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- Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
27: ...pent a year on a ship bound towards [[Khios]] (an island in the [[Aegean Sea]]) and, after a brief visit...
35: ...ra Islands]] and owned one of them ([[Porto Santo Island]]), but died when Felipa was a baby, leaving hi...
46: ...mbus calculated that the distance from the Canary Islands to Japan was 2,400 nautical miles (about 4,444...
54: ...d credit for being "the principal cause why those islands were discovered."
61: ...o the expedition. He first sailed to the [[Canary Islands]], fortunately owned by Castile, where he repr... - Cuba (25106 bytes)
2: ...he west [[Mexico]], to the southwest the [[Cayman Islands]] and [[Jamaica]], and to the southeast [[Hait...
6: ...] of [[1898]]. The [[United States]] occupied the island until its independence was granted in [[1902]],...
22: ...uba_shootdown/27/]. This extraterritorial U.S. legislation is considered highly controversial, and the U...
24: ...istorical or political interests in the Caribbean island , some U.S. citizens visit Cuba by traveling th...
41: ...14 provinces, and one special municipality (the [[Isla de la Juventud]]). - Spain (36498 bytes)
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48: ...ish Peseta]]<br><sup>3</sup> Except in the Canary Islands, which are in the [[GMT]] time zone ( [[Coordi...
108: ...and elected by the National Assembly following legislative elections.
110: ...ote and the other 51 appointed by the regional legislatures to also serve four-year terms.
132: ...les Balears'' in [[Catalan language|Catalan]] / ''Islas Baleares'' in [[Spanish language|Spanish]]) - Extreme points of the world (6602 bytes)
6: ... The northernmost point on land is [[Kaffeklubben Island]], east of [[Greenland]] (83°40'), which li...
8: ...ath of the [[International Date Line]], is [[Attu Island]], [[Alaska]].
9: ...of the [[International Date Line]], is [[Caroline Island]], [[Kiribati]].
20: ... Byrd Land]] (Antarctica) in the south, [[Chatham Island]] in the West, and Southern [[Chile]] in the ea...
21: * The most remote island is [[Bouvet Island]], an uninhabited dependency of [[Norway]], whi... - Atlantis (41399 bytes)
2: '''Atlantis''' was a [[legend]]ary ancient island, whose existence and location have never been c...
12: ... some information on the size and location of the island of Atlantis. Atlantis might be a work of fictio...
14: ...and and the ocean were called "''Atlantic''". The island was facing the country called the region of [[G...
17: ...ke men used to come from the continent beyond the islands, in order to offer sacrifice to the gods of th...
20: ... that far west of the Ocean there lies a group of islands whose inhabitants are red-skinned and whose ha... - Chile (39914 bytes)
48: ...<br><sup>2</sup> Includes [[Easter Island]] and [[Isla Sala y Gómez]]; does not include 1,250,000...
124: ...et]]s, [[canal]]s, twisting [[peninsula]]s, and [[island]]s. The Andes Mountains are located on the east...
128: ...d to its territory in 1888, and [[Robinson Crusoe Island]], some 400 km from the mainland, in the [[Juan...
148: ...ions in 2002 and the government has introduced legislation to modify them. Chile will have to phase out ...
167: ...r Force also operates an airbase on [[King George Island]], Antarctica. The FACH will begin taking deliv... - Culture of Spain (17671 bytes)
1: ...oman Catholic Church|Catholicism]], [[Moor]]ish [[Islam]], tension between the centralized [[Castilian]]...
17: ...n language|Catalan]] in Catalonia, the [[Balearic Islands]], and Valencia (where it is known as ''valenc...
41: ...''. In the Mediterranean areas (and in the Canary Islands), outdoor meals can be a nearly year-round phe...
93: ...y the most famous example, showing a mixture of [[Islamic architecture]] and European influences. Signif...
151: ...ish musicians, including singer [[Camar�n de la Isla]] and guitarist [[Carlos Montoya]]. - Degus (5480 bytes)
17: ...that is found only on Isla Mocha, a small coastal island in the [[Valdivian]] [[rainforest]] zone of cen...
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