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The French exploration of New Zealand has been overshadowed by the achievements of British navigator Captain James Cook (1728-1779), but French navigators who visited Aotearoa's (New Zealand) shores named over 100 geographical places and...

Tsul'kălû', The Slant-Eyed Giant is a myth of the Cherokee nation and is among the most popular. The legend relates the story of the great giant, Tsul'kălû', his marriage to a Cherokee maiden, and how the people broke trust with him so that...

William Bradford's Of Plymouth Plantation is the first-hand account of the voyage of the ship Mayflower, founding of Plymouth Colony in modern-day Massachusetts, and the further colonization of the region of the United States now known as...

This image depicts the family tree of the royal house of Hanover, officially known as the House of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Hanover line, which reigned over Britain for a remarkable 187 years, from 1714 to 1901. The ascension of the Hanoverians...

Map of the Pontic Kingdom before the reign of Mithridates VI (darkest purple), after his conquests (purple), and his conquests in the first Mithridatic wars (pink); little adds (ancient shorelines & some greek colonies under Mithridate's...

A reconstructed Powhatan village at the Jamestowne Settlement Living History Museum, Jamestown, Virginia, USA. The reconstruction is based on accounts by English settlers of the 17th century CE who interacted with the Powhatans. The Powhatan...

Reconstruction of a Viking church that stood at Erik the Red's (and his descendants') farm at Brattahlíð, in the Vikings' Eastern Settlement in Greenland. Brattahlíð was situated in a prime farming location, sheltered in an inner fjord. Churches...

Interior of a reconstructed Powhatan longhouse (yehakin) in the living history museum Jamestown Settlement, Jamestown, Virginia.

Replica of the ship Susan Constant at Jamestown Settlement, Virginia.

Prehistoric mortars and pisteles made from stone which were found at Shengavit Settlement (c. 3500-2200 BCE) in Armenia. (Shengavit Museum, Yerevan).