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- Jacques Cartier (8139 bytes)
1: [[Image:Cartier.png|thumb|200px|right|Jacques Cartier]]
3: ...e major discoverers of [[Canada]], or more specifically, the interior eastern region that would become...
5: ...nd improved his social status in 1520 by marrying Catherine des Granches, member of a leading ship-own...
7: No contemporary portrait of Jacques Cartier has been found and the most familiar portrai...
9: ...ties can be easily ascertained. Considering that Cartier made three voyages of discovery in dangerous... - Mary, the mother of Jesus (30135 bytes)
6: ...orians accept that Jesus of Nazareth was a historical figure, even if they accept nothing or almost no...
8: ...and the centuries of Marian cult derived from the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Christian churches, ar...
13: ... crowded, Mary had to retire to a place among the cattle.
15: ...was called Jesus ([[Matthew 1:21|Matt. 1:21]]), because he was to save his people from their sins. Th...
17: ...he dead body of her son is a common motif in art, called a [[piet?. - Vermont (39851 bytes)
9: Capital = [[Montpelier, Vermont|Montpelier]]...
36: ... east, [[New York]] to the west, and the [[Canada|Canadian]] province of [[Quebec]] to the north.
38: ...aunchly independent political thinking. The state capital is [[Montpelier, Vermont|Montpelier]], while...
42: Vermont is located in the New England region in the [[eastern Uni...
44: ...ed States and separates Vermont from New York and Canada in the northwest portion of the state. The st... - History of California (38344 bytes)
1: ... in the 20th century and beyond, see [[History of California (20th century)]].}}
3: ...zation means that most of the known '''history of California''' begins with European exploration.
7: ...California Poppy|California golden poppies]] ''circa'' [[1910]].]]
10: [[Image:Tunnel view.jpg|thumb|300px|California's [[Yosemite Valley]].]]
11: ...Arlington Springs Woman]] on [[Santa Rosa Island, California|Santa Rosa Island]] are among the traces ... - Thomas More (15893 bytes)
2: ...] by the [[Roman Catholic Church]], in which he became the [[patron saint]] of statesmen, lawyers, and...
5: ...[Lincoln's Inn]] in [[1496]]. In [[1501]] More became a [[barrister]].
7: ...ent in the form of wearing a [[hair shirt]] and occasional [[flagellation]].
9: ...ided his daughters with an excellent classical education at a time when such learning was usually rese...
11: ==Early political career== - Protestant Reformation (26890 bytes)
1: ...d to the [[Counter-Reformation]] within the Roman Catholic Church.
4: * Anti-hierarchical movements: [[Cathar]]ism, [[Waldensian]]ism, and others
5: * [[Avignon Papacy]] ("Babylonian Captivity of the Church"), [[Avignon]], [[Western Sc...
13: * [[John Calvin]] and [[Geneva]]
15: * Radical Reformers -- [[Thomas_Muentzer|Müntzer]], [... - Gerardus Mercator (3294 bytes)
4: <tr><td>[[image:mercator.jpg|200px|Gerardus Mercator]]</td></tr>
7: ...pher]] of German descent, remembered for the [[Mercator projection]] named after him.
9: ...] to construct a terrestrial [[globe]]. Later, Mercator produced a map of [[Palestine (region)|Palesti...
11: ...rmapFullEurope16thcentury.jpg|thumb|left|300px|Mercator map of Europe]]
12: ...552]], he moved to [[Duisburg]] where he opened a cartographic workshop. He completed a six-panel map ... - Erasmus (18332 bytes)
6: ...[plague]] in [[1483]], and then given the best education open to a young man of his day in a series of...
8: ...sh [[professor]]. He stayed at [[Queens' College, Cambridge]] and may have been an [[alumnus]].
10: ...ny positions of honour and profit throughout the academic world, but declined them all, preferring the...
12: ...s with the great publisher [[Froben]], and to him came the multitude of his admirers from all quarters...
14: ...criticism applied frankly and without fear to the Catholic Church. This conviction gives unity and con... - Francis Drake (14963 bytes)
7: ...f his birth is unknown and could be as early as [[1535]]. The [[1540]] date is taken from a portrait pai...
9: ...rth Sea]], and eventually, after the death of the captain for whom he was sailing, becoming the master...
12: ... due to his mistrust of non-Spaniards and their [[Catholicism]]. His hostility is said to have been in...
13: ...e Drake's accomplishment. Such intrigues were typical during Drake's era.
16: ...d to be abandoned on the east coast of South America. During the course of the voyage, Drake discovere... - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
1: ... the history of philosophy)'', '''listed alphabetically:'''
15: ...eon Abravanel|Judah ben Isaac Abravanel]], (1460?-1535?){{fn|C}}{{fn|R}}
33: *[[Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa]], (1436-1535){{fn|R}}
65: *[[Ammonius Saccas]], (3rd century){{fn|C}}
80: *[[Anselm of Canterbury|Anselm]], (1034-1109){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn... - Knights Hospitaller (26158 bytes)
1: ...tate under the King of Sicily. The medi涡l Order can be said to have come to an end following its eje...
