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  1. Jacques Cartier (8139 bytes)
    3: ...ought of as one of the major discoverers of [[Canada]], or more specifically, the interior eastern reg...
    9: ...g that Cartier made three voyages of discovery in dangerous and hitherto unknown waters without losing...
    13: ...assage]]. He landed for the first time at present day [[Gaspé|Gaspé, Quebec]] where he planted a cro...
    15: ==Second Voyage 1535-1536==
    17: ...pressive than the small and squalid village of Stadacona, more than a thousand Hurons came to the edge...
  2. Mary, the mother of Jesus (30135 bytes)
    17: ...e cross along with her sister Mary, and [[Mary Magdalene]], [[Salome (disciple)|Salome]] and other wom...
    19: ...ople in the Upper Room after the Ascension on the day of [[Pentecost]], she is one of the handful who ...
    25: ...French, Spanish, and Italian, is rendered ''Notre Dame'', ''Nuestra Señora'', and ''Madonna'' r...
    27: ...ome Orthodox and Catholic Christians, she was the daughter of [[Joachim]] and [[Saint Anne|Anna]]. Bef...
    41: ...too much attention is focused on Mary, there is a danger of detracting from the worship due to God alo...
  3. Vermont (39851 bytes)
    16: LandArea = 23,974 |
    24: AdmittanceDate = [[March 4]], [[1791]] |
    25: ...Eastern Standard Time Zone|Eastern]]: [[UTC]]-5/[[Daylight saving time|-4]] |
    36: ...the east, [[New York]] to the west, and the [[Canada|Canadian]] province of [[Quebec]] to the north.
    38: ...ar|Revolutionary War]]. Famous for its scenery, [[dairy]] products and [[maple syrup]], Vermont has lo...
  4. History of California (38344 bytes)
    1: {{dablink|This article covers the History of Californi...
    3: Although the present-day State of [[California]] has been occupied for mi...
    11: ...re among the traces of a very early inhabitation, dated to the last [[ice age]] ([[Wisconsin glaciatio...
    13: ...s. Tribes in the [[Sierra Nevada (US)|Sierra Nevada]] foothills collected [[acorn]]s from [[oak]] tre...
    21: ...Cortés accompanied expeditions in [[1534]] and [[1535]] without finding the sought-after city.
  5. Thomas More (15893 bytes)
    2: ...''' ([[7 February]], [[1478]]–[[6 July]], [[1535]]), posthumously known also as '''Saint Thomas Mo...
    9: ...hter by her previous husband. More provided his daughters with an excellent classical education at a...
    17: ...dition of ''Utopia.'' The traveler Raphael Hythloday is depicted in the lower left-hand corner descri...
    19: ...inental Europe, and his friend [[Erasmus of Rotterdam]] dedicated his masterpiece, ''[[In Praise of Fo...
    27: ...book in which a fictional traveler, Raphael Hythloday, describes the political arrangements of an imag...
  6. Protestant Reformation (26890 bytes)
    6: * [[Jan Hus]], [[John Wycliffe]], [[William Tyndale]]
    20: ...tural debate about religious reforms and later fundamental religious values. Historians would generall...
    24: ...enturies,</b> the combination of both a newly abundant labor supply as well as improved productivity, ...
    28: ...breakdown of the [[philosophy|philosophical]] foundations of [[scholasticism]], the new [[nominalism]]...
    30: ... to reason. The European Renaissance laid the foundation for the Northern humanists in its reinforceme...
  7. Gerardus Mercator (3294 bytes)
    7: '''Gerardus Mercator''' ([[March 5]], [[1512]] &ndash; [[December 2]], [[1594]]) was a [[Flanders|Fle...
    9: ...nd [[Gaspar Myrica]]. They worked together from [[1535]] to [[1536]] to construct a terrestrial [[globe]...
  8. Erasmus (18332 bytes)
    2: ...otterdam''') ([[October 27]], probably [[1466]] &ndash; [[July 12]], [[1536]]) was a [[Netherlands|Dut...
    6: ...ven the best education open to a young man of his day in a series of monastic or semi-monastic schools...
    8: ...th the leaders of English thought in the stirring days of King [[Henry VIII of England|Henry VIII]]: [...
    16: ...hree other editions - in [[1522]], [[1527]] and [[1535]].
    21: ...m, it seemed to the straightforward Luther an avoidance of responsibility due either to [[cowardice]] ...
  9. Francis Drake (14963 bytes)
    1: ...sDrake.jpg|framed|Sir Francis Drake, c. [[1540]]&ndash;[[1596]].]]
    2: ...he English fleet which defeated the [[Spanish Armada]] in [[1588]].
    7: ...n and could be as early as [[1535]]. The [[1540]] date is taken from a portrait painted quite late in ...
    12: ...se attack in violation of a truce agreed to a few days before, nearly costing Drake his life. From the...
