Garden of Native Plants of Madeira

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EXPLORE SAO VICENTE MADEIRA

The municipality of São Vicente is located on the north coast of the island of Madeira, and has about 6000 inhabitants spread over an area of 78.70 km2.
São Vicente is an area characterized by green nature and abundant forest, modelled by volcanic forces and erosion in its beautiful slopes. One of the most representative symbols of the picturesque town of São Vicente is the small chapel built inside a basalt rock at the mouth of the stream that runs through the town.

Their predominant economic activity is based on the primary and tertiary sectors, particularly in agriculture and services, with emphasis on tourism.

In the heart of São Vicente one finds the Indigenous Garden, with an area of 2,200 m2, where dozens of species of local flora are represented.

The Museum Centre Rota do Cal (Lime Route) situated in this parish, is composed of a pedestrian trip that takes about 30 minutes from the quarries of limestone extraction to the museum.

From the Encumeada Belvedere, in Ribeira Brava, we have magnificent views of the mountain range that crosses Madeira and various areas of São Vicente, namely the Laurel Forest.

In the parish of São Vicente there is an extensive area of Laurel Forest. The importance of laurel is due to both its representation in terms of diversity of species of flora and fauna and the respective state of conservation. The Laurel Forest was classified as a Natural Heritage Site of UNESCO in 1999.

This municipality is divided into the parishes of Bonaventura, Ponta Delgada and São Vicente.

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00:02:35 1 History
00:02:44 1.1 Exploration
00:03:32 1.2 Legend
00:04:05 1.3 Discovery
00:05:06 1.4 Settlement
00:07:37 1.5 World War I
00:09:51 1.6 Autonomy and modern history
00:12:34 2 Geography
00:13:53 2.1 Islands and islets
00:15:17 2.1.1 Madeira Island
00:18:03 3 Climate
00:19:13 4 Flora and fauna
00:20:12 4.1 Native flora gallery
00:20:22 4.2 Native birds gallery
00:20:31 4.3 Madeiran wall lizard
00:22:02 5 Levadas
00:23:42 6 Governance
00:24:10 6.1 Funchal
00:24:53 7 Population
00:25:02 7.1 Demographics
00:25:59 7.2 Diaspora
00:29:31 7.3 Immigration
00:30:42 8 Economy
00:30:51 8.1 Free Trade Zone and Public Administration
00:35:46 8.2 Tourism
00:36:45 8.2.1 Whale watching
00:37:15 9 Renewable energy
00:37:54 10 Transport
00:39:01 11 Culture
00:39:10 11.1 Music
00:40:20 11.2 Cuisine
00:42:57 11.3 Beverages
00:45:05 12 Sports
00:45:14 13 Sister provinces
00:45:48 14 Postage stamps
00:46:05 15 Notable people
00:49:30 16 See also

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Madeira ( mə-DEER-ə, mə-DAIR-ə; Portuguese: [mɐˈðejɾɐ, -ˈðɐj-]), officially the Autonomous Region of Madeira (Região Autónoma da Madeira), is one of the two autonomous regions of Portugal (along with the Azores). It is an archipelago situated in the north Atlantic Ocean, southwest of Portugal. Its total population was estimated in 2011 at 267,785. The capital of Madeira is Funchal, which is located on the main island's south coast.
The archipelago is just under 400 kilometres (250 mi) north of Tenerife, Canary Islands. Bermuda and Madeira, a few time zones apart, are the only land in the Atlantic on the 32nd parallel north. It includes the islands of Madeira, Porto Santo, and the Desertas, administered together with the separate archipelago of the Savage Islands. The region has political and administrative autonomy through the Administrative Political Statue of the Autonomous Region of Madeira provided for in the Portuguese Constitution. The autonomous region is an integral part of the European Union as an outermost region.Madeira was claimed by Portuguese sailors in the service of Prince Henry the Navigator in 1419 and settled after 1420. The archipelago is considered to be the first territorial discovery of the exploratory period of the Age of Discovery.
Today, it is a popular year-round resort, being visited every year by about 1.4 million tourists, almost five times its population. The region is noted for its Madeira wine, gastronomy, historical and cultural value, flora and fauna, landscapes (laurel forest) which are classified as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and embroidery artisans. The main harbour in Funchal has long been the leading Portuguese port in cruise liner dockings, receiving more than half a million tourists though its main port in 2017, being an important stopover for commercial and trans-Atlantic passenger cruises between Europe, the Caribbean and North Africa. In addition, the International Business Centre of Madeira also known as the Madeira Free Trade Zone, was created formally in the 1980s as a tool of regional economic policy. It consists of a set of incentives, mainly tax-related, granted with the objective of attracting foreign direct investment based on international services into Madeira.

