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Red Wharf Bay Hoard
The Red Wharf Bay hoard of silver 'broad-band' arm rings, c. 900-925.
Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales.
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Anne Hutchinson - Spiritual Visionary and Champion of Faith
Anne Hutchinson (1591-1643) was a religious reformer, Puritan dissident, midwife, and alleged prophetess whose beliefs and influence brought her into conflict with the magistrates of the Massachusetts...
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William Dampier
William Dampier (1651-1715) was an English explorer, navigator, and naturalist, who was the first person to circumnavigate the world three times. He was also among the first Englishmen to step foot on Australian soil when he sailed...
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Roger Williams' A Letter to the Town of Providence
Roger Williams (l. 1603-1683 CE) was a Puritan separatist who believed in and advocated for the separation of church and state, claiming that politics corrupted religion. He advocated for this policy...
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Map of the Bay of Naples, 79 CE
A map showing the cities and towns affected by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 CE. Date of map is 2007 CE.
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Death of Marion du Fresne at the Bay of Islands
Painting by Charles Meryon (1821-1868) depicting the death of French explorer, Marion du Fresne (1724-1772), who is surrounded by Maori with children in the background and showing parts of a pa (fortification...
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John Winthrop
John Winthrop (l. c. 1588-1649 CE) was an English lawyer best known as the Puritan leader of the first large wave of the Great Migration of Puritans from England to North America in 1630 CE and governor of the Massachusetts Bay...
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Pequot War
The Pequot War (1636-1638) was a conflict between the Native American Pequot tribe and the English immigrants who had established settlements in New England between 1620-1630. The immediate cause of the war was the murder of two English...
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Map of the Indian Rebellion (Sepoy Mutiny) of 1857
The Indian Rebellion of 1857 was a transformative uprising that shook British rule in South Asia. Sparked in May 1857 by mutinous sepoys ((from Persian sepāhī, for soldier)) of the East India Company...
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Ruins of Jamestown after Bacon's Rebellion
Ruins of Jamestown, 1676. Illustration from page 45 of A School History of the United States, from the Discovery of America to the Year 1878 by David B. Scott, New York, Harper & brothers, 1879 CE. The engraving...