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- Fresco (1692 bytes)
1: ...Magliano.jpg|thumb|A [[14th Century|XIV Century]] fresco featuring [[Saint Sebastian]]]]
3: ...ng in [[pigment]] in a water [[medium]] on wet or fresh [[lime mortar]] or [[plaster]]. ''In secco'' p...
5: ...lain exteriors and stunning interiors filled with frescoes.
7: Painters in fresco will often add details later ''in secco.''
9: ...intings at [[Pompeii]] and [[Herculaneum]] are in fresco. - Marco Polo (6716 bytes)
1: ...re written down in ''Il Milione'' ("The Milione", from Polo's family nickname ''Emilione'', or ''[[The...
5: ...at [[Khanbaliq]] (now [[Beijing]]). They returned from China as [[Kublai Khan]]'s envoys with a letter...
7: ...re is a tradition that the Polo family originated from the island of [[Korcula|Korčula]] in today...
16: On their return from China in [[1295]], the family settled in [[Veni...
23: ...hat far, and only retold information he had heard from others. Those skeptics point out that, among ot... - Cartography (10500 bytes)
3: ...ses. Current trends in this field are moving away from analog methods of mapmaking and toward the crea...
6: [[Image:Radkarte_MKL1888.png|thumb|World map from the [[Middle Age]]s.]]
7: The oldest known map dates from the [[5th millennium BCE]]. The oldest maps emp...
9: .... An engraved map of the holy city of [[Nippur]], from the Kassite period ([[14th century BCE|14th]] &...
14: ... map.JPG|thumb|[[Muhammad al-Idrisi]]'s world map from 1154. Note that south is at the top of the map.... - Trumpet (13239 bytes)
1: [[Image:USAFE Band trumpeter.jpg|frame|right|Trumpeter performing with the United Sta...
2: ...[euphonium]], [[trombone]], [[sousaphone]], and [[french horn]]. A person who plays the trumpet is cal...
6: ...pet player can select the [[pitch (music)|pitch]] from a range of [[overtone]]s or [[harmonics]] by ch...
11: ... [[Baroque]] trumpets. The modern trumpet evolved from earlier non-valved instruments, such as the Bar...
16: The B♭ trumpet's typical range extends from the written F♯ (concert E) immediately be... - Pipe organ (24478 bytes)
5: Pipe organs range in size from portable instruments having only a few dozen pi...
11: <!--This section is the target of a link from the "organ pipe" article. If you update the tex...
15: ...ue organ]], the [[English romantic organ]], the [[French classical organ]], the [[symphonic organ]] an...
27: The word ''organ'' originates from the [[Latin]] word "[[organum (musical instrume...
31: ... Hungary (the ancient [[Pannonia]]) a Roman organ from the 3rd century AD was found. - Egypt (18830 bytes)
22: | [[English language|English]], [[French language|French]]
40: | from the [[United Kingdom|UK]]<br />[[28 February]],...
56: ...s a [[republic]] mostly located in North-Eastern Africa.
58: ...he majority of the country is located in [[North Africa]]. It shares land borders with [[Libya]] to th...
67: ...959;ς'' "aiguptos", which in turn is derived from the ancient [[Egyptian language|Egyptian]] phra... - John Quincy Adams (11783 bytes)
22: ...e]] at the [[University of Leiden]]. He graduated from [[Harvard University]] in [[1787]], and was ele...
26: ...list]] to the [[United States Senate]] and served from [[March 4]], [[1803]], until [[June 8]], [[1808...
28: ...814]], and Minister to [[United Kingdom|Britain]] from [[1815]] to [[1817]]. During this time, Adams a...
30: ...cquisition of [[Florida]] and in keeping the U.S. from becoming dependent on [[England]]. He is someti...
37: ...val [[Andrew Jackson]]. Adams served as President from [[March 4]], [[1825]] to [[March 3]], [[1829]].... - Prime Meridian (3211 bytes)
4: .... President]] [[Chester A. Arthur]], 41 delegates from 25 nations met in [[Washington, D.C.]], USA for...
9: ...longitudes would be calculated both east and west from this meridian up to 180?.
15: ...gainst); [[France]] and [[Brazil]] abstained. The French did not adopt the Greenwich meridian until [[...
17: ...o the right) is on the opposite side of the world from the Prime Meridian.
33: ...″ <!--not certain of seconds, could also be fractional seconds-->west of Greenwich) - Volcano (27295 bytes)
4: The name "volcano" has its origin from the name of [[Vulcan (god)|Vulcan]], a god of f...
18: ...'[[Volcanic cones]]''' or [[cinder cone]]s result from eruptions that throw out mostly small pieces of...
41: ...tive" volcano. The lifespan of a volcano can vary from months to several million years, making such a ...
43: ...to note that the span of recorded history differs from region to region; in the [[Mediterranean]], rec...
47: ...tone as extinct. In fact, because the caldera has frequent earthquakes, a very active geothermal syste... - Africa (35389 bytes)
1: ...graphic.jpg|thumb|A satellite composite image of Africa]]
3: '''Africa''' is the [[world]]'s second-largest [[contine...
