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==Thoughts and comments==

==Thoughts and comments==

Already I have mentioned [[Magellan]]’s non-rounding of the Horn, and intimated that the [[caravel]] was not as you described, suggesting you check Conservapedia entries foe other vessels of the time. I also changed your date of [[Henry the Navigator]]’s founding of his school of navigation. – he was born in that year.  

Already I have mentioned [[Magellan]]’s non-rounding of the Horn, and intimated that the [[caravel]] was not as you described, suggesting you check Conservapedia entries for other vessels of the time. I also changed your date of [[Henry the Navigator]]’s founding of his school of navigation. – he was born in that year.  

:Also....

:Also....

*(1) Of the 321 words in “Portuguese Exploration”, 127 are actually on that subject. The other 184 are on Columbus.

*(1) Of the 321 words in “Portuguese Exploration”, 127 are actually on that subject. The other 184 are on Columbus.

:I am not at all minimising the importance of the F and I War – it had an enormous impact – it gave Canada to Britain and in a way opened the door for the American Revolution a few years later. But the Seven Years War also gave Britain control of India, which is not exactly trifling; and the [[Battle of Quiberon Bay]] off Brittany in 1759 equals [[Trafalgar]] in importance.

:I am not at all minimising the importance of the F and I War – it had an enormous impact – it gave Canada to Britain and in a way opened the door for the American Revolution a few years later. But the Seven Years War also gave Britain control of India, which is not exactly trifling; and the [[Battle of Quiberon Bay]] off Brittany in 1759 equals [[Trafalgar]] in importance.

:To say that the Seven Years’ War was about “commercial competition between European nations in North America” is a bit like saying World War II started with Pearl Harbor. (And I have met Americans who thought it did.) [[User:AlanE|AlanE]] 00:39, 12 March 2009 (EDT)00:38, 12 March 2009 (EDT)

:To say that the Seven Years’ War was about “commercial competition between European nations in North America” is a bit like saying World War II started with Pearl Harbor. (And I have met Americans who thought it did.) [[User:AlanE|AlanE]] 00:39, 12 March 2009 (EDT)00:38, 12 March 2009 (EDT)

::One other thing....English. Phonetic? How does that gell with the infamous "''ough''" words. You know, "cough", "through" "burough", 'rough", etc? Not to mention "veer"' "mere", "pier" "ear" and so on. I love English. I wallow in it. I carry volumes of Shakespeare around in my back pocket. But I would never call it phonetically easy. [[User:AlanE|AlanE]] 01:13, 12 March 2009 (EDT)

::One other thing....English. Phonetic? How does that gell with the infamous "''ough''" words. You know, "cough", "through" "burough", 'rough", etc? Not to mention "veer"' "mere", "pier" "ear" and so on. I love English. I wallow in it. I carry volumes of Shakespeare around in my back pocket. But I would never call it phonetically easy. [[User:AlanE|AlanE]] 01:14, 12 March 2009 (EDT)