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Madeira ( mə-DEER-ə, mə-DAIR-ə; Portuguese: [mɐˈðejɾɐ, -ˈðɐj-]), officially the Autonomous Region of Madeira (Região Autónoma da Madeira) is one of the two autonomous regions of Portugal (along with the Azores). It is an archipelago situated in the north Atlantic Ocean, southwest of Portugal. Its total population was estimated in 2011 at 267,785. The capital of Madeira is Funchal, which is located on the main island's south coast.
The archipelago is just under 400 kilometres (250 mi) north of Tenerife, Canary Islands. Bermuda and Madeira, a few time zones apart, are the only land in the Atlantic on the 32nd parallel north. It includes the islands of Madeira, Porto Santo, and the Desertas, administered together with the separate archipelago of the Savage Islands. The region has political and administrative autonomy through the Administrative Political Statue of the Autonomous Region of Madeira provided for in the Portuguese Constitution. The autonomous region is an integral part of the European Union as an outermost region.Madeira was claimed by Portuguese sailors in the service of Prince Henry the Navigator in 1419 and settled after 1420. The archipelago is considered to be the first territorial discovery of the exploratory period of the Age of Discovery.
Today, it is a popular year-round resort, being visited every year by about 1.4 million tourists, almost five times its population. The region is noted for its Madeira wine, gastronomy, historical and cultural value, flora and fauna, landscapes (laurel forest) which are classified as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and embroidery artisans. The main harbour in Funchal has long been the leading Portuguese port in cruise liner dockings, receiving more than half a million tourists though its main port in 2017, being an important stopover for commercial and trans-Atlantic passenger cruises between Europe, the Caribbean and North Africa. In addition, the International Business Centre of Madeira also known as the Madeira Free Trade Zone, was created formally in the 1980s as a tool of regional economic policy. It consists of a set of incentives, mainly tax-related, granted with the objective of attracting foreign direct investment based on international services into Madeira.

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00:02:22 1 History
00:02:31 1.1 Exploration
00:03:15 1.2 Legend
00:03:45 1.3 Discovery
00:04:42 1.4 Settlement
00:07:01 1.5 World War I
00:09:04 1.6 Autonomy and modern history
00:11:33 2 Geography
00:12:45 2.1 Islands and islets
00:14:05 2.1.1 Madeira Island
00:16:38 3 Climate
00:17:43 4 Flora and fauna
00:18:38 4.1 Native flora gallery
00:18:47 4.2 Native birds gallery
00:18:56 4.3 Madeiran wall lizard
00:20:18 5 Levadas
00:21:49 6 Governance
00:22:15 6.1 Funchal
00:22:54 7 Population
00:23:03 7.1 Demographics
00:23:55 7.2 Diaspora
00:27:07 7.3 Immigration
00:28:13 8 Economy
00:28:22 8.1 Free Trade Zone and Public Administration
00:32:52 8.2 Tourism
00:33:46 8.2.1 Whale watching
00:34:14 9 Renewable energy
00:34:51 10 Transport
00:35:51 11 Culture
00:36:00 11.1 Music
00:37:04 11.2 Cuisine
00:39:29 11.3 Beverages
00:41:27 12 Sports
00:41:35 13 Sister provinces
00:42:07 14 Postage stamps
00:42:24 15 Notable people
00:45:36 16 See also

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Madeira ( mə-DEER-ə, mə-DAIR-ə; Portuguese: [mɐˈðejɾɐ, -ˈðɐj-]), officially the Autonomous Region of Madeira (Região Autónoma da Madeira), is one of the two autonomous regions of Portugal (along with the Azores). It is an archipelago situated in the north Atlantic Ocean, southwest of Portugal. Its total population was estimated in 2011 at 267,785. The capital of Madeira is Funchal, which is located on the main island's south coast.
The archipelago is just under 400 kilometres (250 mi) north of Tenerife, Canary Islands. Bermuda and Madeira, a few time zones apart, are the only land in the Atlantic on the 32nd parallel north. It includes the islands of Madeira, Porto Santo, and the Desertas, administered together with the separate archipelago of the Savage Islands. The region has political and administrative autonomy through the Administrative Political Statue of the Autonomous Region of Madeira provided for in the Portuguese Constitution. The autonomous region is an integral part of the European Union as an outermost region.Madeira was claimed by Portuguese sailors in the service of Prince Henry the Navigator in 1419 and settled after 1420. The archipelago is considered to be the first territorial discovery of the exploratory period of the Age of Discovery.
Today, it is a popular year-round resort, being visited every year by about 1.4 million tourists, almost five times its population. The region is noted for its Madeira wine, gastronomy, historical and cultural value, flora and fauna, landscapes (laurel forest) which are classified as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and embroidery artisans. The main harbour in Funchal has long been the leading Portuguese port in cruise liner dockings, receiving more than half a million tourists though its main port in 2017, being an important stopover for commercial and trans-Atlantic passenger cruises between Europe, the Caribbean and North Africa. In addition, the International Business Centre of Madeira also known as the Madeira Free Trade Zone, was created formally in the 1980s as a tool of regional economic policy. It consists of a set of incentives, mainly tax-related, granted with the objective of attracting foreign direct investment based on international services into Madeira.

