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Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus (l. 1451-1506 CE, also known as Cristoffa Corombo in Ligurian and Cristoforo Colombo in Italian) was...
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Map of Ferdinand Magellan's Circumnavigation
A map of the 1519-22 circumnavigation - the first in history - made by the expedition led by the Portuguese...
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Map of the Dominant Religions in Europe, 16th Century - Shaping Nations Through Faith: The Religious Landscape of a Changing Continent
This map illustrates the major religious...
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Tokugawa Ieyasu
Tokugawa Ieyasu (1543-1616) was a Japanese military leader who reunified Japan at the beginning of the 17th century after a long...
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New England Colonies
The New England Colonies were the settlements established by English religious dissenters along the coast of the north-east...
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Holy Roman Empire
The Holy Roman Empire officially lasted from 962 to 1806. It was one of Europe’s largest medieval and early modern states, but...
