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The First Greek Mission To Britain And The Arctic
On the outer facade of the Palais de la Bourse in Marseille, France, a statue of a man stands high on a plinth. Flanked by columns and protected by a pedimental roof, his body is wrapped in layers of clothing as if to ward off the chill. His face is
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Samuel De Champlain: Explorer, Diplomat, Cartographer, Coloniser
Samuel de Champlain (c1574–1635) was born in Brouage, a small port on the west coast of France; little is known of his childhood. He learned navigation from his father and his aunt’s husband (both mariners), and from around 1595 served with the army
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A Victorian Quest To Find The Source Of The Nile
It was a hot day in September 1854 when John Hanning Speke, a tall, fair-haired young former officer in the East India Company army, stepped ashore from a P&O steamship at Aden. He intended to cross from this British-held port on the southern coast o

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