Delisle, Guillaume. 1675-1726. French “Father of Cartography”. Early accurate maps.

Democratic Party. 1792-. Major US political party. Liberalism, populism vs big business.

Denis, St. -250. Patron St. of France, martyred first bishop of Paris. Carried his head to St-Denis Abbey.

Descartes, René. 1596-1650. French Rationalist philosopher, physician, mathematician. Cartesian coordinates. Discourse on Method 1637. “Cogito ergo sum”-I think, therefore I am. Analytical Geometry 1636. Meditations 1641. Principia Philosophica 1645.

Diadochi, Wars of. 321-281BC. Partition of Empire among Alexander’s generals.

Diana. Roman goddess of hunt and moon = Artemis.

Diaz, Bartolomeu. c1450-1500. Portuguese. First to sail around the Cape of Good Hope in 1487/8.

Dido. Sister of King of Tyre. Legendary founder of Carthage.

Dionysius. c431-367BC. Syracuse tyrant, unites Greek cities, defeats Carthaginians. Syracuse becomes major power.

Disney, Walt. 1901-1966. US producer of animated cartoons. Mickey Mouse 1928. Snow White 1937. Disneyland 1955.

Doubleday, Abner. 1819-93. US formerly thought to be baseball inventor. Cartwright.

Doyle, Arthur Conan. 1859-1930. British doctor, mystery writer and creator of Sherlock Holmes. Study in Scarlet 1887.

Dreadnought. 1905-22. Class of British battleship. Started arms race 1907-14. Jutland. Two-Power Standard.

Drexler, Anton. Founded German Labour Party 1919...National Socialist Party.

Dualism. Cartesian division of world into mind and matter.

Duchamp, Marcel. 1887-1968. French/US Dada artist.

Dunbarton Oaks Conference. 1944. UN organizational meeting. Yalta. San Francisco.

Duplessis, Maurice. 1890-1959. Canadian founder Union Nationale party. Quebec Prime Minister 1936~59.

Durrell, Lawrence. 1912-90. British erotic writer. The Alexandria Quartet 1957-60.

Dutch East India Company. 1602-1798. Trade, colonies in Orient. Controlled Ceylon, Cape Colony, Jakarta.

Dutch Wars. 1672-8. French expansionism thwarted by United Provinces. Anglo-Dutch Wars.

Earhart, Amelia. 1898-1937. US aviator. First solo Atlantic flight by a woman, 1932. Lost in attempt to circle planet.

Earth. According to geologists created 4,600,000,000BC. Ussher for Biblical version.

Eck, Johann. 1486-1543. Opposed Luther, Protestantism.

Eckhart, Johannes. c1260-1328. German mystic. “All existence is God” 1281.

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