11: ...s. The rise of the aggressive and expansionist [[Ottoman Empire]] further limited the possibilities fo...
18: ...access to the [[Indian Ocean]] was possible. In [[1498]] [[Vasco da Gama]] made good on this promise by ...
22: ...uista]]'' that the large nation became fully committed to looking for new trade routes and colonies ov...
26: ...like Africa or Asia the Caribbean islanders had little to trade with the Spanish ships. The islands t... - Alexander of Aphrodisias (2599 bytes)
20: ... in the Aldine edition of Aristotle, Venice, 1495-1498; his ''De Fato'' and ''De Anima'' were printed al...
28: * [http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/alexander-aphrodisi... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
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38: *[[Mariotto Albertinelli]] ([[1474]]-[[1515]])
102: *[[Jennifer Bartlett]] ([[1941]]-)
130: *[[Bernardo Bellotto]] ([[1721]]-[[1780]])
183: *[[Sandro Botticelli]] ([[1445]]-[[1510]]) - Leonardo da Vinci (25889 bytes)
16: ...ostitute]]. After two months in jail, he was acquitted because no witnesses stepped forward. For some ...
18: ... dialogue on ''l'amore masculino'' (male love) written by the contemporary art critic and theorist [[G...
20: ...ian Giacomo Caprotti da Oreno (nicknamed Salai (Little Devil)). Gian entered Leonardo's household arou...
25: ... release them. He was also a respected judge on matters of beauty and elegance, particularly in the cr...
29: ...below) were cast into weapons for the Duke in an attempt to save [[Milan]] from the [[France|French]] ... - Florence (11538 bytes)
17: ... began with the establishment in [[59 BC]] of a settlement ("Florentia") for [[Roman Republic|Roman]] ...
23: ...y [[Michelangelo]], [[Leonardo da Vinci]] and [[Botticelli]].
25: ...can government, influenced until his execution ([[1498]]) by the teachings of the radical Dominican prio...
32: ...East of the center on the North bank of the Arno[http://www.veteransagency.mod.uk/remembrance/remembra...
57: ...the plaza commemorates that event), followed in [[1498]] by the execution of its its instigator, [[Girol... - History of India (31279 bytes)
5: ...rated with paintings. The first known permanent settlements appeared 9,000 years ago and developed int...
11: Southern India suffered little or no incursion from foreign lands, which facil...
18: [[Image:Lightmatter vishnu1.jpg|thumb|130px|right|A figurine of [[V...
20: ...panies finally ended with the prevalance of the latter, in the second half of 18th Century. By the yea...
40: ...scale growth in so small a period of time can be attributed to two factors, an organized civilization ... - John Cabot (5966 bytes)
4: ... [[Bristol]] on his ship the ''[[Matthew (ship)|Matthew]]'' looking for a sea route to [[Asia]]. He en...
14: [[Image:Cabottowernf.jpg|thumb|right|200px|''Cabot Tower in St. ...
18: ...ug2004.jpg|thumb|left||150px|A replica of the ''Matthew'' in Bristol [[Bristol Harbour|Floating Harbou...
20: ...bot sailed a more southerly course, reaching [[Brittany]] instead of England. On [[August 6]] he arriv...
22: ...inland until his third voyage, in [[1498]], and letters referring to a voyage by [[Amerigo Vespucci]] ... - Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo (4763 bytes)
5: ...ey to believe he was born of poor parents "around 1498 or 1500," and then worked for his keep in the hom...
12: ...to turn back. On [[November 23]], [[1542]], the little fleet limped back to "San Salvador" ([[Santa Ca...
19: ...mes were permanently adopted, and he founded no settlements on the well-populated coast, Cabrillo is n...
22: * [http://www.socalhistory.org/Biographies/cabrillo.htm ...
23: * [http://www.nps.gov/cabr/ Cabrillo National Monument] - Ancient India (31279 bytes)
5: ...rated with paintings. The first known permanent settlements appeared 9,000 years ago and developed int...
11: Southern India suffered little or no incursion from foreign lands, which facil...
18: [[Image:Lightmatter vishnu1.jpg|thumb|130px|right|A figurine of [[V...
20: ...panies finally ended with the prevalance of the latter, in the second half of 18th Century. By the yea...
40: ...scale growth in so small a period of time can be attributed to two factors, an organized civilization ...
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