great voyages of discovery
101Lagos, Portugal — Infobox Municipality pt official name = Lagos image coat of arms = LGS.png Region = Algarve Subregion = Algarve District = Faro Mayor name = Júlio Barroso Mayor party = PS area total = 212.8 population total = 27,041 population density = 127… …
102Cook , James — (1728–1778) British navigator and explorer Cook, the son of a Scottish farm laborer, was born at Marston in England. He was educated at the local village school and joined the Royal Navy as an able seaman in 1755. He became a ship s master in… …
103diplomacy — /di ploh meuh see/, n. 1. the conduct by government officials of negotiations and other relations between nations. 2. the art or science of conducting such negotiations. 3. skill in managing negotiations, handling people, etc., so that there is… …
104social science — social scientist. 1. the study of society and social behavior. 2. a science or field of study, as history, economics, etc., dealing with an aspect of society or forms of social activity. [1775 85] * * * Any discipline or branch of science that… …
105Greeks — This article is about the Greek people. For the finance term, see Greeks (finance). Greeks Έλληνες 1st row: Homer • King Leonidas • Pericles • Herodotus • Hippocrates 2nd row: Socrates • Plato • Aristotle • …
106Sir John Barrow, 1st Baronet — Sir John Barrow, 1st Baronet, FRS , FRGS , LL.D (June 19, 1764 ndash; November 23, 1848) was an English statesman.He was born in the hamlet of Dragley Beck in the parish of Ulverston in Lancashire. He started in life as superintending clerk of an …
107Pre-Columbian Africa-Americas contact theories — propose direct contact or actual migrations by peoples from the continent of Africa with the indigenous peoples of the Americas at some stage during the pre Columbian history of the Americas– that is, earlier than the late 15th century. There is… …
108Dias, Bartolomeu — or Bartholomew Diaz born с 1450 died May 29, 1500, at sea, near Cape of Good Hope Portuguese navigator and explorer. Given command of an expedition to ascertain the southern limit of Africa, he set sail in 1487. He sailed farther south than… …
109Maritimes — This article is about the Canadian region. For other uses, see Maritime (disambiguation). The Maritimes   Halifax; Fredericton; Charlottetown   …
110Western world — Occident redirects here. For other uses, see Occident (disambiguation). For other uses of West , see West (disambiguation) and The West (disambiguation). For the song by American band Pennywise, see The Western World. The Western world, also… …
