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Vikings, the First Colonizers of North America: Part 1 – Erik the Red
By T.V. Antony Raj . For eons, the Americas were a pristine no man’s land. Around 12,000 BC, humans first stepped onto the North American continent. But who were they? The Clovis people Beringia Land...
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Vikings, the First Colonizers of North America: Part 2 – Leif Erikson
By T.V. Antony Raj . Bjarni Herjólfsson The “Saga of the Greenlanders” (“Grænlendinga saga” in modern Icelandic) tells that in the summer of 986, Bjarni Herjólfsson, a Norse explorer sailed to...
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Vikings, the First Colonizers of North America: Part 3 – America Honors Leif...
By T.V. Antony Raj . On October 9, 1825, the ship Restauration came into the New York Harbor with immigrants from Stavanger, Norway. It was the first organized official immigration of Norwegians to...
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15th Century Chinese Mariners: Part 1 – The Hongwu Emperor
By T.V. Antony Raj . In the 14th and 15th century, the three major cultural realms: China, Christendom and the Islamic World, dominated the maritime activities around Africa, the Indian Ocean, and the...
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15th Century Chinese Mariners: Part 3 – The Seven Voyages of Zheng He
By T.V. Antony Raj . The eunuch admiral Zheng He . Zheng He, the Ming eunuch commander-in-chief. . Zheng He (1371 – 1433) also romanized as Cheng Ho was born Ma He. He was the second son of a Hui...
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15th Century Chinese Mariners: Part 4 – Zheng He’s fleet
By T.V. Antony Raj . Traditional accounts of Zheng He’s voyages describe a great fleet of massive wooden ships, the largest sail-powered wooden vessels in human history. The Yongle Emperor planted...
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15th Century Chinese Mariners: Part 5 – Zheng He’s Seventh Voyage
By T.V. Antony Raj . Zhu Zhanji, the Xuande Emperor . The Xuande Emperor (Born as Zhu Zhanji ), the fifth Ming Emperor of China. (Source: ming-yiguan.com) . On June 27, 1425, the Hongxi Emperor’s son...
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15th Century Chinese Mariners: Part 6 – Did They Reach the Americas Before...
By T.V. Antony Raj . Did the eunuch admiral Zengh He set foot in America? According to medieval Chinese sources the eunuch Zheng He, the favorite admiral of the Yongle Emperor, commanded six...
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The Iberian Peninsula: Part 2 – The Reconquista
By T.V. Antony Raj . Many ousted Gothic princes and nobles took refuge in the unconquered north Asturian highlands. From there, they aimed to reconquer their lands from the Moors. This war is known as...
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The Silk Road
By T.V. Antony Raj . A 15th-century copy of Ptolemy’s Map of the “Old World” by Jacob d’Angelo.d’Angelo.d’Angelo.d’Angelo. . Archeologists and Historians use the term “Old World” in the context of,...
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