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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
6: ...[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
7: ...[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
8: *[[Francisco de Almeida]] ([[16th century]] [[Portugues...
11: *[[Francisco Alvarez]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]]...
25: *[[Samuel Baker]], Africa - 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.]]
7: ...lies, and 1000 slaves, both native Americans and Africans.
9: ...nt. Cibola was nothing like the great golden city fray Marcos had described, it was just a simple [[pu...
12: ..., New Mexico]]). During his wintering he suffered from fierce attacks by the Indians. - List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
6: ...ale, Frank]], (born 1948), US impostor and cheque fraud
7: ...d'Abancourt|Abancourt, Charles d']], (1758-1792), French statesman
10: *[[Firmin Abauzit|Abauzit, Firmin]], (1679-1767), French scientist
14: ...ari ben Moses ben Joseph]], (circa 14th century), French rabbi
15: *[[Frank Abbandando|Abbandando, Frank]], (1910-1942), Mafia hitman - List of people by name: Ac (3800 bytes)
26: *[[Franz Ackerman|Ackerman, Franz]] (c1330-1387)
34: *[[Georg Friedrich Ackermann|Ackermann, Georg Friedrich]] (1787-1843)
53: *[[Jose de Acosta|Acosta, Jose de]] (1540-1600) - Arizona (24367 bytes)
88: ...y]] Spanish missionaries changed Father [[Eusebio Francisco Kino]]'s maps of the area; they renamed th...
96: ...]] the land below the [[Gila River]] was acquired from Mexico in the [[Gadsden Purchase]]. Arizona was...
98: ...of [[Brigham Young]], [[Mormon]]s went to Arizona from Utah in the mid to late [[1800s]] to the [[Phoe...
115: ...Representatives are [[Rick Renzi]] (R-1), [[Trent Franks]] (R-2), [[John Shadegg]] (R-3), [[Ed Pastor]...
134: ... is about 277 mile (446 km) long, ranges in width from 6 to 29 kilometers (4 to 18 miles) and attains ... - Georgia (U.S. state) (26579 bytes)
48: ...rnando de Soto (explorer)|Hernando de Soto]] in [[1540]], had completely disappeared by [[1560]].
50: ...y [[South Carolina]] met the Spanish moving north from their base in Florida. In [[1724]], it was firs...
58: ...Georgia|Louisville]] (''pron.'' Lewis-ville), and from [[1806]] through the [[American Civil War]] at ...
62: ...ce of any state in the Union. For over 130 years, from 1872 to 2003, Georgians only elected Democratic...
68: ...tution mandates a maximum of 56 Senators, elected from single-member districts, and a minimum of 180 R... - Utah (29154 bytes)
74: ...e most popular destinations. The name ''Utah'' is from the [[Southern Ute language]] and means "higher...
85: ... have crossed into what is now southern Utah in [[1540]], when he was seeking the legendary [[Cibola]].
96: ...ce Brigham Young as territorial governor with [[Alfred Cumming]]. The resulting conflict is known as t...
98: ...nd [[Paiutes]] attacked and killed 120 immigrants from [[Missouri]], an event called the [[Mountain Me...
100: ...ng, Johnston established Fort Floyd 40 miles away from Salt Lake City, to the southwest. - New Mexico (31079 bytes)
38: ...[[Hispanic]] ancestry, many of whom are descended from [[Spanish Empire|Spanish]] [[colonist]]s. It al...
46: ...a full-scale expedition to find these cities in [[1540]]-[[1542]]. Coronado camped near an excavated pue...
50: ..."The Royal Road" as a 700 mile (1100 km) lifeline from the rest of [[New Spain]] to his remote colony....
58: [[Napoleon Bonaparte]] of [[France]] sold the vast [[Louisiana Purchase]], which...
60: Small trapping parties from the United States had previously reached Santa ... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
7: *[[Paul Cezanne]], ([[1839]]-[[1906]]), French artist
12: *[[Claude Monet]], ([[1840]]-[[1926]]), French [[Impressionism|impressionist]] painter
17: *[[Pierre-Auguste Renoir]], ([[1841]]-[[1919]]), French [[Impressionism|impressionist]] painter
29: *[[Franklin Adams]]
59: *[[Fra Angelico]] ([[1387]]-[[1445]]) - Castle (27805 bytes)
1: A '''castle''' (from the [[Latin]] ''castellum'', diminutive of ''ca...
2: ...expanded into pleasure dwellings and power houses from the late 15th century, their "castle" designati...
10: ...st and foremost castles were places of protection from an invading enemy, a place of retreat. This can...
11: ...e weapons, built in otherwise hostile territories from which to control surrounding lands.
