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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
1: ...icle|SUV]], see [[Ford Expedition]] (especially replacing the [[Ford Excursion]]). For the science fic...
6: ... de Azambuja]] ([[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
7: ... de Alenquer]] ([[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
8: ...lmeida]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] naval explorer and [[viceroy]] of [[India]])
9: ...uerque]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] naval explorer and [[viceroy]] of [[India]]) - Francisco Vasquez de Coronado (3639 bytes)
1: ...ain|Spanish]] [[conquistador]], who in [[1540]]-[[1542]] visited [[New Mexico]] and other parts of the s...
3: ...tion.jpg|thumb|500px|The Coronado Expedition 1540-1542.]]
9: ... city fray Marcos had described, it was just a simple [[pueblo]] of the [[Zuni]] Indians. Marcos was s...
11: ...[[Hernando de Alarcón]] who would be shipping supplies for Coronado. [[Pedro de Tovar]] was sent nort...
14: ...n as [[Wichita (tribe)|Wichita]]) were no rich people at all, the village consisted mostly of thatched... - Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
1: ...cia]] or [[Portugal]] among others. He was an [[explorer]] and [[trade]]r who crossed the [[Atlantic O...
3: ...etting stuck in windless regions. Although his explorations were not the first to reach the Americas,...
5: ...t]]''', one of the most consistent is the first exploration (before 1472) of two, led by [[João Vaz C...
7: Columbus landed in the [[Bahamas]] and later explored much of the [[Caribbean]], including the isle...
11: ...]]. Others honour him for the massive boost his explorations gave to Western expansion and culture. [[... - Jacques Cartier (8139 bytes)
3: ...tember 1]] [[1557]]) was a French [[Exploration|explorer]] who is popularly thought of as one of the m...
9: ...may be considered one of the most conscientious explorers of the period.
13: ...at present day [[Gaspé|Gaspé, Quebec]] where he planted a cross and claimed the territory for France...
31: ==Third Voyage 1541-1542==
35: ...den and seeds of cabbage, turnip and lettuce were planted. A fortified settlement was thus created wh... - Mary I of Scotland (27810 bytes)
7: ...the ruler of [[Scotland]] from [[December 14]], [[1542]] – [[July 24]], [[1567]]. She is perhaps t...
12: ... West Lothian, [[Scotland]], on [[December 8]], [[1542]] to King [[James V of Scotland]] and his French ...
26: ...[Earl of Lennox]] brought forward the Sceptre and placed it in her baby hand, and she grasped the heav...
28: ... the prelates and peers who knelt before her and, placing their hands on her crown, swore allegiance t...
31: ...nce with France. Fearing an uprising among the people, the [[Scottish Parliament]] broke off the treat... - Arizona (24367 bytes)
96: ...s expedition entered the area in [[1540]]–[[1542|42]] during its search for [[Cibola]]. Father Kin...
108: ... employees, and health insurance for government employees. The executive budget has allocated money to...
130: ...and marks the southwestern edge of the [[Colorado Plateau]], where the state experienced its [[Rodeo-C...
134: ...f [[sediment]] as the [[Colorado Plateau]]s have uplifted.
145: ...stic images, such as sunsets, coyotes, and desert plants. Several major Hollywood films, such as [[U-T... - California (63989 bytes)
44: <!-- before modifying these state symbols please verify your changes against official Californ...
57: Grass = [[Stipa|Purple Needlegrass]] |
81: ...Footnotes in this article use names, not numbers. Please see [[Wikipedia:Footnotes]] for details.
82: ... 1) Assign your footnote a unique name, for example TheSun_Dec9.
86: 5) Multiple footnotes to the same reference: see [[Wikipedia... - New Mexico (31079 bytes)
38: ...ral influences. For a variety of reasons, some people in other parts of the U.S. sometimes mistake it ...
44: ...est inhabitants of the New World. The [[Pueblo people]] built a flourishing sedentary culture in the [...
46: ...]]. His maltreatment of the Pueblo people while exploring the upper Rio Grande valley led to long-stan...
64: ...ving as a teamster, cook, guide, and hunter for exploring parties until [[1840]].
74: ...l at [[Santa Fe, New Mexico]] in [[1851]]. The people of New Mexico would determine whether to permit ... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
1: The following list is an incomplete '''list of painters'''.
281: *[[John Singleton Copley]] ([[1737]]-[[1815]])
357: *[[Dosso Dossi]] (ca.[[1490-1542]])
616: *[[Leon Kaplinski]] ([[1826]]-[[1873]])
958: *[[Stefan Planinc]] ([[1925]]-) - Timeline of United States pre-history (before 1600) (1679 bytes)
18: ...iovanni da Verrazano]], working for [[France]], explores coastline from present-day [[North Carolina]]...
19: *[[1542]]-[[Hernando_de_Soto_(explorer)|Hernando de Soto]] discovers the [[Mississip... - History of California (38344 bytes)
3: ...''history of California''' begins with European exploration.
13: ...[European colonization of the Americas|European explorers]] and [[European colonization of the America...
