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America
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James Edward Oglethorpe was an English general, a philanthropist, and a founder of the state…
The Thirteen Colonies, also known as the Thirteen British Colonies or the Thirteen American…
Pocahontas was an Indian princess, the daughter of Powhatan, the powerful chief of the…
Europe + Africa + Middle East
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Ludwig van Beethoven (baptised 17 Dec, 1770) was a German composer and pianist; his music is…
Carl Linnaeus was a Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist, who laid the foundations for…
Sir Isaac Newton was an English mathematician, astronomer, and physicist (described in his own…
Galileo Galilei was an Italian polymath: astronomer, physicist, engineer, philosopher, and…
Nicolaus Copernicus was a Renaissance- and Reformation-era mathematician and astronomer who…
Asia + Oceania
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Captain James Cook was a British explorer, navigator and cartographer, ultimately rising to…
The Kangxi Emperor was the third emperor of the Qing Dynasty and the second Qing emperor to…
Abel Janszoon Tasman was a Dutch seafarer and explorer best known for his voyages of 1642 and…
Alessandro Valignano was a Jesuit missionary born in Chieti, back then part of the Kingdom of…