Colonial Brazil

Colonial Brazil (Portuguese: Brasil Colônia) comprises the period from 1500, with the arrival of the Portuguese, until 1815, when Brazil was elevated to a kingdom alongside Portugal as the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves. During the early 300 years of Brazilian colonial history, the economic exploitation of the territory was based first on brazilwood extraction (16th century), sugar production (16th–18th centuries), and finally on gold and diamond mining (18th century). Slaves, especially those brought from Africa, provided most of the working force of the Brazilian economy.
In contrast to the neighboring fragmented Spanish possessions, the Portuguese colony, built up by the Portuguese in Latin America, kept its territorial unity and linguistic integrity after independence, giving rise to the largest country in the region.Why? How?

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SUMMARY
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Madeira ( mə-DEER-ə, mə-DAIR-ə; Portuguese: [mɐˈðejɾɐ, -ˈðɐj-]), officially the Autonomous Region of Madeira (Região Autónoma da Madeira) is one of the two autonomous regions of Portugal (along with the Azores). It is an archipelago situated in the north Atlantic Ocean, southwest of Portugal. Its total population was estimated in 2011 at 267,785. The capital of Madeira is Funchal, which is located on the main island's south coast.
The archipelago is just under 400 kilometres (250 mi) north of Tenerife, Canary Islands. Bermuda and Madeira, a few time zones apart, are the only land in the Atlantic on the 32nd parallel north. It includes the islands of Madeira, Porto Santo, and the Desertas, administered together with the separate archipelago of the Savage Islands. The region has political and administrative autonomy through the Administrative Political Statue of the Autonomous Region of Madeira provided for in the Portuguese Constitution. The autonomous region is an integral part of the European Union as an outermost region.Madeira was claimed by Portuguese sailors in the service of Prince Henry the Navigator in 1419 and settled after 1420. The archipelago is considered to be the first territorial discovery of the exploratory period of the Age of Discovery.
Today, it is a popular year-round resort, being visited every year by about 1.4 million tourists, almost five times its population. The region is noted for its Madeira wine, gastronomy, historical and cultural value, flora and fauna, landscapes (laurel forest) which are classified as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and embroidery artisans. The main harbour in Funchal has long been the leading Portuguese port in cruise liner dockings, receiving more than half a million tourists though its main port in 2017, being an important stopover for commercial and trans-Atlantic passenger cruises between Europe, the Caribbean and North Africa. In addition, the International Business Centre of Madeira also known as the Madeira Free Trade Zone, was created formally in the 1980s as a tool of regional economic policy. It consists of a set of incentives, mainly tax-related, granted with the objective of attracting foreign direct investment based on international services into Madeira.

Madeira | Wikipedia audio article

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Madeira

00:02:21 1 History
00:02:30 1.1 Exploration
00:03:14 1.2 Legend
00:03:44 1.3 Discovery
00:04:41 1.4 Settlement
00:06:59 1.5 World War I
00:09:01 1.6 Autonomy and modern history
00:11:30 2 Geography
00:12:42 2.1 Islands and islets
00:14:01 2.1.1 Madeira Island
00:16:33 3 Climate
00:17:38 4 Flora and fauna
00:18:32 4.1 Native flora gallery
00:18:41 4.2 Native birds gallery
00:18:50 4.3 Madeiran wall lizard
00:20:13 5 Levadas
00:21:43 6 Governance
00:22:09 6.1 Funchal
00:22:48 7 Population
00:22:57 7.1 Demographics
00:23:48 7.2 Diaspora
00:27:00 7.3 Immigration
00:28:06 8 Economy
00:28:15 8.1 Free Trade Zone and Public Administration
00:32:43 8.2 Tourism
00:33:38 8.2.1 Whale watching
00:34:05 9 Renewable energy
00:34:42 10 Transport
00:35:43 11 Culture
00:35:51 11.1 Music
00:36:56 11.2 Cuisine
00:39:20 11.3 Beverages
00:41:17 12 Sports
00:41:25 13 Sister provinces
00:41:57 14 Postage stamps
00:42:14 15 Notable people
00:45:25 16 See also