14: ...nd control of a region. A castle was a stronghold from which a lord or baron could control surrounding... - Francesco Guicciardini (1068 bytes)
1: ...[[Florentine]] [[historian]] and [[statesman]]. A friend and critic of [[Niccolchiavelli]], he is ...
18: * ''Storia d'Italia'' (1537-1540) - Protestant Reformation (26890 bytes)
1: ...atholic Church]] in [[Western Europe]]. The main front of the reformation was started by [[Martin Lut...
16: * Reformation in [[France]] -- [[Huguenot]]s, [[Pierre Viret]]
20: ...West. These frustrated reformist movements ranged from [[nominalism]], modern devotion, to [[humanism]...
22: ...he exercise of their authority. In [[England]], [[France]], and [[Spain]] the move toward centralizati...
24: ...onomy. Woolen manufacturing greatly expanded in [[France]], [[Germany]], and the [[Netherlands]] and n... - Gerardus Mercator (3294 bytes)
9: ... of the world ([[1538]]) and a map of Flanders ([[1540]]). During this period he learned [[Italic]] scri...
15: ...gh introducing a number of new errors). Maps of [[France]], [[Germany]] and the [[Netherlands]] were a...
22: ...ra'' (Atlas, or Cosmographical Meditations on the Frame for the World and its Form) by Gerardus Mercat... - Hernando de Soto (explorer) (19418 bytes)
2: ...d'Avila (Pedrarias), [[Nicaragua]] and was with [[Francisco Pizarro]] in [[Peru]]. Later, de Soto led ...
5: ...e commander of an equestrian unit and went with [[Francisco Fernandez de Cordoba]] on his discovery an...
6: ... an ex-officer of Davila, had tried to break away from him. De Soto denunciated the treason and defeat...
11: ...arrested, DeSoto often visited him in jail, and a friendship between the two men emerged.
13: - Francis Drake (14963 bytes)
1: ...e:FrancisDrake.jpg|framed|Sir Francis Drake, c. [[1540]]–[[1596]].]]
2: ...to [[circumnavigation|circumnavigate]] the globe, from [[1577]] to [[1580]] and was knighted on his re...
7: ...n from a portrait painted quite late in his life. Francis was the eldest or second eldest of twelve ch...
9: ...orced to flee to [[Kent]]. At about the age of 13 Francis took to the sea on a cargo bark, becoming ma...
12: ...a few days before, nearly costing Drake his life. From then on, he devoted the rest of his life to wor... - Cabeza de Vaca (4807 bytes)
7: ...ally became a merchant, which allowed him freedom from his enslavement and to travel among the tribes....
9: Instead, in [[1540]] he was appointed governor of [[La Plata]], in w...
15: ...lden Hind, which is the name of the ship that Sir Francis Drake sailed around the world in.
25: ...of Alvar Nuñez Cabeza de Vaca and his companions from Florida to the Pacific, 1528-1536''], hosted by... - Francisco Coronado (5090 bytes)
1: ...[[Spain|Spanish]] [[conquistador]], who between [[1540]]-[[1542]] visited [[New Mexico]] and other parts...
5: ...], and several slaves, both native Americans and Africans.
8: ...nt. Cibola was nothing like the great golden city fray Marcos had described, it was just a simple [[pu...
10: ...ar [[Albuquerque, New Mexico]]). In the winter of 1540-41 the demands of his army resulted in conflicts ...
25: ...erence.allrefer.com/encyclopedia/C/CoronadoF.html Francisco Vasquez de Coronado] - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
24: *[[Jean le Rond d'Alembert]] (France, [[1717]] - [[1783]])
28: *[[Andr魍arie Amp貥]], (France, [[1775]] - [[1836]])
35: *[[Antoine Arbogast]] (France, [[1759]] - [[1803]])
38: *[[Jean-Robert Argand]] (France, [[1768]] - [[1822]])
46: *[[Michael Francis Atiyah]] (Britain, [[1929]] - ) - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
9: *[[Jacob Friedrich von Abel]], (1751-1829)
55: *[[Francesco Algarotti]], (1712-1764)
62: *[[Henri-Fr餩ric Amiel]], (1821-1881)
109: *[[Georg Anton Friedrich Ast]], (1778-1841)
122: *[[Alfred Ayer|Alfred Jules Ayer]], (1910-1989){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R... - Apache (7848 bytes)
3: ...d [[Navajo]] people. The Apache peoples migrated from the Northern Plains into the Southwest relative...
8: ...thern Athabaskan peoples in North America fan out from west-central [[Canada]] where some Southern Ath...
10: ...veling on the plains east of the Pueblo region, [[Francisco Coronado]] wrote:
18: ...e term was applied to Southern Athabaskan peoples from the Chama on the east to the San Juan on the we...
26: The Chiricahua Apaches were removed from their [[Indian reservation|reservation]] in [[1...
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