Henry Hudson (c. 1565 – disappeared 23 June 1611) was an English sea explorer and navigator during the early 17th century, best known for his explorations of present-day Canada and parts of the northeastern United States.. In 1607 and 1608, Hudson made two attempts on behalf of English merchants to find a rumoured Northeast Passage to Cathay via a route above the …

The design Galileo Galilei used c. 1609 is commonly called a Galilean telescope. It used a convergent (plano-convex) objective lens and a divergent (plano-concave) eyepiece lens (Galileo, 1610). A Galilean telescope, because the design has no intermediary focus, results in a non-inverted and, with the help of some devices, an upright image.

Henriette Marie de France, née le 25 novembre 1609 à Paris et morte le 10 septembre 1669 à Colombes, est une reine consort d'Angleterre.Benjamine du roi de France Henri IV et de la reine Marie de Médicis, elle épousa en 1625 le roi d'Angleterre Charles I er Stuart.Elle est la sœur du roi de France Louis XIII, la belle-mère du Grand Pensionnaire des Pays-Bas Guillaume …

Riproduzione di un cannocchiale galileiano (dettaglio) conservata al Museo nazionale della scienza e della tecnologia Leonardo da Vinci, Milano; l'originale si trova al Museo Galileo di Firenze Spiegazione del funzionamento del cannocchiale.. Il cannocchiale o canocchiale è uno strumento ottico a rifrazione per l'osservazione di oggetti lontani. Nella sua forma più semplice …

1609 fue un año común comenzado en jueves según el calendario gregoriano. Acontecimientos. Marzo - Se firma la Tregua de los doce años entre España y las Provincias Unidas de los Países Bajos, que supondrá un cese temporal de la guerra de Flandes. 9 de abril: Decreto de ...

The Anglo–Powhatan Wars were three wars fought between settlers of the Virginia Colony and Algonquin Indians of the Powhatan Confederacy in the early seventeenth century. The first war started in 1609 and ended in a peace settlement in 1614. The second war lasted from 1622 to 1626. The third war lasted from 1644 until 1646 and ended when Opechancanough was …

Ferdinand van Oostenrijk (San Lorenzo de El Escorial, 16 mei 1609 - Brussel, 9 november 1641), bijgenaamd kardinaal-infant, was een zoon van Filips III van Spanje.Toen hij 10 jaar oud was, verzocht zijn vader de paus hem tot kardinaal te creëren. Hij werd - hoewel hij nooit priester gewijd werd - in 1619 aartsbisschop van Toledo en was van 4 november 1634 tot zijn dood …

Etymology. In English, the word "firmament" is recorded as early as 1250, in the Middle English Story of Genesis and Exodus.It later appeared in the King James Bible.The same word is found in French and German Bible translations, all from Latin firmamentum (a firm object), used in the Vulgate (4th century). This in turn is a calque of the Greek στερέωμᾰ (steréōma), also meaning …

Die ersten Selbstbildnisse soll es bereits in der Antike gegeben haben. Der berühmte griechische Bildhauer Phidias soll sich etwa auf dem Schild der von ihm geschaffenen Statue der Athena Parthenos selbst abgebildet haben.. Aus der mittelalterlichen Kunst sind kaum Selbstbildnisse überliefert; die meisten davon sind umstritten.

Samuel de Champlain (French: [samɥɛl də ʃɑ̃plɛ̃]; c. 13 August 1567 – 25 December 1635) was a French colonist, navigator, cartographer, draftsman, soldier, explorer, geographer, ethnologist, diplomat, and chronicler. He made between 21 and 29 trips across the Atlantic Ocean, and founded Quebec, and New France, on 3 July 1608.An important figure in Canadian history, …