great voyages of discovery
31James Cook — This article is about the British explorer. For other uses, see James Cook (disambiguation). Captain Cook redirects here. For other uses, see Captain Cook (disambiguation). James Cook …
32Europe, history of — Introduction history of European peoples and cultures from prehistoric times to the present. Europe is a more ambiguous term than most geographic expressions. Its etymology is doubtful, as is the physical extent of the area it designates.… …
33Christianity — /kris chee an i tee/, n., pl. Christianities. 1. the Christian religion, including the Catholic, Protestant, and Eastern Orthodox churches. 2. Christian beliefs or practices; Christian quality or character: Christianity mixed with pagan elements; …
34Zheng He — Not to be confused with Zhang He, the Three Kingdoms general. Zheng He Statue from a modern monument to Zheng He at the Stadthuys Museum in Malacca Town, Malaysia. Born 1371 Yunnan, China …
35Dieppe maps — World map, by Guillaume Brouscon, 1543. The Dieppe maps are a series of world maps produced in Dieppe, France, in the 1540s, 1550s and 1560s. Th …
36technology, history of — Introduction the development over time of systematic techniques for making and doing things. The term technology, a combination of the Greek technē, “art, craft,” with logos, “word, speech,” meant in Greece a discourse on the arts, both… …
37Ajacan — in the province of Axacan, variants include Xacan, Jacan, Iacan, Axaca, Axacam. Alegre in his Historia de la Compania de Fesus en Nueva Espana (Mexico, 1842, tomo i., p. 26), says Father Segura and his companions llegaron a la provincia de Axacan …
38science, history of — Introduction the history of science from its beginnings in prehistoric times to the 20th century. On the simplest level, science is knowledge of the world of nature. There are many regularities in nature that mankind has had to… …
39Joseph Banks — For other people named Joseph Banks, see Joseph Banks (disambiguation). Sir Joseph Banks, Bt Joseph Banks, as painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds in 1773 …
40Capitaine Cook — James Cook Pour les articles homonymes, voir Cook. James Cook …
