Web Sites (1 - 10 of 19): 1600s

Milestones in Taiwan's history * - Important milestones from the early 1600s to the present. Originally, Taiwan was settled by people of Malay-Polynesian descent, who initially inhabited the low-lying coastal plains. They called their island Pakan. Here is a detail of an old Dutch navigati...
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National Gallery of Art: Dutch Still Lifes - Paintings depicting aspects of the natural world were so characteristic of the Netherlands that, during the seventeenth century, the Dutch words stilleven and landschap were adopted into English as "still life" and "landscape." Before...
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Financial Multimedia * - This page references pictures and video clips which cover finance topics. This media is rather large in size and requires a great deal of patience or a rapid Internet connection to view. You are free to use pictures and video downloaded from this site for...
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National Gallery of Art: gallery guides - Gallery guides serve as the foundation for our online tours. Selected guides are available in French, German, Italian, and Spanish. Select a link above for indexes of gallery guides by language, or select a guide from the following index by school.
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Monocots vs. Dicots * - Traditionally, the flowering plants have been divided into two major groups, or classes,: the Dicots (Magnoliopsida) and the Monocots (Liliopsida). Many people take this separation into two classes for granted, because it is "plainly obvious", b...
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The Oldest House * - learn about the oldest known home in US history. located in St. Augustine, Florida. The Gonzalez-Alvarez House, known to generations of tourists and towns people as "The Oldest House," is one of the country's most-studied and best-documented old...
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Hudson River History Tour * - The Hudson Valley Virtual History Tour. Travel through time as you explore the Hudson River and Hudson Valley. You'll be connected to photos, museums and stories about the celebrated history of this region of New York.
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Dodo Bird ( Raphus Cacullatus ) * - Dodos were descendents of a type of pigeon, which settled on Mauritius over 4 million years ago. With no predators to attack them they lost their need and ability to fly. It lived and nested on the ground and ate fruits that had fallen from trees. There
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Pima Indians: Pathfinders for Health * - read the history of this tribe who has lived in the Sonoron Desert of southern Arizona for at least 2,000 years and learn about their recent issues with diabetes. History paints a colorful portrait of the American Indians who live today in the Gila River...
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National Gallery of Art: Johannes Vermeer - Artists now use the term genre, a French word meaning "type" or "kind," to describe scenes showing people at work, play, or rest. The seventeenth-century Dutch, who did more than any other nation to popularize such images, did not see...
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