5: ...rno]] in [[Italy]] were given permission by the [[Caliph]] Haroun el Raschid of [[Egypt]] to rebuild t...
7: ...epulchre]] in Jerusalem. Initially the group just cared for those pilgrims who made it to Jerusalem bu...
9: ...e [[Krak des Chevaliers]], and [[Margat]], both located near [[Tripoli, Lebanon|Tripoli]]. The propert...
15: ...s well as the Anatolian ports of [[Bodrum]] and [[Castellorizon]]. - Iron (23778 bytes)
19: <td>[[Chemical series]] </td><td>[...
24: <td>[[Density]], [[Mohs hardness scale|Hardness]] </td>
34: <td>[[Atomic radius]] (calc.) </td><td>140 (156) [[...
48: ...span="2" align="center" bgcolor="#ffc0c0">'''Physical properties'''</th></tr>
51: ... </td><td>[[1 E3 K|1808 K]] (1535 ?[[Celsius|C]] / 2795 ?[[Fahrenheit|F]])</td></tr... - Chile (39914 bytes)
1: ...Republic of Chile''' is a country in [[South America]] occupying a long coastal strip between the [[An...
7: native_name = República de Chile |
11: image_map = LocationChile.png |
15: capital = [[Santiago, Chile|Santiago]]<sup>1</sup> |
19: leader_names = [[Ricardo Lagos]] | - Tropical savanna (1816 bytes)
1: ...ivers are found in many savanna regions and often cause seasonal floods. Much of the plant life on sa...
3: ... [[India]] and the northern parts of [[South America]] and [[Australia]].
5: ...arther north, as in between [[Seneca Lake]] and [[Cayuga Lake]] in the [[Finger Lakes]] of New York, s... - Francisco Vásquez de Coronado (19760 bytes)
5: ... and 1542. Coronado had hoped to conquer the mythical [[Seven Cities of Gold]].
8: ...ernor]] and first ''[[Adelantado]]'' of [[Costa Rica]]. <ref> [http://genforum.genealogy.com/coronado/...
11: ...s to prove this assertion. -- comment hidden as I can find no reliable source on either side of this q...
14: ...e told about a city of vast wealth, a golden city called [[Quivira and Cíbola|Cíbola]], and that Est...
16: ... an expedition with two components. One component carried the bulk of the expedition's supplies, and t... - Hernán Cortés (42809 bytes)
2: ...t phase of the [[Spanish colonization of the Americas]].
4: ...warded the title of ''Marqués del Valle de [[Oaxaca]]'', while the more prestigious title of [[New Sp...
6: ...és as an individual. As a result of these historical trends, descriptions of Cortés tend to be simpl...
10: ...z''' ({{IPA-es|kɔrˈtɛθ|IPA}}), in his time he called himself ''Hernando'' or ''Fernando Cortés''....
14: ... Lord of Monroy]], and wife Mencía de Orellana y Carvajal. - Hernando de Soto explorer (34946 bytes)
5: ...ily were also interred. The age of the Conquerors came on the heels of the Spanish [[Reconquista|recon...
7: ... the [[History of Panama|Conquest of Central America]]. He gained fame as an excellent horseman, fight...
9: ...alboa]], who discovered the [[Pacific Ocean]] (he called it the "South Sea" below Panama), and [[Ferdi...
12: ...t day de Soto was again sent to the camp of the Incan army, where he and his men plundered Atahualpa's...
14: ...d soldier's share of the plunder from Atahualpa's camp, Atahualpa's ransom, and the plunder from Cuzco... - Judge (10187 bytes)
5: ...ir|county fair]] might award prizes to the best [[cattle]] or best home-made [[jam]], while a judge at...
11: ...humb|right|French appeal and [[court of cassation|cassation]] judges, in solemn and [[Assize Court]] h...
13: ...(see [[separation of powers]]); especially, political leaders and the executive should not be able to ...
17: ...dversarial system]] of [[justice]] under the applicable rules of [[civil procedure]].
21: ... or not – having an individual vote. Civil cases, however, are heard exclusively by legally tra... - Green alga (4059 bytes)
15: ...acquired from ingested green algae, in the latter case retaining a vestigial nucleus (nucleomorph).
18: ...eneral, the algal species that partner in lichens cannot live on their own, while the fungal partner s...
20: ...iation, most notably among the basal green algae, called [[prasinophyte]]s. The remaining forms are us...
39: ...d plants. ''AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY 91'' (10): 1535-1556 OCT
41: [[Category:Green algae|*]]
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