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- Ocean (6829 bytes)
6: ...unique in being defined only by a line of [[latitude]] with no landmass boundaries.
12: ... Ocean through the [[Strait of Gibraltar]], and indeed several times over the last few million years m...
14: ...d its average depth is 3790 m. This does not include seas not connected to the World Ocean, such as th...
18: See [[sea water]] for a detailed discussion of ocean water composition, most...
22: ... gravity map.gif|right|thumb|350px|Map of large underwater features. (1995, [[NOAA]])]] - Los Angeles Dodgers (23879 bytes)
5: :'''Founded:''' [[1883]], as a member of the minor Inter-St...
7: ... -- originally a pejorative term for Brooklyn residents, shortened to ''Dodgers'' and officially adopt...
10: :'''Logo design:''' a cursive "Dodgers" superimposed over a r...
17: :'''General Manager''': [[Paul DePodesta]]
23: ...they were then known won two successive pennats under [[Ned Hanlon]] in 1899 and 1900. - Mother's Day (4660 bytes)
7: ''From the voice of a devastated Earth a voice goes up with <br>
9: ''The sword of murder is not the balance of justice."<br>
15: ...et first, as women, to bewail and commemorate the dead.<br>
20: ... were released by their masters that weekend in order to visit their families.
26: {| border=1 cellpadding=5 - Canal (2513 bytes)
2: ...ade waterways for the delivery of water and preceded the use of [[transport]]ation canals used by [[b...
4: ...e young United States, inland canals preceded the development of [[railroad]]s during the earliest pha...
6: ...ge of [[Amsterdam]] a port. Canals are so deeply identified with [[Venice]] that all cities that have ...
9: ...for commercial transportation, and many fell into decay. A movement that began in Great Britain and Fr...
26: * [[Rideau Canal]] - [[Ottawa]], [[Ontario]], [[Canada]] - California Gold Rush (3231 bytes)
2: ...d, shot his cattle and stole his crops. When President [[James Polk]] publicly announced the gold rush...
6: ...in California; by December 5, 1848, even the President of the United States would announce this before...
8: ...ux; leftover cigar boxes and planks served as a sidewalk, and crime became a problem, causing [[Vigila...
10: ...ornia Gold Rush is generally considered to have ended in [[1858]], when the New Mexican Gold Rush bega... - San Francisco, California (55022 bytes)
12: leader_title = [[Mayor]] |
13: leader_name = [[Gavin Newsom]] |
14: area_magnitude = 1 E8 |
21: population_density = 6958.45 |
26: latitude = 37°46' N | - Jimmy Carter (33280 bytes)
2: {{Infobox President | name=James Earl Carter, Jr.
4: | image name=Presidentcarter.jpg
5: | order=39th President
8: | preceded=[[Gerald Ford]]
9: | succeeded=[[Ronald Reagan]] - Dwight D. Eisenhower (37513 bytes)
1: {{Infobox President | name=Dwight D. Eisenhower
4: | order=34th President
7: | preceded=[[Harry S. Truman]]
8: | succeeded=[[John F. Kennedy]]
10: | place of birth=[[Denison, Texas]] - Franklin D. Roosevelt (74009 bytes)
1: {{Infobox President | name=Franklin Delano Roosevelt
4: | order=32th President
7: | preceded=[[Herbert Hoover]]
8: | succeeded=[[Harry S. Truman]]
10: | place of birth=[[Hyde Park, New York|Hyde Park]], [[New York]] - Hernando de Soto (explorer) (19418 bytes)
1: ...C2_desoto77.jpg|thumb|Hernando de Soto|Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipar...
2: ...as with [[Francisco Pizarro]] in [[Peru]]. Later, de Soto led the largest expedition of the 16th and 1...
5: ...uestrian unit and went with [[Francisco Fernandez de Cordoba]] on his discovery and colonization voyag...
6: .... As a result, Davilas leadership was secured and de Soto gained his favour.
7: In [[1528]] de Soto led his own expedition along the coast of [[... - Alberto Santos-Dumont (14938 bytes)
1: ...lberto Santos-Dumont]]<br>Santos-Dumont in his trademark Panama hat.<BR>From the archives of the [[Smi...
2: ...was a [[Brazil | Brazilian]] aviation pioneer. He designed, built, and flew many [[balloon]]s as well ...
