Notes: In this essay, James Kences recounts the explorations of the Italian explorer Giovanni da Verrazzano (1485 to 1528), who led his expeditions in service of King Francis I of France. As he sailed ...
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris said European explorers "ushered in a wave of devastation for tribal nations — perpetrating violence, stealing land and spreading disease." Harris made the remarks in ...
When European explorers first began sailing across the Atlantic Ocean, they were searching for new routes to China and the ...
Suffers from significant fillm emulsion damage at the beginning. The film narrates the story of European explorers during the Age of Discovery, focusing on the French, English, and Dutch efforts to ...
More than 530 years after Christopher Columbus led an expedition across the Atlantic Ocean to the New World, many Americans still see the navigator as a symbol of their country’s origins. Others see ...
It is said that the fox knows many things while the hedgehog knows one thing. In book terms, Matthew Lockwood’s “Explorers” is a hedgehog. Short and snug, it bristles with stories about people who ...
Christopher Columbus and other early European explorers were best known for the “new” lands they discovered and the people they transported. But there’s another side to the story, and it has to do ...
Flashback: Harris slammed European explorers for ushering in 'devastation for tribal nations' Vice President Kamala Harris declared in 2021 that the U.S. "must not shy away" from its "shameful past" ...