Cape Breton Island's first residents were likely Maritime Archaic natives, ancestors of the Mi ' kmaq, the latter of whom inhabited the island at the time of European discovery.

The popularly reported European discovery of the okapi in 1901, earlier hinted at but unseen by Henry Morton Stanley in his travelogue of exploring the Congo, later became the emblem for the now defunct International Society of Cryptozoology.

Historians generally credit João Faras-astronomer and physician of King Manuel I of Portugal who accompanied Pedro Álvares Cabral in the discovery of Brazil in 1500-for being the first European to depict it correctly.

After the discovery of the West Indies by Christopher Columbus in 1492, the Spanish term Antillas was assigned to the lands ; stemming from this, " Sea of the Antilles " is a common alternative name for the Caribbean Sea in various European languages.

As he progressed on his voyages of discovery he surveyed and named features, and recorded islands and coastlines on European maps for the first time.

Prior to the discovery of the bodies in Lindow Moss, British bog bodies had been a relatively neglected subject compared to European examples.

With the continual discovery of " new " Medieval and Renaissance fighting manuals, the practice of Historical European Martial Arts and other Western Martial Arts are growing in popularity across the United States and Europe.

Finally, observations by the European Fireball Network, a descendant of the original Czech program that recovered Pribram, led to the discovery and orbit calculations for the Neuschwanstein meteorite in 2002.

Pedrarias was a party to the agreement authorizing the expedition by conquistadors Francisco Pizarro and Diego de Almagro that brought the European discovery and conquest of the Inca Empire ( present day Peru ).

The most important discovery prior to the European spice trade were the monsoon winds ( 40 CE ).

The first recorded European discovery of San Francisco Bay was on November 4, 1769 when Spanish explorer Gaspar de Portolà, unable to find the port of Monterey, California, continued north close to what is now Pacifica and reached the summit of the high Sweeney Ridge, where he sighted San Francisco Bay.

Early European interest in the island followed discovery of copper in the remote north of the island, where New Zealand's earliest mines were established at Miners Head in 1842.

The date of European discovery is uncertain: some sources claim that Columbus sighted the island in 1493, while others state that the island was first discovered by the French in 1564 or 1565.

The ceremonies, which commemorated the 300th anniversary of the discovery of Lake Champlain by European explorers, were attended by President William Howard Taft.

Terra Australis was one of several names applied to the largest landmass of what is now known as the continent of Oceania, after its European discovery ; it is the root of the modern name of Australia.

The goal of reaching the Spice Islands, eventually to be enveloped by the Dutch East Indies Empire, led to the accidental discovery of the West Indies, and lit the fuse of centuries of rivalry between European maritime powers for control of lucrative global markets and resources.

At the time of the European discovery of most of the islands of the Caribbean, three major Amerindian indigenous peoples lived on the islands: the Taíno in the Greater Antilles, The Bahamas and the Leeward Islands ; the Island Caribs and Galibi in the Windward Islands ; and the Ciboney in western Cuba.

Since the European exploration of the world, the " discovery " of every continent, island, and geographical feature, for the European traveler, led to the notion that the native people were " discovered " ( though many were there centuries or even millennia before ).

His fame as an explorer helped drive forward the obsession with discovering the sources of the River Nile that formed the culmination of the classic period of European geographical discovery and colonial penetration of the African continent.

European discovery of the basin dates from 1878 when a shallow bore near Bourke produced flowing water.

At the time of European discovery, some of the indigenous peoples were traditionally mostly semi-nomadic tribes who subsisted on hunting, fishing, gathering, and migrant agriculture.

The crater came to the attention of scientists following its discovery by European settlers in the 19th century.

The influence of nationalism was clear in the differing interpretations of the find: whilst the majority of British scientists accepted the discovery as " the Earliest Englishman ", European and American scientists were considerably more sceptical, and several suggested at the time that the skull and jaw were from two different creatures and had been accidentally mixed up.

Yet another explanation is that, while derived from the afore mentioned root, the name of the sea is related to naming for various forms of water and related substances in several European languages, that might have been originally associated with colors found in swamps.

Vancouver was the first European to enter Burrard Inlet on 13 June 1792, naming it after his friend Sir Harry Burrard.

* 1638 – Swedish colonists establish the first European settlement in Delaware, naming it New Sweden.

