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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
1: ...specially replacing the [[Ford Excursion]]). For the science fiction book, see [[Expedition (book)]].'...
6: ...a]] ([[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
7: ...r]] ([[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
12: ...rge Álvares]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]], the first to reach [[China]])
17: ..., first at the [[South Pole]], first to navigate the [[Northwest Passage]] in a single ship - Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
1: ...l [[sphere]], and argued that a ship could reach the [[Far East]] via a westward course.
2: [[Image:Christopher_columbus_2.jpg|thumb|200px|Image provided by [ht...
3: ...icas, they inaugurated permanent contact between the New and Old Worlds.
5: ...t Europe. This is likely due to the invention of the [[printing press]].
7: ...tober]], the anniversary of Columbus' landing in the Bahamas) is celebrated as a [[Holiday|holiday]]. - Alexandria (28378 bytes)
1: ...as 19 [[kilometre|km]] (12 [[mile]]s) east, near the ancient city of [[Canopus (Egypt)|Canopus]]. It h...
3: ...ended, and it fell into a long decline, which by the late [[Ottoman]] period had seen it reduced to li...
5: ...ia egypt 4.jpg|thumb|right|Alexandria's state-of-the-art [[library]], designed by [[Christoph Kapellar...
11: The history of Alexandria covers four periods:
13: ...ounding of the city and ends with the arrival of the Romans (blue). - Age of Exploration (14467 bytes)
1: ...ost famous explorers of the period were [[Christopher Columbus]], [[Vasco da Gama]], [[Pedro ?vares Ca...
3: ...ely passive [[Mediterranean]] and sail safely on the open [[Atlantic]].
6: ...was one of the most accurate world maps prior to the age of European exploration]]
7: ...ched expeditions in hopes of finding coverts, or the fabled [[Prester John]].
9: ...is journey was written up as ''[[Travels]]'' and the work was read throughout Europe. - Alexander of Aphrodisias (2599 bytes)
1: ...styled, by way of pre-eminence, ''o exegetes'' ("the expositor"), was a native of [[Aphrodisias]] in [...
3: ...he end of the [[2nd century]] AD, became head of the [[Lyceum]] and lectured on [[peripatetic]] [[phil...
4: ...of [[Ammonius Saccas|Ammonius]] and to reproduce the pure doctrine of Aristotle.
6: Commentaries by Alexander on the following works of Aristotle are still extant:
7: *the ''Analytica Priora'', i - List of painters (54090 bytes)
1: The following list is an incomplete '''list of painte...
10: *[[Michelangelo Buonarroti]], ([[1475]]-[[1564]]), Italian...
16: *[[Rembrandt]], ([[1606]]-[[1669]]), [[Netherlands|Dutch]] [[painter]]
22: *[[Hans von Aachen]] ([[1552]]-[[1615]])
27: *[[Andreas Achenbach]] ([[1815]]-[[1910]]) - Leonardo da Vinci (25889 bytes)
2: ... in his lifetime. In addition, he helped advance the study of [[anatomy]], [[astronomy]], and [[civil ...
7: ... been suggested, albeit on scanty evidence, that she was a [[Middle East|Middle Eastern]] [[slave]] ow...
9: ...not "da Vincis". Presumably he did not use his father's name because of his illegitimate status.
11: ...ndrea del Verrocchio]], who subsequently took on the fourteen-year old Leonardo as an apprentice. In t...
12: ... of intellect that whatever he turned his mind to he made himself master of with ease" ([[Giorgio Vasa... - Florence (11538 bytes)
1: ...4]], [[1512]]-[[1527]] and [[1530]]-[[1737]]) by the [[Medici]] family.
3: ...e city is sometimes considered the birthplace of the [[Italian Renaissance]]. Florence is famous for i...
5: ...humb|right|127px|"Giglio di Firenze" - symbol of the city]]
9: ...he bridges of Florence at sunset from Piazzale Michelangelo]]
17: ... [[Lombard]] and [[Frankish rule]], during which the population may have fallen to as few as 1,000. - History of India (31279 bytes)
5: ...aked between the [[26th century BC|2600 BC]] and the [[20th century BC|1900 BC]].
8: ...ry]] onwards the [[Gupta|Gupta dynasty]] oversaw the period referred to as India's "Golden Age".
11: ...y|philosophy]] flourished under the patronage of these kings.
14: ...the [[Vijayanagara Empire]], which declined with the 16th Century AD.
17: ...[Madhya Pradesh]] built by emperor [[Ashoka]] in the 3rd century BC .]] - John Cabot (5966 bytes)
2: ...the modern discoverer of [[Canada]], or at least the region that would become that nation.
4: ... and his men being the first [[Europe]]ans since the [[Viking]]s verifiably known to have done so.
6: ...hers [[Gaeta]]. The date was around [[1451]], but he moved to [[Venice]] in his youth, and later becam...
10: ...[[Europe]] to eastern Asia would be shorter at higher latitudes.
12: ...and in what part of the world soever they be, whiche before this time have beene unknowen to all Chris... - Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo (4763 bytes)
2: ...] in the [[United States]]. He also helped found the city of [[Oaxaca, Oaxaca]], in [[Mexico]].
5: ...d 1498 or 1500," and then worked for his keep in the home of a prominent Seville merchant.
8: ...in [[Guatemala]], made him one of the richest of the [[conquistador]]s in Mexico.
10: ...life as a shipbuilder's boy, had built and owned the flagship of his venture (two or three ships), and...
11: ...oao Rodrigues Cabrilho mon.jpg|thumb|205px|right|The Cabrillo National Monument in San Diego, Califor... - Ancient India (31279 bytes)
5: ...aked between the [[26th century BC|2600 BC]] and the [[20th century BC|1900 BC]].
8: ...ry]] onwards the [[Gupta|Gupta dynasty]] oversaw the period referred to as India's "Golden Age".
11: ...y|philosophy]] flourished under the patronage of these kings.
14: ...the [[Vijayanagara Empire]], which declined with the 16th Century AD.
17: ...[Madhya Pradesh]] built by emperor [[Ashoka]] in the 3rd century BC .]]
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