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SUMMARY
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Madeira ( mə-DEER-ə, mə-DAIR-ə; Portuguese: [mɐˈðejɾɐ, -ˈðɐj-]), officially the Autonomous Region of Madeira (Região Autónoma da Madeira) is one of the two autonomous regions of Portugal (along with the Azores). It is an archipelago situated in the north Atlantic Ocean, southwest of Portugal. Its total population was estimated in 2011 at 267,785. The capital of Madeira is Funchal, which is located on the main island's south coast.
The archipelago is just under 400 kilometres (250 mi) north of Tenerife, Canary Islands. Bermuda and Madeira, a few time zones apart, are the only land in the Atlantic on the 32nd parallel north. It includes the islands of Madeira, Porto Santo, and the Desertas, administered together with the separate archipelago of the Savage Islands. The region has political and administrative autonomy through the Administrative Political Statue of the Autonomous Region of Madeira provided for in the Portuguese Constitution. The autonomous region is an integral part of the European Union as an outermost region.Madeira was claimed by Portuguese sailors in the service of Prince Henry the Navigator in 1419 and settled after 1420. The archipelago is considered to be the first territorial discovery of the exploratory period of the Age of Discovery.
Today, it is a popular year-round resort, being visited every year by about 1.4 million tourists, almost five times its population. The region is noted for its Madeira wine, gastronomy, historical and cultural value, flora and fauna, landscapes (laurel forest) which are classified as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and embroidery artisans. The main harbour in Funchal has long been the leading Portuguese port in cruise liner dockings, receiving more than half a million tourists though its main port in 2017, being an important stopover for commercial and trans-Atlantic passenger cruises between Europe, the Caribbean and North Africa. In addition, the International Business Centre of Madeira also known as the Madeira Free Trade Zone, was created formally in the 1980s as a tool of regional economic policy. It consists of a set of incentives, mainly tax-related, granted with the objective of attracting foreign direct investment based on international services into Madeira.

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SUMMARY
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Madeira ( mə-DEER-ə, mə-DAIR-ə; Portuguese: [mɐˈðejɾɐ, -ˈðɐj-]), officially the Autonomous Region of Madeira (Região Autónoma da Madeira) is one of the two autonomous regions of Portugal (along with the Azores). It is an archipelago situated in the north Atlantic Ocean, southwest of Portugal. Its total population was estimated in 2011 at 267,785. The capital of Madeira is Funchal, which is located on the main island's south coast.
The archipelago is just under 400 kilometres (250 mi) north of Tenerife, Canary Islands. Bermuda and Madeira, a few time zones apart, are the only land in the Atlantic on the 32nd parallel north. It includes the islands of Madeira, Porto Santo, and the Desertas, administered together with the separate archipelago of the Savage Islands. The region has political and administrative autonomy through the Administrative Political Statue of the Autonomous Region of Madeira provided for in the Portuguese Constitution. The autonomous region is an integral part of the European Union as an outermost region.Madeira was claimed by Portuguese sailors in the service of Prince Henry the Navigator in 1419 and settled after 1420. The archipelago is considered to be the first territorial discovery of the exploratory period of the Age of Discovery.
Today, it is a popular year-round resort, being visited every year by about 1.4 million tourists, almost five times its population. The region is noted for its Madeira wine, gastronomy, historical and cultural value, flora and fauna, landscapes (laurel forest) which are classified as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and embroidery artisans. The main harbour in Funchal has long been the leading Portuguese port in cruise liner dockings, receiving more than half a million tourists though its main port in 2017, being an important stopover for commercial and trans-Atlantic passenger cruises between Europe, the Caribbean and North Africa. In addition, the International Business Centre of Madeira also known as the Madeira Free Trade Zone, was created formally in the 1980s as a tool of regional economic policy. It consists of a set of incentives, mainly tax-related, granted with the objective of attracting foreign direct investment based on international services into Madeira.