16: ===European exploration===
19: ...s, and gems. The Spaniards conjectured that these places may be one and the same.
30: The name "California" was first applied in the account of this voyage. It can be trace... - Nicolaus Copernicus (26283 bytes)
3: ... over the traditional [[geocentric theory]] (that placed [[Earth]] at the center of the [[Universe]]),...
10: ...omer]]. He followed his lessons and became a disciple and assistant.
16: ...ined access to those passages of [[Cicero]] and [[Plato]] about the opinion of Ancients on the movemen...
20: ...tensively on government [[business]] and as a [[diplomat]], on the behalf of the [[Prince-Bishop]] of ...
28: ...visit and study with them. Rheticus became a disciple of Copernicus' and stayed with him for two years... - San Francisco, California (55022 bytes)
42: ...ne]] (a [[Miwok]] Indian word meaning "western people") living in the coastal area between [[Point Sur...
44: ...tion of the [[San Francisco Bay Area]] began in [[1542]] and culminated with the mapping of the bay in [...
56: ...od. All of the county not in the city limits was split off to form [[San Mateo County, California|San ...
62: ...terred corpses contributed to the transmission of plague, and possibly also motivated by the opportuni...
69: ...e after the Earthquake. On July 22, 1916 a bomb exploded on Market Street during a [[Preparedness Day]... - Hernando de Soto (explorer) (19418 bytes)
2: ...alleros]], [[Extremadura]], and died [[21 May]] [[1542]], probably on a branch of the [[Mississippi rive...
11: ... where his men raped the sacred virgins in the Temple of the Sun. With a group of fifty men, he discov...
15: ...his goods and equipped an expedition into the unexplored lands. His mission was to conquer, to settle,...
17: == Expedition to Florida 1538-1542 ==
21: ...vana]] had, just shortly before his arrival, been plundered and burned down by French pirates. De Soto... - Cabeza de Vaca (4807 bytes)
1: ...sh; c. [[1559]]) was an early [[Spain|Spanish]] explorer of the [[New World]] and is remembered as a p...
5: ...the Capoques of [[Galveston Island]], which the explorers termed ''Malhado'', or Island of Doom) but l...
7: ...n Emperor|Charles V]]. It was later published in 1542, under the title ''La Relación'' (The Report). ...
9: ...ly sensitive and benevolent towards the Native peoples. He was the first European to behold the [[Igua...
13: ... Mexican filmmaker Nicolás Echevarría. The film plot is base on Cabeza de Vaca's account of the fate... - Francisco Coronado (5090 bytes)
1: ...panish]] [[conquistador]], who between [[1540]]-[[1542]] visited [[New Mexico]] and other parts of the s...
8: ... city fray Marcos had described, it was just a simple [[pueblo]] of the [[Zuni]] Indians. Marcos was s...
10: ...[[Hernando de Alarcón]] who would be shipping supplies for Coronado. [[Pedro de Tovar]] was sent nort...
12: ...n as [[Wichita (tribe)|Wichita]]) were no rich people at all, the village consisted mostly of thatched...
14: ...e back with him. Although the expedition was a complete failure, he remained governor of New Galicia u... - Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo (4763 bytes)
2: ...n]]. Cabrillo was the first [[Europe|European]] explorer to navigate the coast of present day [[Califo...
12: ...irs. There Cabrillo stepped out of his boat and splintered his shin when he stepped on a jagged rock....
16: The final mystery about Cabrillo is his place of burial. He died on [[January 3]], [[1543]] ...
19: ...ildings in California bear his name. One such example is [[Cabrillo College]] in [[Aptos, California]]... - Apache (7848 bytes)
3: ...e. The Apache peoples migrated from the Northern Plains into the Southwest relatively recently. Note...
8: ...ical evidence suggests a recent entry of these people into the American Southwest, with substantial nu...
10: ...ssessions. In April 1541, while traveling on the plains east of the Pueblo region, [[Francisco Corona...
12: ...in the skins of the cattle, with which all the people in this land clothe themselves, and they have ve...
14: ... for hauling loads by modern northern Canadian peoples. Recent experiments show these dogs may have p... - Inquisition (9274 bytes)
28: ...''[[De Revolutionibus Orbium Coelestium]]'' to be placed on the [[Index Librorum Prohibitorum|Index of...
40: ...pproval of the investigators. For example some people call the Second [[Red Scare]] an inquisition.
42: ...uisition'' (ISBN 1561840025) is critical of the application of the [[Scientific Method]] in the 20th c... - Navajo Nation (14007 bytes)
7: ...ment]] landmark and stretch across the [[Colorado Plateau]] into [[Arizona]], [[Utah]] and [[New Mexic...
9: ...term from the [[Navajo language]] that means ''people''. The Navajo are closely related to the [[Apach...
11: ...Ooz魧'' or '''Ayahkinii''' 'underground-house-people') reservation within the Navajo Nation's reserva...
17: ...ical evidence suggests a recent entry of these people into the American Southwest, with substantial nu...
19: ...ssessions. In April 1541, while traveling on the plains east of the Pueblo region, [[Francisco Corona...
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