This is concordant with the European pagan tradition, which named the days of the week after the seven Classical planets ( in order Sun, Moon, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, Saturn ), naming the first day of the week for the Sun, perceived as most important, and moving to those perceived as lesser.

He returned the following spring with his wife Elizabeth and his younger brothers, Jonathan and Silas ; they established the first permanent European settlement in the Wheeling area, naming it Zanesburg.

The decade-old Nova was axed in 1993, in favour of the all-new Corsa, adopting the European naming of the model ; its distinctive styling and practical interior began attracting more sales than its predecessor had done.

In addition to the accepted European convention, some classes have been named after a common theme in the included ships ' names, e. g., Tribal class destroyers, and some classes were implemented as an organizational tool, making traditional methods of naming inefficient.

In May 2002, the European Union Council and Parliament amended a 1976 Council Directive on the equal treatment of men and women in employment to prohibit sexual harassment in the workplace, naming it a form of sex discrimination and violation of dignity.

In Europe, after the loss of the Roman system, the common use of family names started quite early in some areas ( France in the 13th century, and Germany in the 16th century ), but it often did not happen until much later in areas that used a patronymic naming custom, such as the Scandinavian countries, Wales, and some areas of Germany as well as Eastern European countries such as Russia and Ukraine.

Angus McMillan led the first European expedition through the area between 1839 and 1840, naming the area " Caledonia Australis ".

At the time the 7400 series was being made, some European manufacturers ( that traditionally followed the Pro Electron naming convention ) such as Philips / Mullard produced a series of TTL integrated circuits with part names beginning FJ.

While it was originally intended to be the German Grand Prix, owing to a dispute with Hockenheim over the naming rights of the race, the race was eventually held under the title " Großer Preis von Europa " ( European Grand Prix ).

In December 2003 European Voice shortlisted him for nomination of the Europeans of the Year award as " Diplomat of the Year ", naming him as " The Bridge-Builder " and quoting Le Monde that dubbed him the " architect of Greek-Turkish rapprochement ".

At the final European Council meeting on the treaty in Lisbon, on 19 November 2007, French President Nicolas Sarkozy set off public speculation on candidates by naming Tony Blair, Felipe González and Jean-Claude Juncker, and praising the three as worthy candidates with Blair in particular being a long time front runner for the post.

At that time, two European companies had created a naming trend using repeated vowels-Baan and BiiN.

* 1803: Lieutenant John Bowen's 49-member party, with the ships and Albion, starts first European settlement of Tasmania at Risdon Cove, naming it Hobart.

It is thought that Baron Ferdinand von Mueller made the first recorded European ascent of Baw Baw in 1860, naming Christmas Creek on one of his major collecting expeditions.

With the existence of lands out in the Atlantic Ocean confirmed, 14th century European geographers began plumbing the old legends and plotting and naming many of these mythical islands on their nautical charts, alongside the new discoveries.

The Jewish population made note of this, naming the city " The European Jerusalem.

The reasons that larger countries have not been punished include their influence and large number of votes on the Council of Ministers, which must approve sanctions ; their greater resistance to " naming and shaming " tactics, since their electorates tend to be less concerned by their perceptions in the European Union ; their weaker commitment to the euro compared to smaller states ; and the greater role of government spending in their larger and more enclosed economies.

Many of the Western Shinma appearing in the second manga series also follow a naming convention drawn from various European demons and spirits.

Examples of such practices include compadrazgo in modern Latin America, which developed from standard medieval European Catholic practices that fell out of favor in Europe after the seventeenth century, the veneration of Saints and angels that aren't officially venerated in Catholicism, generally from the apocryphal books, such as Uriel the Archangel from the Apocalypse of Ezra ( 2 Esdras or 4 Ezra depending on naming convention ), and ritual pilgrimages in medieval and modern Europe.

Janša's naming of individual journalists, including some of those behind the 2007 Petition Against Political Pressure on Slovenian Journalists, and the perceived use of diplomatic channels in an attempt to coerce the Finnish government into interfering with YLE editorial policy, drew criticism from media freedom organizations, such as the International Press Institute and European branch of International Federation of Journalists whose representative, Aidan White, IFJ General Secretary, said " The ( Janša's ) government is distorting the facts, failing to tell Slovenians the truth and trying to pull the wool over the eyes of the European public about its attitude to media ".