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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
6: ...th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
7: ...th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
14: *[[Charles Albanel]] (1616-1696), Canada
21: ...aval officer, several expeditions to the [[Canada|Canadian]] [[Arctic]]
22: ...century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of [[North America]]) - Francisco Vasquez de Coronado (3639 bytes)
1: ...as a [[Spain|Spanish]] [[conquistador]], who in [[1540]]-[[1542]] visited [[New Mexico]] and other parts...
3: ...xpedition.jpg|thumb|500px|The Coronado Expedition 1540-1542.]]
5: He was born in [[Salamanca]], [[Spain]].
7: ...s, and 1000 slaves, both native Americans and Africans.
11: ...orado River (U.S.)|Colorado]]). [[Garcia Lopez de Cardenas]] was sent out to find this river, and foun... - List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
8: *[[Abaris]], (circa 8th century BC), priest of [[Apollo (god)|Apollo]...
14: ...[[Abba Mari|Abba Mari ben Moses ben Joseph]], (circa 14th century), French rabbi
28: ..., Archbishop George]], (1562-1633), Archbishop of Canterbury
29: ...a Abbot|Abbot, Ezra]], (1819-1884), American biblical scholar
37: *[[Emma Abbott|Abbott, Emma]], (1849-1891), American singer - List of people by name: Ac (3800 bytes)
3: ...ba|Acaba, Joseph M.]] (born 1967), first Puerto Rican Astronaut
4: *[[Patriarch Acacius|Acacius, Patriarch]], (died 489), patriarch of Consta...
5: *[[Louis Acaries|Acaries, Louis]], (born 1954), boxer, former world ti...
6: *[[Bernard Accama|Accama, Bernard]] (1697-1756), Dutch painter
7: ...irk Acevedo|Acevedo, Kirk]] (born 1974), Puerto Rican actor - Arizona (24367 bytes)
11: Nickname = The [[Grand Canyon]] State, The Copper State |
12: Capital = [[Phoenix, Arizona|Phoenix]] |
46: Nickname = The Grand Canyon State |
47: Capital = [[Phoenix, Arizona|Phoenix]] |
48: Bird = [[Cactus Wren]] | - Georgia (U.S. state) (26579 bytes)
9: Capital = [[Atlanta, Georgia|Atlanta]] |
36: ...Revolution]]. It was the thirteenth colony and became the fourth state, ratifying the [[United States...
38: ...ate song]], ''[[Georgia on My Mind]]'' by [[Hoagy Carmichael]] was originally written about a woman of...
48: ...rnando de Soto (explorer)|Hernando de Soto]] in [[1540]], had completely disappeared by [[1560]].
50: ...ggested that what was by then a British colony be called [[Province of Georgia]] in honor of King [[Ge... - Utah (29154 bytes)
11: Capital = [[Salt Lake City, Utah|Salt Lake C...
44: Capital = [[Salt Lake City, Utah|Salt Lak...
46: Bird = [[California Gull|California Seagull]] |
64: MusicalInstrument = N/A |
74: ... States]], in the [[Rocky Mountains]] region. Its capital is [[Salt Lake City, Utah|Salt Lake City]]. ... - New Mexico (31079 bytes)
10: Capital = [[Santa Fe, New Mexico|Santa Fe]] |
38: ...or their strong Spanish, Mexican, and Native American cultural influences. For a variety of reasons, s...
42: === Native American Pueblos ===
44: ...n]] ruins indicate a presence at modern Santa Fe. Caves in the [[Sandia Mountains]] near Albuquerque c...
46: ...s in [[1540]]-[[1542]]. Coronado camped near an excavated pueblo today preserved as [[Coronado State M... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
8: *[[Salvador Dali]], ([[1904]]-[[1989]]), Catalan artist
13: *[[Pablo Picasso]], ([[1881]]-[[1973]]), Spanish [[Cubism|cubis...
26: *[[Bernard Accama]] ([[1697]]-[[1756]])
57: *[[Carl Andre]] ([[1935]]-)
73: *[[Hendrick Avercamp]] ([[1585]]-[[1634]]) - Castle (27805 bytes)
1: ...rthworks]] (e.g. [[Hollingbury]] Castle, [[Maiden Castle]]).