3: In addition, He made the first
5: That aircraft, designated
9: - Francis Drake (14963 bytes)
2: ... was second in command of the English fleet which defeated the [[Spanish Armada]] in [[1588]].
7: ...e in his life. Francis was the eldest or second eldest of twelve children.
9: ... Drake made the first English [[Atlantic slave trade|slave-trading]] expeditions.
12: ... against the [[Spanish Empire]]; the Spanish considered him an outlaw [[pirate]], but to England he wa...
13: ... Train to the nearby port of Nombre de Dios. He made off with a fortune in gold, but had to leave behi... - Henry Morgan (5671 bytes)
2: ...rth, who made a name in the [[Caribbean]] as a leader of [[buccaneer]]s and roughnecks.
4: ... expedition which seized the island of [[New Providence]] (Santa Catalina), and when Mansfield was cap...
6: ...ernor of Jamaica endeavoured to cover the whole under the necessity of allowing the English a free han...
8: ...ch convinced the governor to shift his cannon, eluded the enemy's guns altogether and escaped in safet...
10: ...nd took the city. The booty was said to have exceeded 100,000 pounds. The fame of this brilliant explo... - William Dampier (7308 bytes)
7: ...ific]] coast of that isthmus; the pirates then raided Spanish settlements in [[Peru]] before returning...
9: ...of ten vessels. In Mexico Cook died, and a new leader, Captain Davis, took command. Dampier transferre...
11: ...e ship was being [[careening|careened]] Dampier made notes on the fauna and flora he found there. Late...
20: On the return voyage to England, ''Roebuck'' foundered near [[Ascension Island]] on [[21 February]] [...
22: ...as able to save many new charts of coastlines, trade winds and currents in the seas around Australia a... - Pirate (23151 bytes)
2: A '''pirate''' is one who [[Robbery|robs]] or plunders at sea without a commission from a recognised [...
4: ...ains a significant problem (with estimated worldwide losses of $13 to $16 billion [[United_States_doll...
8: ...neer]]s'''. The word comes from ''boucan'', a wooden frame used for cooking meat (called a ''[[barbec...
10: ... known as '''kapers''' or '''vrijbuiters''' ("plunderers"), the latter combining the words ''vrij'' me...
14: ...urkish '''''Korsan''''', which seems to have been derived from the European word, which in turn comes ... - List of national anthems (17969 bytes)
3: ...f nations that no longer exist, or are not independent states but nevertheless have official anthems, ...
4: [[Dependent area]]s are listed only if they have an anthem ...
19: |''[[Ŭand]]''||''[[Ŭ䮮ingens s宧]] (The Ŭander's Song)''
43: |[[Austria]]||[[Land der Berge, Land am Strome]] (Land of Mountains, Land...
55: |[[Bangladesh]]||[[Amar Sonar Bangla]] (My Golden Bengal) - Platinum (10600 bytes)
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22: |[[Density]], [[Mohs hardness scale|Hardness]] || 21450...
34: |[[van der Waals radius]] || 175 pm
40: |[[Oxidation state]]s ([[Oxide]]) || 2, '''4''' (mildly [[Base (chemistry)|basic... - Llama (12988 bytes)
19: ... as beasts of burden, but also for their flesh, hides, and [[wool]]. In fact, llamas were used in plac...
24: ...arated by [[Georges Cuvier|Cuvier]] in [[1800]] under the name of ''Lama'' along with the alpaca and t...
27: ...have been abundantly found in the [[Pleistocene]] deposits of the region of the [[Rocky Mountains]], a...
29: ...om the thoroughly differentiated species of the modern epoch down through the [[Pliocene]] to the earl...
31: ...laeontological history has been so satisfactorily demonstrated as the llama. - Timeline of railway history (5902 bytes)
15: ...ar [[Wurzen]], in [[1839]] the line reaches [[Dresden]].
17: * [[1853]] Passenger train makes in debut in [[Bombay]], India
21: *[[1863]] World's first [[underground railway]] opened in [[London]].
22: ...on proves rare for steam locomotives but is the model for most future diesel and electric locomotives.
27: ...lectric railway demonstrated at the [[Berlin]] Trades Fair. - Honduras (7841 bytes)
1: ... is a country in northern [[Central America]], bordered to the west by [[Guatemala]], to the south wes...
2: ...ackground: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaaaaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"
3: |+<big><big>'''Rep?a de Honduras'''</big></big>
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10: | width="140px" | ([[Flag of Honduras|In Detail]])
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