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- Francisco Vasquez de Coronado (3639 bytes)
7: Coronado was governor of [[New Galicia]] (contemporary [[Sinaloa]] and [[Nayarit]], Mexi...
11: ...]]). [[Garcia Lopez de Cardenas]] was sent out to find this river, and found himself
12: ... Mexico]]). During his wintering he suffered from fierce attacks by the Indians.
16: ...s a complete failure, he remained governor of New Galicia until [[1544]], then retired to [[Mexico City]], ...
18: Men from his expedition were the first Europeans to see the [[Grand Canyon]]. - Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
1: ... of Aragó]] to the Kingdoms of [[Galicia (Spain)|Galicia]] or [[Portugal]] among others. He was an [[explo...
3: ... regions. Although his explorations were not the first to reach the Americas, they inaugurated perman...
5: ...wever, there is one thing that sets off Columbus' first voyage from all of these: less than two decade...
9: ...[[potato]]es, [[maize]], and [[horse]]s), and the first large-scale [[colonization]] of the Americas b...
11: Columbus remains a controversial figure. Some – including many [[Native America... - Bagpipes (20858 bytes)
23: ...nown Romantic. However, it seems likely they were first invented in pre-Christian times. [[Nero]] is ...
25: Where they were first introduced to [[Britain]] and [[Ireland]] is d...
27: ...at the funerals of high-ranking civilian public officials as well.
42: ... was often termed the [[Irish Warpipes]]. This configuration can also be found having been played in S...
45: ... birls. These are used for emphasis on, say, the first beat of a bar, or just as a more musical way t... - Ukraine (22193 bytes)
22: | '''[[Official language]]''' || [[Ukrainian language|Ukraini...
53: ...age with Ukraine's independence, as there is no definite article (''the'') in either language.
64: ...he local population of Rus' and gave the Rus' its first powerful dynasty, the [[Rurik Dynasty]].
72: ...kraine alone, and then solely to West Ukrainians (Galicians). Originally it was a term applied to the Rus' ...
74: ...ocally defeated, the [[Rurik Dynasty]] continued, first in [[Novgorod]], and then in [[Moscow]]. - Spain (36498 bytes)
1: ...idely spoken outside of the country, and is the official language of nearly all [[Central America|Cent...
14: official_languages = [[Spanish language|Spanish]]<sup>...
37: sovereignty_type = [[Reconquista|Unification]] |
48: ...], the [[Aranese]] dialect of [[Occitan]] is co-official<br><sup>2</sup> Prior to [[1999]]: [[peseta|S...
62: ...ᤩz]]) near Tartessos. In the 8th century BC the first Greek colonies, such as Emporion (modern [[Emp... - Crusade (28507 bytes)
7: ...ass of warriors who now had very little to do but fight among themselves and terrorize the peasant pop...
9: ...e [[mercenaries]] from elsewhere in Europe in the fight against the Islamic [[Moors]]. In [[1063]], [[...
11: ...ifest in the overwhelming popular support for the First Crusade, and the religious vitality of the 12t...
20: The trigger for the First Crusade was Emperor [[Alexius I]]'s appeal to ...
23: ..., with its sense that the highest good was to die fighting for the cause of the right deity, in a Chri... - World War I (62979 bytes)
2: ...m the sky was executed, and some of the century's first large-scale [[genocide|civilian massacres]] to...
6: ...orld Order (political)|world order]], marking the final demise of [[political absolutism|absolutist]] ...
8: ...me scholars, who regard World War I as merely the first phase of a three-decade long war spanning the ...
10: ...Western Front]]. Over 9 million died on the battlefield, and nearly that many more on the home front d...
19: ...s ever been reached as for the exact cause of the First World War. - Napoleonic Wars (44488 bytes)
3: ...ution]], and continued during the regime of the [[First French Empire]]. These wars revolutionized [[E...
5: ...on [[20 November]] [[1815]], following Napoleon's final [[Battle of Waterloo|defeat at Waterloo]] and ...
13: ...ng the Revolution). European monarchs found it difficult to reinstate pre-revolutionary [[absolute mon...
14: ...red years following Napoleon's wars, not based on fiefs and aristocracy, but on the basis of human cul...
15: ...lthough Napoleon's defeat set the thought of a unified Europe back over one and a half centuries, the ... - Francisco Coronado (5090 bytes)
5: ...onado as the commander of an expedition to go and find the seven golden cities and take all of their g...
10: ... himself being the first European to see the magnificent [[Grand Canyon]]. [[Hernando de Alvarado]] wa...
14: ...s a complete failure, he remained governor of New Galicia until [[1544]], then retired to [[Mexico City]], ... - Atlantis (41399 bytes)
2: ...ence and location have never been confirmed. The first mentions we have are from the [[classical Gree...
12: ...e island of Atlantis. Atlantis might be a work of fiction, yet an extended [[parable]] intended to ill...
14: ...n the centre of the island at a distance of about fifty [[Ancient_weights_and_measures#Length_4|stadia...
17: ...tinent beyond the islands, in order to offer sacrifice to the gods of the ocean.
23: ...] and the wise Silenus mentions the Meropids, the first men with huge cities of gold and silver. Silen... - Culture of Spain (17671 bytes)
4: ...pg|thumb|right|Political Spain in 1854, after the first [[Carlist]] War]]A strong sense of regional id...
6: ...ly all Catalan nationalists) currently seek to fulfill their aspirations by peaceful means.
8: ...gional identity: [[Andalusia]], [[Galicia (Spain)|Galicia]] and [[Navarre]] each have their own version of ...
12: ... the core kingdom under which Spain eventually unified after centuries of evolution and incorporations...
17: ...es and (especially for Catalan and Basque) a significant book publishing industry. Many citizens in th... - Francisco Vásquez de Coronado (19760 bytes)
8: ...nado y Anaya]], Conqueror, first [[Governor]] and first ''[[Adelantado]]'' of [[Costa Rica]]. <ref> [h...
11: ... prove this assertion. -- comment hidden as I can find no reliable source on either side of this quest...
14: ...t was made of gold, and that he could see the Pacific Ocean off to the west.
16: ...e commander of the expedition with the mission to find the seven golden cities and take their gold. Th...
18: ...nts of the existence of Cíbola are facts are verifiable, yet the existence of wealthy cities are not ...
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