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America
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Henry Hudson was an English sea explorer and navigator in the early 17th century. Hudson made…
The Thirteen Colonies, also known as the Thirteen British Colonies or the Thirteen American…
The Battle of Cartagena de Indias was an amphibious military engagement between the forces of…
Europe + Africa + Middle East
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The Eighty Years' War or Dutch War of Independence (15681648) was a revolt of the Seventeen…
Jan van Riebeeck was a Dutch navigator and colonial administrator who arrived in Cape Town in…
Sir Isaac Newton was an English mathematician, astronomer, and physicist (described in his own…
John Harrison was a self-educated English carpenter and clockmaker. He invented the marine…
Jenner was an English physician and pupil of John Hunter, a pioneer in comparative anatomy and…
Asia + Oceania
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Abel Janszoon Tasman was a Dutch seafarer and explorer best known for his voyages of 1642 and…
The Dutch East India Company (Dutch: Vereenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie, VOC, "United East…