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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]]) - 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. [[... - Condoleezza Rice (23116 bytes)
18: |'''Place of Birth'''
35: ...sical term "con dolcezza" which is a direction to play "with sweetness". [http://www.wnyc.org/legacy/s...
41: ...h the goal of becoming a concert [[pianist]]. Her plans changed when she attended a course on internat...
72: ...Rice the world's most powerful woman. [http://www.forbes.com/finance/lists/11/2004/LIR.jhtml?passListId=11...
77: ...ush named Rice's deputy, [[Stephen Hadley]], to replace her as National Security Advisor. On January 7... - George Washington (29551 bytes)
11: | place of birth=[[Westmoreland County, Virginia|Westm...
14: | place of death=[[Mount Vernon (plantation)|Mount Vernon]], [[Virginia]]
21: ...[republic]]an [[democracy]] that served as an example around the world.
24: ...n his birth year. His birthplace was Pope's Creek Plantation, south of [[Colonial Beach, Virginia|Colo...
26: ... eventually inherited the estate, [[Mount Vernon (plantation)|Mount Vernon]] in [[Fairfax County, Virg... - Guyana (12153 bytes)
13: ...r colspan=2 | <small>''[[National motto]]: One People, One Nation, One Destiny''</small>
51: | ''[[Dear Land of Guyana, of Rivers and Plains]]''
64: ...a]], [[China]] and [[Portugal]] to work the sugar plantations. This ethnocultural divide has persisted...
68: *[[Forbes Burnham]] 1966 - 1985
105: ...ghly divided into three regions: a narrow, marshy plain along the coast of the [[Atlantic Ocean]], a w... - Babe Ruth (55357 bytes)
2: ...umber One in its list of "Baseball's 100 Greatest Players."
4: ... he changed the nature of the game itself. His exploitation of the "power game" compelled other teams...
9: ... [[Roman Catholic]] priest, and the school's disciplinarian, became the major influence on his life, t...
12: ...ked the position because he was involved in every play. One day, as his team was getting pounded, Babe...
15: ...or cash, and sold Ruth's contract, with two other players to [[Joseph Lannin]], owner of the [[Boston ... - West Virginia (24258 bytes)
46: ...ern part of Virginia and plantation owners in the plains and tidewater regions. Under the United Stat...
70: ...g|right|thumbnail|Shaded relief map of Cumberland Plateau and Ridge and Valley Appalachians on the Vir...
72: ...egion is extremely rugged in most areas. (The two plateaus are essentially the same, the difference be...
74: ...rdwood]] [[forest]] of [[oak]], [[chestnut]], [[maple]], [[beech]], and [[Eastern White Pine|white pin...
78: ...e for a long time. This process of rounding up people already spread around here and there results in ... - French and Indian War (5652 bytes)
13: ...– most significantly of all– at the [[Plains of Abraham]] outside of [[Quebec City]], in w...
43: *[[Forbes Expedition]] (climax on [[November 25]], [[1758]]...
47: *[[Battle of the Plains of Abraham]] ([[September 13]], [[1759]]) - Pittsburgh Pirates (16589 bytes)
17: ...e folded. In [[1900]], the Pirates picked up star players from the defunct [[Louisville, Kentucky]] cl...
19: ...but it was not enough. With largely the same star players, the Pirates would continue to be a strong t...
21: ...rates had plenty of Hall of Fame-caliber position players through [[1941]].
23: ...nting the concept of the [[closer]] by frequently playing pitcher [[Roy Face]] late in close games. Th...
25: ...eturned as manager and the Pirates' home field, [[Forbes Field]], was demolished in favor of the multi-pur... - Underground Railroad (17993 bytes)
4: ... between [[1810]] and [[1850]], nearly 100,000 people escaped enslavement via the Underground Railroad...
10: ...American]]s. Churches and religious denominations played key roles, especially the [[Religious Society...
15: *people who helped slaves find the railroad were "agents...
17: *hiding places were "stations"
21: ...ul records, including short biographies of the people, that contained frequent railway metaphors. Sti... - Warren G. Harding (30163 bytes)
10: | place of birth=Near [[Blooming Grove, Ohio|Blooming ...
13: | place of death=[[San Francisco]], [[California]]
20: ...died suddenly three years into his term due to complications from [[pneumonia]] and possible food pois...
23: ...he newspaper business. Harding's education was completed at [[Muskingum College|Ohio Central College]]...
25: ...ing city. Harding converted the paper's editorial platform to support the Republicans and enjoyed a mo... - Charles Babbage (13539 bytes)
2: ...'s original plans, a [[Difference Engine]] was completed, and functioned perfectly. It was built to to...
5: ...on Estate in [[Teignmouth]]. His mother was Betsy Plumleigh Babbage. In [[1808]] the Babbage family mo...
16: ...le lived happily at 5 Devonshire Street, Portland Place, London. They had eight children, but only thr...
26: *Alexander Forbes Babbage (born [[1827]])
29: ...Gottfried Leibniz]]. He first discussed the principles of a calculating engine in a letter to Sir [[Hu... - Frederick Cook (12772 bytes)
2: ...] [[1940]]) was an [[United States|American]] [[explorer]] and [[medical doctor|physician]], noted for...
9: ...d his [[M.D.]] in 1890. In 1889 he married Libby Forbes, who died in childbirth in 1890. On his 37th bir...
13: .... A fellow crew-member was [[Norway|Norwegian]] explorer [[Roald Amundsen]], with whom he established ...
17: ===The Arctic Club and The Explorers Club===
19: ...1908 Cook served as the second President of The Explorers Club. - Boise, Idaho (9777 bytes)
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44: ...ome to the largest concentration of [[Basque]] people living outside of Spain in the world, numbering ...
56: .... The city has been cited by publications like [[Forbes]], [[Fortune]] and Sunset for its quality of life...
82: ...ensus]]{{GR|2}} of [[2000]], there are 185,787 people, 74,438 households, and 46,523 families residing...
84: ...living with them, 48.7% are [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 10.0% have a female househol... - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
31: *[[Anthemius of Tralles]] (Constantinople c. [[474]] - c. [[534]])
70: *[[Eric Temple Bell]] (Scotland, USA, [[1883]] - [[1960]])
386: *[[Johannes Kepler]] (Germany, [[1571]] - [[1630]])
420: *[[Pierre-Simon Laplace]] (France, [[1749]] - [[1827]])
523: *[[John Forbes Nash]] (USA, [[1928]] - ) - Tutankhamun (15224 bytes)
4: ...culation on what might have been contained in the plundered tombs of far more significant Pharaohs.) H...
8: ...t common estimates are in this range), that would place his birth around [[1342 BC]]-[[1340 BC]], and ...
10: ...n the old [[pantheon]] of [[god]]s and their [[temple]]s was lifted, the traditional privileges restor...
23: ... discovered from the same X-ray analysis. Some people have mistaken this visible bone fragment for the...
25: ...the head as well as no evidence suggesting [[foul play]]. There was a hole in the head, but it appeare... - Roman clothing (10346 bytes)
6: ...[Flax|linen]] and [[hemp]], even though a more complex preparation process is required to create cloth...
11: ...ad to be prepared in different ways. According to Forbes, their wool contained around 50% fatty [[lanolin|...
13: ...very similar to that of wool and was described by Pliny the Elder. After the harvest, the material wou...
17: ... one of the cheapest dyes available. According to Pliny the Elder, a blackish colour was preferred to ...
19: ...eral centuries and, as clothing is necessary, examples are numerous and diverse. These materials often...
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