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- Lighthouse of Alexandria (3491 bytes)
7: ...x was positioned a [[mirror]] which reflected [[sunlight]] during the day; a [[fire]] was lit at night...
9: ... they could reach shore. However, this is highly unlikely due to the lack of modern optics and reflect...
17: ...Egypt]], with its artificial connection to the mainland (the [[Heptastadion]]) forming one side of the...
20: ...he ruin. Even the stubby remnant disappeared in [[1480]], when the then-Sultan of Egypt, [[Qaitbay]], us... - Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
5: ...as John Cabot) was first to reach the American mainland (which Columbus did not reach until his third ...
9: Unlike the voyage of the Scandinavians, Columbus's vo...
35: ...umbus and Felipa had a son, [[Diego Colón]] in [[1480]]. Felipa died in January of [[1485]]. Columbus ...
39: ...f [[Africa]]. Columbus had another idea. By the [[1480s]], he had developed a plan to travel to the [[In...
46: ...vered less space on the earth's surface than commonly believed. Finally, Columbus read maps as if the ... - Elizabeth Woodville (6291 bytes)
12: ...oped up favours and lucrative opportunities; in [[1480]], for example, when Elizabeth's obscure brother-...
36: * Bridget Plantagenet (1480-1517), nun at Dartford Priory, Kent - Sackbut (3802 bytes)
4: ...having a more mellow [[tone]]. It was employed mainly in [[alto]], [[tenor]] and [[bass]] sizes. It wa... - List of people by name: Y (12717 bytes)
91: *[[Arvo Ylpp?pp?rvo]], ([[1887]]-[[1992]]), [[Finland|Finnish]] [[pediatrician]]
109: *[[Yoannis XII of Alexandria]], ([[1480]]-[[1483]]), Coptic Pope - List of painters (54090 bytes)
51: *[[Albrecht Altdorfer]] ([[1480]]-[[1538]])
1068: *[[Stanislaw Samostrzelnik]] ([[1480]]-[[1541]])
1151: *[[Eduard von Steinle]] ([[1810]]-[[1886]])
1152: *[[Théophile Steinlen]] ([[1859]]-[[1923]]) - Silk Road (23757 bytes)
5: These exchanges were critical not only for the development and flowering of the great c...
18: [[Lapis lazuli]] was being traded from its only known source in the ancient world – [[Bada...
32: ...ctually cultivated silk (which would almost certainly have come from China) that was discovered or a t...
45: ... in the possession of the [[Dayuan]] (named "Heavenly horses"), which were of capital importance in fi...
92: ...expansion of the Portuguese beyond Africa after [[1480]], followed by the powers of [[Holland]] and [[Gr... - Rhodes (9349 bytes)
5: ...west of [[Turkey]], situated between the Greek mainland and the island of [[Cyprus]]. Its population i...
17: ...os]], [[Cnidus]] and [[Halicarnassus]] (on the mainland) made up the so-called [[Dorian Hexapolis]].
41: ...]] of Egypt in [[1444]] and of [[Mehmed II]] in [[1480]]. Finally, however, Rhodes fell to the large arm... - Leonardo da Vinci (25889 bytes)
18: ...hat from a tender age they would enter into the manly one as more stalwart friends." In the dialogue, ...
47: ...left unfinished and Leonardo left for [[Milan]]. Only seventeen of his paintings and none of his statu...
57: ...'[[Annunciation (Leonardo)|Annunciation]]'' (1475-1480) - ''[[Uffizi]]'', [[Florence]], Italy
59: *''[[The Benois Madonna]]'' (1478-1480) - ''[[Hermitage Museum]]'', [[Saint Petersburg|S...
70: *''[[Leda and the Swan]]'' (1508) - (Only copies survive) ''[[Galleria Borghese]]'', [[Rom... - Spanish Inquisition (11421 bytes)
3: ...in enforcing the ''[[limpieza de sangre]]'' ("cleanliness of blood") against descendants of converted ...
18: ...as [[Pope Sixtus IV]] sanctioned the Inquisition only in the state of Castile. Later, Borgia was to ha...
20: ...thority of the Inquisition was supposed to reach only Christians, not Jews or Muslims, but since [[149...
26: ...in the midst of all these threats, in August of [[1480]] the Sultan had attacked [[Italy]] itself, at th...
44: ...als as suspected heretics in Spain, but of these only about 1,200 - 2,000 were actually sentenced to t... - Ferdinand Magellan (19348 bytes)
2: '''Ferdinand Magellan''' (Spring [[1480]] – [[April 27]], [[1521]]; was a [[Portuga...
32: ...px|thumb|left|The arrow points to the city of [[Sanl?de Barrameda]] on the delta of the [[Guadalquivir...
34: ...but on [[September 20]], Magellan set sail from Sanl?de Barrameda with 270 men.
41: ... ship captains broke out. It was unsuccessful, mainly because the crew remained loyal. Quesada and Men...
47: ...sage, because the waters were [[brine]] and deep inland. Four ships began an arduous passage through t... - John Cabot (5966 bytes)
4: ...[Asia]]. He ended up in the [[North America]]n mainland, he and his men being the first [[Europe]]ans ...
16: ...t seaport in England, and during the years from [[1480]] onwards several expeditions had been sent out t...
20: ... tons), but fast and able. The crew consisted of only 18 people. He departed on either [[May 2]] or [...
22: ...ngs: [[Christopher Columbus]] did not find the mainland until his third voyage, in [[1498]], and lette...
31: ...being the most famous participants, visited [[Greenland]], Labrador and Newfoundland. In [[1501]]-[[15... - Phoenix, Arizona (34271 bytes)
111: ...dash;can occur during any month of the year, but only happen an average of once or twice per year some...
115: ...[1896]] it has accumulated to 0.1 inch (0.25 cm) only 7 times. The heaviest snowstorm occurred on Jan...
265: *1480 - KPHX - Comedy Radio (via satellite) - Phoenix - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
214: *[[Anicius Manlius Severinus Bo봨ius]], (AD 480-524 or 525){{fn|...
313: *[[Stanley Cavell]], (born 1926){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R}}
859: *[[William Stanley Jevons]], (1835-1882){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}
898: *[[Andreas Karlstadt]], (c. 1480-1541)
1061: *[[Philipp Mainl䮤er]] - Knights Hospitaller (26158 bytes)
5: ...lemagne]], Emperor of the [[Holy Roman Empire]], enlarged Probus' hostel and added a library to it. Un...
17: ...ypt in [[1444]] and another by [[Mehmed II]] in [[1480]], who after the [[fall of Constantinople]] made ...
27: Although they had only a small number of ships, they nevertheless quick...
43: ...d by the loss of its Priories throughout Europe. Only 10% of the Order's income came from Europe, with...
46: ...tes|United States of America]]. However, it was only recognized by the Sovereign Military Order of Ma...
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