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Timeline of Christian missions | Wikipedia audio article

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00:00:12 1 Apostolic Age
00:01:57 2 Early Christianity
00:05:57 3 Era of the seven Ecumenical Councils
00:16:04 4 Middle Ages
00:19:07 5 1000 to 1499
00:27:30 6 1500 to 1600
00:44:58 7 1600 to 1699
01:03:37 8 1700 to 1799
01:26:16 9 1800 to 1849
01:42:16 10 1850 to 1899
01:59:20 11 1900 to 1949
02:11:58 12 1950 to 1999
02:24:01 13 2000 to present
02:26:46 14 Footnotes
02:26:55 15 See also

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SUMMARY
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This timeline of Christian missions chronicles the global expansion of Christianity through a listing of the most significant missionary outreach events.

Por quantas árvores você passou hoje? Juliana Gatti at TEDxVer-o-Peso

Juliana Gatti
Um dia, num passeio pelo bosque, tudo mudou. A lente do olhar de Juliana Gatti foi trocada e o sentir se beneficiou. Hoje, ela ajuda a reconectar pessoas à natureza urbana ao seu redor e conta histórias que escutou por aí. É manga que cai no bolso de grávida, caminhoneiro que toma coragem e corre pro abraço com o tronco, árvore dos desejos plantada com a avó, fonte de inspiração para transformação, castanheira centenária. As árvores, ela diz, são nossas mestras, irmãs e mães nessa dança da vida.
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One day, while walking in the woods, everything changed. The lens through which Juliana Gatti saw the world was changed and her feelings benefited. Currently she helps people to reconnect to the urban nature around them and tells stories she's heard around. It's a mango falling in a pregnant woman's pocket, a trucker who gains the courage to run and hug a tree, a wishing tree planted with grandmother, an inspirational source for transformation, a centennial chestnut tree. Trees, she says, are our teachers, mothers and sisters in this dance of life.
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Terra! O Filme (Documentário-2009)

[Ativar legenda abaixo do vídeo] — Ajude a disseminar o Conhecimento Científico, se inscreva no Canal e faça parte da Revolução Científica !

► Sinopse: TERRA! O filme -- leva você a conhecer as maravilhas do solo. O filme conta a história da fonte de fertilidade mais valiosa e esquecida da Terra, de sua origem milagrosa à sua degradação intensa.

As cenas iniciais mergulham na beleza do solo. Constituído dos mesmos elementos que as estrelas, as plantas, os animais e nós mesmos, a terra está muito viva. No entanto, na corrida industrial moderna por lucros e recursos naturais, nossa conexão com o solo e o respeito por ele foram perdidos. Enchentes, secas, mudanças climáticas e até mesmo guerras estão diretamente ligadas ao modo como tratamos a terra.

TERRA! O filme traz à vida os impactos ambientais, econômicos, sociais e políticos do solo. Compartilha histórias de especialistas do mundo inteiro que mostram a beleza e o poder de um relacionamento respeitoso e mutuamente benéfico com o solo.

TERRA! O filme é simplesmente um filme sobre terra. A verdadeira mudança reside em nossa noção do que é a terra. O filme ensina que quando os seres humanos chegaram, há 2 milhões de anos, tudo mudou para a terra. E deste ponto em diante, o destino da terra e dos seres humanos tem estado intimamente ligado. Porém, mais do que um filme e as lições que traz, TERRA! O filme é um chamado à ação.

A única solução para pessoas desconectadas do mundo natural é reconectarem-se a ele.

O que destruímos, nós podemos curar.

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European and American voyages of scientific exploration | Wikipedia audio article

