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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
6: *[[Diogo de Azambuja]] ([[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] explo...
7: *[[Pêro de Alenquer]] ([[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] explo...
8: *[[Francisco de Almeida]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] naval ...
9: *[[Afonso de Albuquerque]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] na...
10: *[[Antonio de Abreu]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer... - Francisco Vasquez de Coronado (3639 bytes)
1: ...de Coronado''' (ca. [[1510]] - [[September 22]],[[1554]]) was a [[Spain|Spanish]] [[conquistador]], who ...
7: ...ourse this raised Coronado's interest, and he decided to try to get that [[gold]]. He set out in 1540,...
9: ...othing like the great golden city fray Marcos had described, it was just a simple [[pueblo]] of the [[...
11: ...do River (U.S.)|Colorado]]). [[Garcia Lopez de Cardenas]] was sent out to find this river, and found h...
12: ...ent east, and found villages around the [[Rio Grande]]. Coronado set up his winter quarters in one of ... - Mary I of England (24813 bytes)
8: ... or [[19 July]] 1553 (''[[de facto]]'') until her death. Mary, the fourth and penultimate monarch of t...
13: ...was created Princess of Wales, even though he was deeply disappointed that his wife had again failed t...
15: ...[[English language|English]]. Other studies included [[Greek language|Greek]], [[science]], and [[mus...
17: ...h England. A marriage treaty was signed; it provided that the Princess Mary should marry either Franc...
19: ... [[Roman Catholic Church]]. All appeals from the decisions of English ecclesiastical courts to the Po... - Mary I of Scotland (27810 bytes)
7: ...of Scots,''' was the ruler of [[Scotland]] from [[December 14]], [[1542]] – [[July 24]], [[1567]...
9: ...[[1516]] – [[1558]]), and whose reign coincided with that of Mary, Queen of Scots.
12: ...ames V of Scotland]] and his French wife, [[Marie de Guise]].
15: ...es of the royal house had gone extinct before the death of Mary's father.
17: ...Stuart during her time in France, and she and her descendants stuck with it.) - Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
7: ...al monarch of the [[Tudor dynasty]], having succeeded her half-sister, [[Mary I of England|Mary I]]. S...
9: ...]. Elizabeth was a short-tempered and sometimes indecisive ruler. This last quality, viewed with impat...
11: The reign was marked by prudence in the granting of [[British honours system|ho...
16: ...on after [[Edward VI of England|Prince Edward]] under the [[English Act of Succession|Act of Successio...
18: ...daughter's spiritual welfare to Parker before her death. Later, Parker would become the first Archbish... - Africa (35389 bytes)
8: ...with its capital [[Carthage]], corresponding to modern-day [[Tunisia]].
16: The historian [[Leo Africanus]] ([[1495]]-[[1554]]) attributed the origin to the Greek word ''phri...
18: ...ent of the continent, the idea of ''Africa'' expanded with their knowledge.
24: ...rom the main mass of the Earth's surface. It includes within its remarkably regular outline an area, o...
26: ...6,000 km (16,100 miles) and the absence of deep indentations of the shore is shown by the fact that Eu... - Gerardus Mercator (3294 bytes)
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7: ...a [[Flanders|Flemish]] [[cartographer]] of German descent, remembered for the [[Mercator projection]] ...
9: ...ther map of the world ([[1538]]) and a map of Flanders ([[1540]]). During this period he learned [[Ita...
12: ...d it in [[1569]]; it had parallel lines of longitude to aid navigation by sea, as compass courses coul...
15: ...further maps were published in [[1595]] after his death by his son [[Rumold Mercator]]. - Francisco Coronado (5090 bytes)
1: ...de Coronado''' (ca. [[1510]] - [[September 22]],[[1554]]) was a [[Spain|Spanish]] [[conquistador]], who ...
5: ...iscan monks, the most notable of which was [[Juan de Padilla]], and several slaves, both native Americ...
8: ...othing like the great golden city fray Marcos had described, it was just a simple [[pueblo]] of the [[...
10: ... in the destruction of the Tiguex pueblos and the death of hundreds of Indians.
12: ...ado thought he did so, and was executed. Other guides led him further to Quivira, and he reached a vil... - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
23: *[[Adelard of Bath]], (12th century){{fn|C}}
26: *[[Aedesius]], (d. 355)
27: *[[Aenesidemus]], (1st century BC){{fn|R}}
37: *[[Alain de Lille]], (c. 1128-1202)
44: *[[Alcibiades]], (c. 450-404 BC) - Sebastiano Serlio (4494 bytes)
1: ...nebleau. Serlio helped canonize the [[classical order]]s of architecture in his influential treatise, ...
4: ...oChurchFacade.jpg|thumb|right|Serlio's church facade of 1537 crystallized a format that lasted into th...
6: ... Maria Novella]] in Florence (''ca.'' 1458). The idea was in the air in the 1530s: several contemporar...
8: ...ⴥau of Fontainebleau]], where a team of Italian designers and craftsmen were assembled. Serlio took ...
10: ...ended eight) were published after his death. Intended as an illustrated handbook for architects, Serli... - Guinea pig (19730 bytes)
7: {{Taxobox_ordo_entry | taxon = [[Rodentia]]}}
22: ...lution]]ary offshoot, and therefore a different order.
24: Despite their common name, the animals are not [[pig...
27: ...red usually by roasting; the general opinion considers them similar to rabbit in taste. They also play...
29: ...ead relative to the body, a stout neck, and a rounded rump with no tail of any consequence. - Guinea Pigs (18488 bytes)
7: {{Taxobox_ordo_entry | taxon = [[Rodentia]]}}
22: ...lution]]ary offshoot, and therefore a different order.
24: Despite their common name, the animals are not [[pig...
27: ...red usually by roasting; the general opinion considers them similar to rabbit in taste. They also play...
29: ...ead relative to the body, a stout neck, and a rounded rump with no tail of any consequence. - Francisco Vásquez de Coronado (19760 bytes)
3: ...umb|right|Coronado Sets Out to the North, by [[Frederic Remington]], 1861-1909]]
5: ...e Coronado y Luján''' (1510 – 22 September 1554) was a [[Spain|Spanish]] [[conquistador]], who vi...
8: ...com/coronado/messages/30.html Origin of Vázquez de
11: ...dden as I can find no reliable source on either side of this question, just lots of blogs and such. --...
14: ...that the city stood on a high hill, that it was made of gold, and that he could see the Pacific Ocean ...
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