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Knock Castle was built by the Clan MacLeod in the 15th century. Its ruins are located on the Sleat peninsula, Isle of Skye, Scotland.

Dunscaith Castle figures prominently in Scottish lore as the home of the warrior-witch Scathach who taught the hero Cuchulainn the art of war. It was built in the 13th century CE by the Clan MacLeod, later taken by Clan MacDonald, and abandoned...

Dunvegan Castle is the family seat of the Clan MacLeod on the Isle of Skye, Scotland. The castle is the oldest continually inhabited in northern Scotland. The present structure dates from the 18th century but the first castle on the site...

Armadale Castle was the family seat of the Clan MacDonald. The 19th-century manor house was destroyed by fire, and its ruins are located on the Sleat peninsula, Isle of Skye, Scotland.

The Isle of Skye, Scotland, has a long history stretching back to the Neolithic Period. The island is featured in many pivotal historic and legendary events.

The July 25, 1893 edition of Te Paki o Matariki, newspaper of the Kīngitanga (Māori King Movement). The masthead depicts Matariki (Pleiades or Seven Stars) and is an adaptation of the coat of arms of the Kīngitanga, designed by Tīwai Parāone...

19th century New Zealand ethnographer, Elsdon Best (1856-1931 CE).

A 19th century portrait of the Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan (c. 1480-1521) whose expedition was the first to circumnavigate the globe in 1519-22. (Naval Museum of Madrid)

An illustration depicting the death of the Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan (c. 1480-1521) whose expedition was the first to circumnavigate the globe in 1519-22. Magellan was killed on 27 April 1521 at the Battle of Mactan on the island...

A map of the 1519-22 circumnavigation - the first in history - made by the expedition led by the Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan (c. 1480-1521).