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00:00:38 1 Maritime exploration in the Age of Discovery
00:03:42 2 Maritime exploration in the Age of Enlightenment
00:06:33 2.1 Chronology of voyages
00:06:58 2.1.1 1735–39: French Geodesic Mission
00:09:11 2.1.2 1764–66: HMS iDolphin/i
00:10:22 2.1.3 1766–68: HMS iDolphin/i and HMS iSwallow/i
00:11:55 2.1.4 1766: HMS iNiger/i
00:12:41 2.1.5 1766–69: iLa Boudeuse/i and iL'Étoile/i
00:14:45 2.1.6 1768–71: HMS iEndeavour/i
00:17:06 2.1.7 1771–72: iIsle de France/i and iLe Nécessaire/i
00:17:51 2.1.8 1772: iSir Lawrence/i
00:18:25 2.1.9 1772–75: HMS iResolution/i and HMS iAdventure/i
00:19:44 2.1.10 1771–72: iLa Fortune/i and iLe Gros-Ventre/i
00:20:13 2.1.11 1773–74: iLe Roland/i and iL'Oiseau/i
00:20:46 2.1.12 1773–74: HMS iRacehorse/i and HMS iCarcass/i
00:21:37 2.1.13 1776–80: HMS iResolution/i and HMS iDiscovery/i
00:22:46 2.1.14 1785–88: iLa Boussole/i and iL'Astrolabe/i
00:24:14 2.1.15 1785–88: HMS iKing George/i
00:24:31 2.1.16 1785–94: iSlava Rossii/i
00:25:55 2.1.17 1790–91: iLa Solide/i
00:26:30 2.1.18 1789–94: iDescubierta/i and iAtrevida/i
00:28:13 2.1.19 1791–94: iLa Recherche/i and iL'Espérance/i
00:30:25 2.1.20 1791–93: HMS iProvidence/i
00:31:31 2.1.21 1791–95: HMS iDiscovery/i and HMS iChatham/i
00:33:26 2.1.22 1800–04: iLe Géographe/i and iNaturaliste/i
00:36:09 2.1.23 1801–03: HMS iInvestigator/i
00:37:24 2.1.24 1803–06: iNadezhda/i and iNeva/i
00:39:09 2.1.25 1815–18: iRurik/i
00:40:27 2.1.26 1817–20: iL'Uranie/i and iLa Physicienne/i
00:42:25 2.1.27 1819–21: iLe Rhône/i and iLa Durance/i
00:43:09 2.1.28 1822–25: iLa Coquille/i
00:45:04 2.1.29 1823–26: iPredpriyatiye/i
00:46:31 2.1.30 1824–25: HMS iBlonde/i
00:48:16 2.1.31 1824–26: iLe Thétis/i and iL'Espérance/i
00:49:12 2.1.32 1825–28: HMS iBlossom/i
00:50:27 2.1.33 1825–30: HMS iAdventure/i and HMS iBeagle/i
00:52:20 2.1.34 1826–29: iL'Astrolabe/i
00:53:23 2.1.35 1826–29: iSenyavin/i and iMoller/i
00:54:44 2.1.36 1827–28: iLa Chevrette/i
00:55:09 2.1.37 1828: Ms. Korvet iTriton/i
00:55:35 2.1.38 1829: iLa Cybèle/i
00:56:25 2.1.39 1829–32: iLa Favorite/i
00:57:51 2.1.40 1831–36: HMS iBeagle/i
00:59:53 2.1.41 1835 and 1836: iLa Recherche/i
01:00:45 2.1.42 1836–39: iVénus/i
01:01:40 2.1.43 1836–37: iLa Bonite/i
01:02:56 2.1.44 1836–42: HMS iSulphur/i
01:04:00 2.1.45 1837–40: iL'Astrolabe/i and iLa Zélée/i
01:07:02 2.1.46 1837–43: HMS iBeagle/i
01:08:21 2.1.47 1838–42: USS iVincennes/i and USS iPeacock/i
01:11:29 2.1.48 1839–43: HMS iErebus/i and HMS iTerror/i
01:13:47 2.1.49 1841–1844: iLa Favorite/i
01:14:16 2.1.50 1842–46: HMS iFly/i
01:15:45 2.1.51 1846–50: HMS iRattlesnake/i and HMS iBramble/i
01:17:17 2.1.52 1851–54: iCapricieuse/i
01:18:19 2.1.53 1851–53: iEugenie/i
01:19:21 2.1.54 1852–63: HMS iHerald/i
01:20:37 2.1.55 1853–55: USS iVincennes/i and USS iPorpoise/i
01:21:29 2.1.56 1857–60: SMS iNovara/i
01:22:38 2.1.57 1860: HMS iBulldog/i
01:23:25 2.1.58 1865–68: iMagenta/i
01:25:33 2.1.59 1865: HMS iCuracoa/i
01:26:36 2.1.60 1868 and 1869–1870: HMS iLightning/i and HMS iPorcupine/i
01:27:34 2.1.61 1873–76: HMS iChallenger/i
01:29:14 2.1.62 1875–76: HMS iAlert/i and HMS iDiscovery/i
01:30:12 2.1.63 1881: USRC iThomas Corwin/i
01:31:21 2.1.64 1882–83: iLa Romanche/i
01:32:03 2.1.65 1882–85: iVettor Pisani/i
01:32:21 2.1.66 1886–96: USS iAlbatross/i
01:33:06 2.1.67 1897–98: iLila and Mattie/i
01:34:40 2.1.68 1897–98: iBelgica/i
01:35:27 2.1.69 1898–99: iValdivia/i
01:36:42 3 See also

