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# New World
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The Age of Discovery: 12 Adventurers Who Explored North America
The North American continent provided opportunity for the curious. The continent had been inhabited by native peoples, but it was not until the 800s when Europeans had primitive means to explore its…
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Columbus’ Scandalous Treatment of Native Peoples Reaped Wrath of Spain
The King and Queen of Spain removed Christopher Columbus from his governorship in 1500. Since his first voyage, Christopher Columbus…
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4 Materials and Goods that Shaped Early Globalization
Trade has been around as long as humans. From 1450-1750, known as the early-modern era, commodity exchanges expanded and created…
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This Day In History: Columbus Writes A Letter About His Voyage to the New World (1493)
On February 15, 1493, Columbus composed a letter reflecting on his time in America; it was written from aboard the Niña,…
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This Day In History: Christopher Columbus Sets Sail (1492)
On this Day in History, the Italian mariner Christopher Columbus sets sail with three ships—the Santa Maria, the Pinta, and…