    13: ..., Drake raided the waters around [[Dari鮬 Panama|Darien]] (in modern [[Panama]]) and tracked the Silv...
  10. List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
    14: *[[Isaac Abrabanel|Isaac ben Judah Abravanel]], (1437-1508){{fn|C}}{{fn|R}}
    15: ...eon Abravanel|Judah ben Isaac Abravanel]], (1460?-1535?){{fn|C}}{{fn|R}}
    19: *[[Adam Parvipontanus]], (d. 1181)
    20: *[[Marilyn McCord Adams]], (born 1943){{fn|O}}
    21: *[[Robert Adams (philosopher)|Robert Adams]], (born 1937){{fn|O}}
  11. Knights Hospitaller (26158 bytes)
    3: == Foundation and early history ==
    25: ...], which they had to give annually on [[All Souls Day]] to the Viceroy of Sicily, who acted as the Kin...
    29: ...d, outmanuvered and outrun, and by the end of the day almost the entirety of their fleet was destroyed...
    50: ...Spital zu Jerusalem]] the order continues until today, gaining increasing independence from its Roman ...
    57: ...er, also known as the Knights of [[Malta]], and today operates as a largely charitable and ceremonial ...
  12. Iron (23778 bytes)
    1: <!-- Here is a table of data; skip past it to edit the text. -->
    5: ...align="center">[[manganese]] &ndash; '''iron''' &ndash; [[cobalt]]</td>
    10: <div align="right"><small>[[Periodic table (standard)|Full table]]</small></div>
    44: <td>[[Oxidation state]]s ([[Oxide]]) </td><td...
    51: ... </td><td>[[1 E3 K|1808 K]] (1535 ?[[Celsius|C]] / 2795 ?[[Fahrenheit|F]])</td></tr...
  13. Chile (39914 bytes)
    39: established_dates = From [[Spain]]<br>[[September 18]], [[1810]]...
    42: time_zone = &mdash; |
    44: time_zone_DST = &mdash; |
    56: ...]'s first Spanish expedition south from Peru in [[1535]]-[[1536|36]] called themselves the "men of Chill...
    64: ...panish [[conquistador]]s, who came from Peru in [[1535]] seeking [[gold]] but were turned back by the lo...
  14. Tropical savanna (1816 bytes)
    1: ...l floods. Much of the plant life on savannas is adapted to this seasonal aridity, either having long ...
  15. Francisco Vásquez de Coronado (19760 bytes)
    1: {{Nofootnotes|article|date=October 2007}}
    2: {{Copyedit|article|date=January 2008}}
    5: ...rancisco Vázquez de Coronado y Luján''' (1510 &ndash; 22 September 1554) was a [[Spain|Spanish]] [[c...
    8: ...522, and wife Isabel de Luján (b. [[Madrid]]), [[Dame]] of the Queen [[Isabel I of Castile]]. He was ...
    11: ...pages.prodigy.net/bluemountain1/estrada1.htm estrada1<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> Coronado inhe...
  16. Hernán Cortés (42809 bytes)
    4: ...ter to [[Cuba]], where he received an ''[[encomienda]]'' and, for a short time, became alcalde (magist...
    6: ...ions of Cortés tend to be simplistic, and either damning or idealizing.
    10: ..., and is the name which many people know him by today.
    14: ...who later conquered the [[Inca]] empire of modern-day [[Peru]] (not to be confused with another Franci...
    36: ...ony. Cortés continued to build a reputation as a daring and bold leader. He became secretary for Gove...
  17. Hernando de Soto explorer (34946 bytes)
    1: ... expedition deep into the territory of the modern-day [[United States]], was the first European to dis...
    3: ...the banks of the [[Mississippi River]] at present-day [[Lake Village, Arkansas]].
    5: ... to seek their fortune elsewhere. Two towns—[[Badajoz]] and [[Barcarrota]]—claim to be his birthpl...
    9: ...e, [[Juan Ponce de León]], who discovered [[Florida]], [[Vasco Núñez de Balboa]], who discovered th...
    12: ...ers. The Spanish captured Atahualpa, and the next day de Soto was again sent to the camp of the Incan ...
  18. Judge (10187 bytes)
    5: ...ines which of several [[dog]]s best meets the standards for the [[breed]].
    19: ...ho did what, who is guilty, what is the amount of damages. A court trial is before a judge only.
    21: ...udge, each judge &ndash; legally trained or not &ndash; having an individual vote. Civil cases, howev...
    27: ...during trials (known as the '''bench'''). The standard judge uniform originated with the [[Rome|Roman]...
    31: ...[state supreme court]] that deviates from the standard uniform; its seven judges wear red robes.
  19. Green alga (4059 bytes)
    33: ...phyta is introduced for the Zygnematales and Desmidales. In older systems, the Chlorophyta may be take...
    39: ...d plants. ''AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY 91'' (10): 1535-1556 OCT

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