2: ... to the dwelling, resulting in many un-castlelike castles and ''[[chaux]]''.
4: Castles also figure prominently in [[History of Japa...
5: ...e:Prague_castle2.jpg|thumb|right|200px|The Prague Castle Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.co...
6: ==Purpose of castles== - Francesco Guicciardini (1068 bytes)
1: ...avelli]], he is considered one of the major political writers of the [[Italian Renaissance]].
3: ...cciardini presents a worldview that is more skeptical and more conservative than that of Machiavelli.
15: ...no ai "Discorsi" del Machiavelli sopra la prima deca di Tito Livio'' (1528)
18: * ''Storia d'Italia'' (1537-1540) - 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: ... of the world ([[1538]]) and a map of Flanders ([[1540]]). During this period he learned [[Italic]] scri...
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 ... - Hernando de Soto (explorer) (19418 bytes)
2: ... the side of Pedro Arias d'Avila (Pedrarias), [[Nicaragua]] and was with [[Francisco Pizarro]] in [[Pe...
4: == Travels and Career ==
5: ...his discovery and colonization voyage through [[Nicaragua]] and [[Honduras]].
6:
7: ...oto led his own expedition along the coast of [[Yucatan]], hoping to find a direct connection by sea b... - Francis Drake (14963 bytes)
1: ...e:FrancisDrake.jpg|framed|Sir Francis Drake, c. [[1540]]–[[1596]].]]
2: Vice Admiral Sir '''Francis Drake''' (c. [[1540]] – [[January 28]], [[1596]]) was an [[Engl...
7: ... unknown and could be as early as [[1535]]. The [[1540]] date is taken from a portrait painted quite lat...
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... - Cabeza de Vaca (4807 bytes)
1: ...w World]] and is remembered as a protoanthropological author.
3: ...lating his shipwreck and wanderings in North America, he refers to his forefather's service to the Kin...
5: ...ermed ''Malhado'', or Island of Doom) but later escaped and eventually reached [[Mexico City]].
7: ...ed [[Pánfilo de Narváez]] (whose ineptitude had caused the deaths of most of the party) as governor ...
9: ...rated and wrote an extensive report on South America, which bound with his earlier ''La Relación'' an... - Francisco Coronado (5090 bytes)
1: ...ow the [[United States]]. He was born in [[Salamanca]], [[Spain]].
5: ...and several slaves, both native Americans and Africans.
10: ...ar [[Albuquerque, New Mexico]]). In the winter of 1540-41 the demands of his army resulted in conflicts ...
12: ...e Turk as his guide. He traversed the [[Llano Estacado]] and what is now the [[Texas Panhandle]], and ...
14: ...y the same route he had come. Only 100 of his men came back with him. Although the expedition was a co... - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
1: ...elow in [[English language|English]] [[alphabet]]ical [[transliteration]] order (by [[surname]]).
12: ... Abraham|Ralph H. Abraham]] (USA, [[University of California, Santa Cruz]])
37: *[[Cahit Arf]] (Turkey, [[1910]] - [[1997]])
99: *[[Carlo Emilio Bonferroni]] (Italy [[1892]] - [[1960]]...
106: *[[Jonathan Borwein]] (Scotland/Canada, [[1951]]-) - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
1: ... the history of philosophy)'', '''listed alphabetically:'''
65: *[[Ammonius Saccas]], (3rd century){{fn|C}}
80: *[[Anselm of Canterbury|Anselm]], (1034-1109){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn...
81: *[[Antiochus of Ascalon]], (c. 130-68 BC){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R}}
165: *[[Cesare, Marquis of Beccaria]], (1738-1794){{fn|C}} - Apache (7848 bytes)
3: ...erican]]s, aboriginal inhabitants of [[North America]], who speak an [[Southern Athabaskan languages|S...
8: ...ests a recent entry of these people into the American Southwest, with substantial numbers not present ...
12: ...ow the cattle. They have dogs which they load to carry their tents, poles, and belongings.'' (See Ha...
14: ...n those used for hauling loads by modern northern Canadian peoples. Recent experiments show these dog...
16: ...ern Athabaskans may have lived are difficult to locate, and even more difficult to firmly identify as ...
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