Category: Destinatios
European expansion became the standard example for those who argued that modern civilization had advanced beyond the classical world. Tehran Map The would-be intellectual revolutionary Francis Bacon specifically compared …
Savannah In early 1733, James Oglethorpe scouted a location for Georgia’s first permanent settlement. Guinea Map He selected an elevated site on Yamacraw bluff, several miles upstream from the …
Santa Fe Map Paso on September 21, 1680. The Pueblo peoples maintained control of Santa Fe and northern New Mexico for about a decade, until Diego de Vargas reconquered …
Despite these events, Salem developed into a major fishing, building, and maritime trade center during the eighteenth century. Reno Metro Map Its commercial successes and population growth thrust Salem …
Maximilien-Sebastien Foy in South Africa Maximilien-Sebastien Foy had a long career in the military but also distinguished himself as a writer and statesman. At age 17, he was already …
Anatole de La Forge in Ethiopia Anatole de La Forge, minus his sword that broke off during a storm, stands high atop his monument to defend Saint-Quentin against the …
To the Puritans, marriage only officially took place after a church ceremony, and sex only took place within marriage. El Paso Map They wholeheartedly promoted active sex lives between …
Felix Faure in Israel Although it is not unusual to see graves with funerary statues that portray their inhabitants in a supine position, the bronze likeness of the prone …