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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
1: ...a explorers]], [[astronaut]], [[conquistador]], [[travelogue]], the [[History of Science and Technolog...
26: ...rich Barth]] ([[1821]]-[[1865]]), Northern and Central Africa
29: *[[George Bass]] - [[Australia]]n explorer
30: ...isited [[Mecca]] several times, travelled to [[Central Asia]], [[East Africa]], [[China]], [[Tomboucto...
31: ... [[France|French]] explorer, mapped the West [[Australia]]n coastline. - Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
1: ...ugal]] among others. He was an [[explorer]] and [[trade]]r who crossed the [[Atlantic Ocean]] and reac...
3: ...ry [[myth]] created by [[Washington Irving]]. Contrary to this belief, most people at that time accep...
5: ...f peoples throughout time; see '''[[Pre-Columbian trans-oceanic contact]]''', one of the most consiste...
7: ...]), as well as the coasts of [[Central America|Central]] and [[South America]]. He never reached the p...
11: Columbus remains a controversial figure. Some – including many [[Nat... - Isabella of Castile (4156 bytes)
2: ...bel'' is used in modern Spanish) ([[April 22]], [[1451]] – [[November 26]], [[1504]]) was [[Kings ...
5: ...r half-brother [[Peter I of Portugal]] and his mistress Teresa Louren篮 Through John of Gaunt she was...
8: ...John I of Portugal by Inez Perez, and his wife Beatriz Pereira, countess da Barcellos.
21: Some Catholic Spaniards are trying to get Isabella declared as [[blessed]] and [...
24: Isabella has been represented in film by actresses like [[Lola Flores]] and [[Sigourney Weaver]... - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
3: ''Note:'' Dates for inventions are often controversial. Inventions are often invented by several...
7: * 2 MYA: [[Origin of language|Language]] (controversial - this is the earliest likely)
8: * 1 MYA: Controlled [[fire]] in [[Cradle of Humankind|Africa]]
34: * [[39th century BC|3800s BC]]: [[Sweet Track|Engineered roadway]] in [[England]]
67: * [[150s BC]]: [[Astrolabe]]: [[Hipparchus]] - Roger van der Weyden (3397 bytes)
15: ...of Flanders and [[Germany]]. His great family portrait in the Ufizzi Gallery in Florence had an impor...
20: * [[triptych]] ([[1438]]-[[1440]]), [[Berlin Museum]]
22: * ''[[Last Judgment]]'' ([[1451]]), hospital of [[Beaune]], [[France]]
23: * [[portrait]] of [[Philip the Good]] (c. [[1456]]-[[1458]]...
24: * portrait of [[Charles the Bold]] (c. [[1456]]-[[1458]])... - Hundred Years' War (30012 bytes)
3: ...r was primarily fought in France, and though in retrospect it has the feeling of a French [[civil war]...
8: ...ship and installing a new [[Anglo-Norman]] power structure as William took the English throne as Willi...
17: ...land, and only [[Bordeaux]] and a narrow coastal strip now remained in English possession. The recover...
21: ...Edward II]] and was at the time effectively in control of the crown, having forced her politically wea...
27: England controlled [[Gascony]] in what is now southwest France,... - Johann Gutenberg (6119 bytes)
4: ...ng press]] based on presses used in wine-making. Tradition credits him with inventing [[printing pres...
9: ...pressed into wooden blocks with the text and illustrations carved in, was in use in Europe and East As...
14: ...then a part of Germany, now in France and called Strasbourg) around 1430. Knowing that wood-block type...
19: ...Bible, which could take a single monk 20 years to transcribe.
26: ...y effectively bankrupted Gutenberg, it awarded control of the type used in his Bible, plus much of the... - John Cabot (5966 bytes)
6: ...[Genoa]], others [[Gaeta]]. The date was around [[1451]], but he moved to [[Venice]] in his youth, and l...
12: ...ke out, discover, and finde, whatsoever iles, countreyes, regions or provinces of the heathen and infi...
20: ... His precise landing-place is a matter of much controversy, either [[Bonavista, Newfoundland|Bonavista...
22: ...Labrador]] or [[Maine]]. We might never know the truth. His men may have been the first Europeans on ...
23: ...jpg|thumb|right|200px|''The Cabot Tower in the centre of Bristol, England.'']] - Ottoman Empire (15917 bytes)
45: ...'the Porte'', from the [[French language|French]] translation of the [[Ottoman language|Ottoman]] name...
47: ...much of this was under indirect control of the central government(see ''Main article: [[State organiza...
53: ... [[Suleiman I]] in the [[16th century]], when it stretched from the [[Persian Gulf]] in the east to [[...
55: ...[spice]] trade. In Aceh, the Ottomans built a fortress and supplied huge cannon. The [[the Netherlan...
57: ...lemate with their European and Asian neighbor countries, the European development went into overdrive.... - Bosporus (3180 bytes)
3: ...5;. The depth varies from 36 to 124 meters in midstream.
6: ...of [[Istanbul]] (population at least 11 million) straddles it.
8: Two [[bridge]]s cross the Bosporus Strait. The first, [[Bosporus Bridge|Bogazici (Bospor...
10: ...ly 1,400 meters of the tunnel will run under the strait, at a depth of about 55 meters.
16: ...hology|Greek myth]] about [[Io (mythology)|Io's]] travels after Zeus turned her into an [[ox]] for her...
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