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This statement ignores some problems with the distribution of
This statement ignores some problems with the distribution of food. For example, within the past few days I heard a report on PBS News Hour that cove...

After sailing through the dangerous straits below South America
After sailing through the dangerous straits below South America that now bear his name, Portuguese navigator Fernão de Magalhães (Ferdinand Magellan...

Today is the 459th anniversary of the death of Francisco Vásquez
Today is the 459th anniversary of the death of Francisco Vásquez de Coronado y Luján, the Spanish explorer who had sought, but failed, to discover t...

A post on another social networking site prompted me to read more
A post on another social networking site prompted me to read more about the history of the pledge of allegiance. Here is a summary of my research: T...

Francisco Pizarro y González, 1st Marqués de los Atabillos*, was
Francisco Pizarro y González, 1st Marqués de los Atabillos*, was assassinated on this date in 1541. Pizarro had participated in expeditions led by ...

This is the anniversary of the generally accepted date of the
This is the anniversary of the generally accepted date of the discovery of the Mar del Sur (Southern Sea) by Vasco Núñez de Balboa, who was born c. ...