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Christopher Columbus (; before 31 October 1451 – 20 May 1506) was an Italian explorer, navigator, and colonist who completed four voyages across the Atlantic Ocean under the auspices of the Catholic Monarchs of Spain. He led the first European expeditions to the Caribbean, Central America, and South America, initiating the permanent European colonization of the Americas. Columbus discovered the viable sailing route to the Americas, a continent which was not then known to the Old World. While what he thought he had discovered was a route to the Far East, he is credited with the opening of the Americas for conquest and settlement by Europeans.
Columbus's early life is somewhat obscure, but scholars generally agree that he was born in the Republic of Genoa and spoke a dialect of Ligurian as his first language. He went to sea at a young age and travelled widely, as far north as the British Isles (and possibly Iceland) and as far south as what is now Ghana. He married a Portuguese woman and was based in Lisbon for several years, but later took a Spanish mistress; he had one son with each woman. Though largely self-educated, Columbus was widely read in geography, astronomy, and history. He formulated a plan to seek a western sea passage to the East Indies, hoping to profit from the lucrative spice trade.
After years of lobbying, the Catholic Monarchs of Spain agreed to sponsor a journey west, in the name of the Crown of Castile. Columbus left Spain in August 1492 with three ships, and after a stopover in the Canary Islands made landfall in the Americas on 12 October (now celebrated as Columbus Day). His landing place was an island in the Bahamas, known by its native inhabitants as Guanahani; its exact location is uncertain. Columbus subsequently visited Cuba and Hispaniola, establishing a colony in what is now Haiti – the first European settlement in the Americas since the Norse colonies almost 500 years earlier. He arrived back in Spain in early 1493, bringing a number of captive natives with him. Word of his discoveries soon spread throughout Europe.
Columbus would make three further voyages to the New World, exploring the Lesser Antilles in 1493, Trinidad and the northern coast of South America in 1498, and the eastern coast of Central America in 1502. Many of the names he gave to geographical features – particularly islands – are still in use. He continued to seek a passage to the East Indies, and the extent to which he was aware that the Americas were a wholly separate landmass is uncertain; he gave the name indios (Indians) to the indigenous peoples he encountered. Columbus's strained relationship with the Spanish crown and its appointed colonial administrators in America led to his arrest and removal from Hispaniola in 1500, and later to protracted litigation over the benefits that he and his heirs claimed were owed to them by the crown.
Columbus's expeditions inaugurated a period of exploration, conquest, and colonization that lasted for centuries, helping create the modern Western world. The transfers between the Old World and New World that followed his first voyage are known as the Columbian exchange, and the period of human habitation in the Americas prior to his arrival is known as the Pre-Columbian era. Columbus's legacy continues to be debated. He was widely venerated in the centuries after his death, but public perceptions have changed as recent scholars have given attention to negative aspects of his life, such as his role in the extinction of the Taíno people, his promotion of slavery, and allegations of tyranny towards Spanish colonists. Many landmarks and institutions in the Western Hemisphere bear his name, including the country of Colombia.

Sugarcane | Wikipedia audio article

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00:02:53 1 Description
00:04:14 2 History
00:10:10 3 Cultivation
00:15:38 3.1 Pests
00:16:34 3.2 Pathogens
00:17:12 3.3 Nitrogen fixation
00:17:53 3.4 Conditions for sugarcane workers
00:18:22 4 Processing
00:19:25 4.1 Milling
00:20:56 4.2 Refining
00:23:04 4.3 Ribbon cane syrup
00:23:38 4.4 Pollution from sugarcane processing
00:24:37 5 Production
00:25:45 6 Ethanol
00:29:10 7 Bagasse applications
00:30:13 7.1 Electricity production
00:31:42 7.2 Biogas production
00:32:06 8 Sugarcane as food
00:34:44 9 Sugarcane as feed
00:35:03 10 Gallery
00:35:12 11 See also

