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Ancient Crete
Crete is an island in the eastern Mediterranean which during the Bronze Age produced the influential Minoan civilization with its distinctive architecture and art. An important member of the Greek world in the Archaic period, Crete...
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Paros
Paros is an island in the Cyclades group in the central Aegean. It is the third largest island of the Cyclades and its position on important sea routes between mainland Greece and the coast of Asia Minor made it an important centre from...
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Gilbert and Marshall Islands Campaign - The US Island-Hopping Advance in the Pacific
The Gilbert and Marshall Islands Campaign (November 1943 to February 1944), a key strategic step forward in WWII's Pacific War, saw US forces launch multiple amphibious landings...
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Alexander Selkirk - The Inspiration For Robinson Crusoe
Alexander Selkirk (or Selcraig, 1676-1721) was a Scotsman famously marooned for four years and four months on a desert island in the Pacific Ocean until his rescue by a passing British ship in February...
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Continental Army Retreats From Long Island
The Continental Army retreats from Long Island during the night of 29-30 August 1776, in the aftermath of the Battle of Long Island, chromolithograph by The Werner Company, Akron, Ohio, 1899. Library of Congress...
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Beacon Island
Beacon Island, situated within an archipelago of 122 islands at the northern tip of the Houtman Albrolhos, Australia. Survivors from the Batavia shipwreck were ferried to this island.
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President Truman and General MacArthur at Wake Island
President Truman and General MacArthur at Wake Island, photograph by the US State Department, 15 October 1950. This is a photograph of US President Harry S. Truman (left) meeting with General Douglas...
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Atlantis
Atlantis is a legendary city described by the Greek philosopher Plato (c. 429 – 347 BCE). Atlantis, a fabulously wealthy and advanced civilization, was swept into the sea and lost forever in a story which has captured the imagination...
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1st Rhode Island Regimental Flag
Regimental Flag of the 1st Rhode Island Regiment, c. 1781.
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Railroad Train Wreck in Rhode Island
Train wreck on the Providence Worcester Railroad near Pawtucket, Rhode Island, photograph by L. Wright, 12 August 1853. The early type of photograph, known as a daguerreotype, here shows the aftermath of a head-on...