6: ...onAfrica.png|thumb|World map showing location of Africa]]
8: ...ontinent, as the [[Africa (province)|province of Africa]] with its capital [[Carthage]], corresponding...
10: The origin of ''Afer'' may either come from: - North America (12844 bytes)
4: ...phically defined by subtracting [[South America]] from the [[supercontinent]] of the [[Americas]]. Bot...
14: ...any sub-regions): the [[Great Plains]] stretching from the [[Gulf of Mexico]] to the [[Canadian Arctic...
58: *[[Guadeloupe]] (overseas department of [[France]])
59: *[[Martinique]] (overseas department of [[France]])
71: ...und in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, is the last of [[France]]'s once vast possessions in America north of... - Americas (7154 bytes)
13: ...referring to U.S. citizens. In [[French language|French]], ''鴡ts-unien'' (''鴡ts-unienne'' for wom...
23: ...troductio]]'', explains that the name was derived from the [[Latin]]ized version of the explorer [[Ame...
25: ...eem?s maps are alleged to incorporate information from the early British journeys to North America. T...
27: ...ld, and even changed the spelling of his own name from ''Alberigo'' to ''Amerrigo'' to reflect the imp...
29: ... death, people forgot where the name America came from, so they changed his name to Amerigo to explain... - Canada (35540 bytes)
3: ...e of the many "main" articles about Canada linked from this article, e.g., [[Politics of Canada]], [[G...
10: ...[English language|English]] and [[French language|French]]. Its [[Statistics Canada|official]] populat...
17: ...ions]], the [[Commonwealth of Nations]], and [[La Francophonie]]. Canada is officially [[Bilingualism ...
18: * [[Canadian French|French]] is the majority language of [[Quebec]] and ...
46: ...t|[[New Brunswick]]||[[Fredericton, New Brunswick|Fredericton]] - List of countries by continent (11037 bytes)
7: ==[[Africa]]==
8: Africa is a continent in the systems with 5 or more c...
17: *[[Central African Republic]] (Centrafrique) - [[Bangui]]
42: *[[Mayotte]] - [[Mamoutzou]] (France)
48: ...R鵮ion]] - [[Saint-Denis, R鵮ion|Saint-Denis]] (France) - List of national capitals (10847 bytes)
33: <tr><td>[[Bangui]] <td>[[Central African Republic]]
44: <tr><td>[[Bloemfontein]] <td>[[South Africa]] (judicial)
58: <tr><td>[[Cape Town]] <td>[[South Africa]] (legislative)
80: <tr><td>[[Freetown]] <td>[[Sierra Leone]]
161: <tr><td>[[Paris]] <td>[[France]] - Saint Kitts and Nevis (6100 bytes)
39: | From the [[United Kingdom]]<br>[[September 19]], [[1...
59: ...1998, a vote in Nevis on a referendum to separate from St. Kitts fell short of the two-thirds majority...
68: ...leven elected representatives - three of whom are from the island of [[Nevis]] - and three members who... - Brazil (12581 bytes)
1: ...]], [[Venezuela]], [[Guyana]], [[Suriname]] and [[French Guiana]] — every South American nation ...
8: ...ial ports to England — at the time isolated from most European ports by Napoleon — and the...
17: ...ado Federal'' of 81 seats, of which three members from each state or federal district are elected acco...
38: [[Image:Br-map.png|framed|Map of Brazil]]
41: ...cated; the [[Rio Negro]], [[Rio S㯠Francisco|S㯠Francisco]], [[Xingu River|Xingu]], [[Madeira river|... - Barbados (21887 bytes)
9: ...m'''. In the [[13th century]], the Caribs arrived from South America in the third wave, displacing bot...
11: The name "Barbados" comes from a [[Portuguese colonization of the Americas|Por...
13: ...the Caribbean coast found the island uninhabited. From the arrival of the first British settlers in [[...
15: ...o work the plantations, slaves were brought from Africa; the [[slave trade]] ceased a few years before...
19: ...dos was made in [[1951]], when universal adult suffrage was introduced. This was followed by steps tow... - Cuba (25106 bytes)
10: ...ng other things, [[healthcare]] and [[education]] freely available were expanded to cover all Cubans.A...
14: ... to the U.S., mostly aboard vessels that departed from the U.S. Eventually the U.S. stopped the flow ...
16: ...eople, our country could not have survived the confrontation with imperialism".
18: ...espite being denied access to [[development aid]] from the [[IMF]] and [[World Bank]] because Cuba is ...
20: ...ed at sea. All Cuban migrants interdicted at sea from this point on were interviewed by INS officials... - Jamaica (16893 bytes)
44: | <font size="1">From [[West Indies Federation]] and [[United Kingdom...
65: ...it by the original [[Arawak]] or [[Taino]] people from South America, who first settled there around t...
67: ...s achieved through the massive use of imported [[Africa]]n [[slavery|slave]] labor.
71: Jamaica slowly gained increasing independence from the [[United Kingdom]], and in [[1958]] Jamaica...
96: ...vely by the British empire in policing the empire from 1795 to 1926. Other units in the JDF heritage ...
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