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1. List of explorers (24013 bytes)
   11: ...ury]] [[Portuguese]] missionary and explorer in [[Ethiopia]])
   23: ...an]], founded Darién, oldest surviving European settlement in the South American continent.
   27: *[[Robert Bartlett]] ([[1875]]-[[1946]]), notable Arctic explorer
   28: *[[Willem Barents]], ([[1550]]?-[[1597]]), [[Netherlands|Dutch]], died on [[Novaya Zemlya]] [[Nort...
   37: *[[Pietro Savorgnan di Brazza|Pierre Savorgan de Brazza]]...
2. Jeanne d'Albret (2474 bytes)
   1: [[Image:JeanneIII.jpg|frame|right|Jeanne d'Albret]]
   2: '''Jeanne d'Albret''' ([[January 7]] [[1528]] – [[June 9]] [[1572]]) was Queen of [[Nav...
   4: Jeanne was born in [[Pau]] in [[1528]], the daughter of [[Henry II of Navarre]] and [[...
   10: In the first year of her reign, Jeanne d'Albret called a conference of beleaguered [[Huguenot]] m...
   12: The power struggle between Catholics and Huguenots for control of the Fr...
3. Louisiana (26375 bytes)
   52: ...siana in the parishes of Vermilion, Cameron, Lafayette, Acadia, Jefferson Davis, and Calcasieu.
   60: ...ce|Louis XIV]] in [[1682]]. The first permanent settlement was founded by [[Pierre Le Moyne d'Ibervil...
   62: ...ar north as [[Peoria, Illinois]] and a number of settlements in the area around near present-day [[Sai...
   68: ...ir way to Louisiana following British expulsion; settling largely in the southwestern bayous, they bec...
   70: ...ty of San Ildefonso]], although this was kept secret for some two years.
4. Texas (39610 bytes)
   41: * [[state flower]] — the [[bluebonnet]] (''Lupinus texensis'')
   52: ...ith an area of [[1 E11 m?|690,000]] [[square kilometre|km²]], Texas forms the second-larges...
   70: ...ckapoo]] Traditional Tribe of Texas, and the [[Ysleta Del Sur Pueblo]] of Texas. For more information...
   74: ...lony of [[New Spain]]; see [[Spanish Texas]] for details.
   76: ...eza de Vaca]] became the first known European to set foot on Texas.
5. New Mexico (31079 bytes)
   38: ...easons, some people in other parts of the U.S. sometimes mistake it for a part of Mexico. Both [[Engl...
   46: ...a Spaniard wandering across south New Mexico in [[1528]]-[[1536]]. [[Fray Marcos de Niza]] enthusiastica...
   50: ...n the Rio Grande in [[1598]], the first European settlement in the future state of New Mexico. O񡴥 p...
   52: ...argas Zapata]] reestablished Spanish control and returned Spanish colonists in [[1692]].
   54: ...loping Santa Fe as a trade center, the returning settlers founded the old town of [[Albuquerque]] in [...
6. List of painters (54090 bytes)
   1: The following list is an incomplete '''list of painters'''.
   12: *[[Claude Monet]], ([[1840]]-[[1926]]), French [[Impressionism|im...
   16: *[[Rembrandt]], ([[1606]]-[[1669]]), [[Netherlands|Dutch]] [[painter]]
   18: *[[Peter Paul Rubens]], ([[1577]]-[[1640]]), Belgian pai...
   30: *[[Pieter Aertsen]] ([[1508]]-[[1575]])
7. Watercolor painting (4393 bytes)
   10: ...he [[Sistine Chapel]], begun in [[1508]] and completed in [[1514]].
   14:
8. Baldassare Castiglione (7242 bytes)
   10: ...ften; during one of his missions to [[Rome]], he met [[Guidubaldo da Montefeltro]], duke of [[Urbino]]...
   13: ...Notably, guests used to organise intellectual competitions which resulted in an interesting, stimulati...
   15: ...ontains echoes of both ancient and contemporary poetry, with recalls [[Vergil]], [[Poliziano]], [[Sann...
   17: ...t his works and of those of other guests in some letters to other princes, maintaining an activity ver...
   21: ...er ancient noble family. He wrote two passionate letters to her, expressing a deep sentiment, but she ...
9. Francesco Guicciardini (1068 bytes)
   15: ... Machiavelli sopra la prima deca di Tito Livio'' (1528)
   17: * ''Le cose fiorentine'' (1528-1531)
10. Hernando de Soto (explorer) (19418 bytes)
    7: ...tan]], hoping to find a direct connection by sea between the [[Atlantic Ocean|Atlantic]] and the [[Pac...
    11: ...Soto often visited him in jail, and a friendship between the two men emerged.
    13: ...us for being the hero of the battle of Cuzco. He settled in [[Sevilla]], where he married, in [[1537]]...
    15: ...unexplored lands. His mission was to conquer, to settle, and to "pacify" the unknown territories.
    26: ...discover the legendary treasures and appropriate settling grounds.
11. Cabeza de Vaca (4807 bytes)
    3: ... to his forefather's service to the King, and regrets that his own deeds could not be as great, due to...
    7: ...and jealously refused to give his countrymen any details of the country that might prepare them for th...
    9: ...tical intrigue against him caused his arrest and return to Spain in chains, in around [[1545]]. He wa...
    23: * [http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/people/a_c/cabezadevaca.htm PBS website ...
    25: ...a and his companions from Florida to the Pacific, 1528-1536''], hosted by the Portal to Texas History
12. List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
    1: ...ted below in [[English language|English]] [[alphabet]]ical [[transliteration]] order (by [[surname]]).
    16: *[[Maria Gaetana Agnesi]] (Italy, [[1718]] - [[1799]])
    32: *[[Kenneth Appel]] (? - ?)
    33: *[[Petrus Apianus]] (Germany, [[1495]] - [[1552]])
    52: *[[Claude Gaspard Bachet de M麩riac]] (France, [[1581]] - [[1638]])
13. List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
    1: ... in the history of philosophy)'', '''listed alphabetically:'''
    5: *[[Pietro d'Abano]], (1250?-1316)
    10: *[[Pierre Ab鬡rd]] (or ''Peter Abelard''), (1079-1142){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R}}
    73: *[[Anaximenes of Miletus]]{{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R}}
    102: *[[David Malet Armstrong]], (born 1926){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R}}
14. Martin Luther (43050 bytes)
    12: ...ns and church bodies). His call to the Church to return to the teachings of the [[Bible]] resulted in ...
    19: ...ing risen from the [[peasantry]], his father was determined to see his son ascend to [[civil service]]...
    23: ... [[lightning bolt]] struck near to him as he was returning to school. Terrified, he cried out, "Help,[...
    26: ... to serve others through prayer for their souls. Yet peace with God escaped him. He devoted himself to...
    28: ... Bachelor's degree in the ''[[Sentences]]'' by [[Peter Lombard]] (the main textbook of theology in the...
15. Hernán Cortés (42809 bytes)
    4: ...anking nobleman, [[Antonio de Mendoza]]. Cortés returned to Spain in 1541 where he died peacefully bu...
    10: ... latter two were most commonly used during his lifetime, but the former shortened form has become comm...
    18: After two years, Cortés, tired of schooling, returned home to Medellín, much to the irritation of...
    20: ...ir description of a sixteen-year-old boy who had returned home only to find himself frustrated by life...
    26: ...ai, and Seville, listening to the tales of those returning from the Indies, who told of discovery and ...

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