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Sugarcane, or sugar cane, are several species of tall perennial true grasses of the genus Saccharum, tribe Andropogoneae, native to the warm temperate to tropical regions of South and Southeast Asia, Polynesia and Melanesia, and used for sugar production. It has stout, jointed, fibrous stalks that are rich in the sugar sucrose, which accumulates in the stalk internodes. The plant is two to six metres (six to twenty feet) tall. All sugar cane species can interbreed and the major commercial cultivars are complex hybrids. Sugarcane belongs to the grass family Poaceae, an economically important seed plant family that includes maize, wheat, rice, and sorghum, and many forage crops.
Sucrose, extracted and purified in specialized mill factories, is used as raw material in the food industry or is fermented to produce ethanol. Sugarcane is the world's largest crop by production quantity, with 1.9 billion tonnes produced in 2016, and Brazil accounting for 41% of the world total. In 2012, the Food and Agriculture Organization estimated it was cultivated on about 26 million hectares (64 million acres), in more than 90 countries.
The global demand for sugar is the primary driver of sugarcane agriculture. Cane accounts for 80% of sugar produced; most of the rest is made from sugar beets. Sugarcane predominantly grows in the tropical and subtropical regions (sugar beets grow in colder temperate regions). Other than sugar, products derived from sugarcane include falernum, molasses, rum, cachaça (a traditional spirit from Brazil), bagasse, and ethanol. In some regions, people use sugarcane reeds to make pens, mats, screens, and thatch. The young, unexpanded inflorescence of Saccharum edule (duruka or tebu telor) is eaten raw, steamed, or toasted, and prepared in various ways in Southeast Asia, including Fiji and certain island communities of Indonesia.The Persians, followed by the Greeks, encountered the famous reeds that produce honey without bees in India between the 6th and 4th centuries BC. They adopted and then spread sugarcane agriculture. Merchants began to trade in sugar from India, which was considered a luxury and an expensive spice. In the 18th century AD, sugarcane plantations began in Caribbean, South American, Indian Ocean and Pacific island nations and the need for laborers became a major driver of large human migrations, both the voluntary in indentured servants. and the involuntary migrations, in the form of slave labor.

Sugarcane | Wikipedia audio article

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00:03:50 1 Description
00:05:26 2 History
00:14:42 3 Cultivation
00:21:17 3.1 Pests
00:22:23 3.2 Pathogens
00:23:07 3.3 Nitrogen fixation
00:23:55 3.4 Conditions for sugarcane workers
00:24:28 4 Processing
00:25:43 4.1 Milling
00:27:30 4.2 Refining
00:30:04 4.3 Ribbon cane syrup
00:30:45 4.4 Pollution from sugarcane processing
00:31:54 5 Production
00:33:13 6 Ethanol
00:37:14 7 Bagasse applications
00:38:28 7.1 Electricity production
00:40:12 7.2 Biogas production
00:40:41 8 Sugarcane as food
00:43:46 9 Sugarcane as feed
00:44:09 10 Gallery
00:44:18 11 See also

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Sugarcane, or sugar cane, are several species of tall perennial true grasses of the genus Saccharum, tribe Andropogoneae, native to the warm temperate to tropical regions of South, Southeast Asia, and New Guinea, and used for sugar production. It has stout, jointed, fibrous stalks that are rich in the sugar sucrose, which accumulates in the stalk internodes. The plant is two to six metres (six to twenty feet) tall. All sugar cane species can interbreed and the major commercial cultivars are complex hybrids. Sugarcane belongs to the grass family Poaceae, an economically important seed plant family that includes maize, wheat, rice, and sorghum, and many forage crops.
Sucrose, extracted and purified in specialized mill factories, is used as raw material in the food industry or is fermented to produce ethanol. Sugarcane is the world's largest crop by production quantity, with 1.9 billion tonnes produced in 2016, and Brazil accounting for 41% of the world total. In 2012, the Food and Agriculture Organization estimated it was cultivated on about 26 million hectares (64 million acres), in more than 90 countries.
The global demand for sugar is the primary driver of sugarcane agriculture. Cane accounts for 79% of sugar produced; most of the rest is made from sugar beets. Sugarcane predominantly grows in the tropical and subtropical regions (sugar beets grow in colder temperate regions). Other than sugar, products derived from sugarcane include falernum, molasses, rum, cachaça (a traditional spirit from Brazil), bagasse, and ethanol. In some regions, people use sugarcane reeds to make pens, mats, screens, and thatch. The young, unexpanded inflorescence of Saccharum edule (duruka or tebu telor) is eaten raw, steamed, or toasted, and prepared in various ways in Southeast Asia, including Fiji and certain island communities of Indonesia.Sugarcane was an ancient crop of the Austronesian and Papuan people. It was introduced to Polynesia, Island Melanesia, and Madagascar in prehistoric times via Austronesian sailors. It was also introduced to southern China and India by Austronesian traders at around 1200 to 1000 BC.
The Persians, followed by the Greeks, encountered the famous reeds that produce honey without bees in India between the 6th and 4th centuries BC. They adopted and then spread sugarcane agriculture. Merchants began to trade in sugar from India, which was considered a luxury and an expensive spice. In the 18th century AD, sugarcane plantations began in Caribbean, South American, Indian Ocean and Pacific island nations and the need for laborers became a major driver of large human migrations, both the voluntary in indentured servants. and the involuntary migrations, in the form of slave labor.

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