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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]]] - Amerigo Vespucci (3736 bytes)
4: ... Columbus]], thought the seafaring trailblazers setting out from European docks were travelling to [[E...
10: ...d proposed that the two letters were forgeries written by others of the same period.
12: ...e publication and widespread circulation of his letters that led [[Martin Waldseem�ller]] to name th...
14: ...from [[C�diz]] on [[May 10th]] of that year). Little is known about the final voyage.
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: '''Diane de Poitiers''' ([[September 3]], [[1499]] - [[April 25]], [[1566]]) was a fixture at the ...
9: ... King trusted her to write many of his official letters and to even sign them jointly with the one nam... - Mediterranean Sea (9773 bytes)
11: ...a literal adaptation of the German equivalent ''Mittelmeer''. In [[Turkish language|Turkish]], it is '...
65: ...rranean Sea evaporated into a deep basin with a bottom over two kilometres below the world ocean level...
71: ...oastlines, exacerbating and rerouting erosional patterns. Many pollution-producing boats travel the se...
87: *[http://www.planbleu.org/indexa.htm Environment and De...
88: *[http://www.ot-cevennes.com cevennes mediterranean tou... - Switzerland (22270 bytes)
11: national_motto = Unus pro omnibus, omnes pro uno<br>(English:...
42: ...cy that goes back more than 700 years, arguably putting them among the world's oldest surviving [[repu...
44: ...l throne of the [[Holy Roman Empire]]. At the [[Battle of Morgarten]] in [[1315]], the Swiss defeated ...
46: ...tory in a war against the [[Swabian League]] in [[1499]] amounted to de facto independence from the [[Ho...
48: ...back in [[1515]] with the Swiss defeat in the [[Battle of Marignano]]. - Israel (51605 bytes)
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60: ...Judah|Jewish kingdoms and states]] existed intermittently in the region for over a millennium until th...
66: === Caliphate, Crusades, and the Ottoman Empire ===
68: ...sades|Crusaders]], before becoming part of the [[Ottoman Empire]] from 1517 until 1918. Throughout the...
73: ...ions]] transferred control of Palestine from the Ottoman Empire to the [[United Kingdom]] as a mandate... - Cotton (7876 bytes)
2: ... [[fiber]] that grows around the seeds of the [[cotton plant]], a [[shrub]] native to the tropical and...
3: ...-plants-growing-in-a-field.jpg|thumb|none|550px|Cotton plants growing in field]]
4: ...d in a neat series of natural springs. When the cotton boll (seed case) is opened the fibers dry into ...
7: ...Image:Alabama-cotton-farm.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Cotton Farm in Alabama.]]
9: ...ica and India domesticated different species of cotton independently thousands of years ago. - 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]] ... - Baldassare Castiglione (7242 bytes)
10: ...ck to Mantua, again in the court of Gonzaga. In [[1499]] he lost his father and succeeded him in the rep...
13: ...ci|Giuliano de' Medici]], [[Cardinal Bibbiena]], Ottaviano and [[Federico Fregoso]], [[Cesare Gonzaga]...
17: ... his works and of those of other guests in some letters to other princes, maintaining an activity very...
21: ...r ancient noble family. He wrote two passionate letters to her, expressing a deep sentiment, but she u...
25: ...urgos]]. Valdes received a very long and severe letter in which the nuncius used hard terms to define ... - Niccolo Machiavelli (11084 bytes)
10: ...st [[Pisa]]. Louis XII was also the king who committed the five capital errors in statecraft summarize...
21: ...stify the means", is sometimes (all too often!!) attributed to him but this was essentially NOT his po...
23: ...uits: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesuits] or [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignatius_of_Loyola]) tho...
33: ...ncipe]]'' (''The Prince''). It was written in an attempt to return to politics as an advisor to [[Lore...
35: ...he Discorsi is really an analysis of a history written by the Roman Titus Livy. Machiavelli comments ... - John Cabot (5966 bytes)
2: '''Giovanni Caboto''' (c. [[1450]] – [[1499]]), known as '''''John Cabot''''' in [[English la...
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... - Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo (4763 bytes)
2: ...e]] version ''João Rodrigues Cabrilho'') (ca. [[1499]] – [[January 3]], [[1543]]) was a [[Portug...
5: Little is known about Cabrillo’s early years. Even h...
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 ... - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
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62: *[[Grigory Barenblatt|Grigory Isaakovich Barenblatt]] (Russia, USA, [[1927]] - )
63: *[[Charlotte Barnum]] (1860-1934)
82: *[[Bhargav Bharat Bhatt]] (India)
86: *[[Errett Bishop]] ([[1928]] - [[1983]]) - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
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39: *[[Leone Battista Alberti]], (1404-1472)
43: *[[Rogers Albritton]]
55: *[[Francesco Algarotti]], (1712-1764)
57: *[[Archibald Alison (Scottish author)|Archibald Alison]], (1757-1839){{fn|R}...
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