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Buzz Aldrin. Apollo 11. Apollo 11 astronaut Edwin Aldrin, photographed July 20, 1969, during the first manned mission to the Moon's surface. Reflected in Aldrin's faceplate is the Lunar Module and astronaut Neil Armstrong, who took the picture.
Exploration and Discovery
Discover
Panoramic view at sunrise of moai, Ahu Tongariki, Easter Island (Rapa Nui), Chile
6 Lost Civilizations
Aphrodite. Greek mythology. Sculpture. Aphrodite is the Greek goddess of love and beauty.
12 Greek Gods and Goddesses
Young boys working in a thread spinning mill in Macon, Georgia, 1909. Boys are so small they have to climb onto the spinning frame to reach and fix broken threads and put back empty bobbins. Child labor. Industrial revolution
The Rise of the Machines: Pros and Cons of the Industrial Revolution
A mug shot taken by the regional Colombia control agency in Medellin
Pablo Escobar: 8 Interesting Facts About the King of Cocaine
The Colosseum, Rome, Italy. Giant amphitheatre built in Rome under the Flavian emperors. (ancient architecture; architectural ruins)
New Seven Wonders of the World
Franklin D. Roosevelt, who formulated the Four Freedoms.
7 Alphabet Soup Agencies that Stuck Around
Close up of periodic table, focus on nickel, copper, zinc, palladium, silver, cadmium
When Was the Periodic Table Invented?

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Flourished c.500 BCE - c.401 BCE
Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus
Italian explorer
Hernán Cortés
Hernán Cortés
Spanish conquistador
Vasco da Gama
Vasco da Gama
Portuguese navigator
René-Robert Cavelier, sieur de La Salle
René-Robert Cavelier, sieur de La Salle
French explorer
Title page of Richard Hakluyt's The Principall Navigations, Voiages and Discoveries of the English Nation
Richard Hakluyt
British geographer
Francisco Pizarro
Francisco Pizarro
Spanish explorer
Sir Walter Raleigh
Sir Walter Raleigh
English explorer
Vasco Núñez de Balboa
Vasco Núñez de Balboa
Spanish explorer
John Smith
John Smith
British explorer
Jacques Cartier
Jacques Cartier
French explorer
Samuel de Champlain
Samuel de Champlain
French explorer
Francis Garnier
French naval officer
Juan Ponce de León
Juan Ponce de León
Spanish explorer
Pierre Gaultier de Varennes et de La Vérendrye
French-Canadian soldier and explorer
Francisco Vázquez de Coronado
Francisco Vázquez de Coronado
Spanish explorer
Humphrey Gilbert
Humphrey Gilbert
British explorer
Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville
French explorer
Jean Ribaut
French naval officer
Henri de Tonty
French explorer
Pavie, Auguste
Auguste Pavie
French explorer

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Buzz Aldrin. Apollo 11. Apollo 11 astronaut Edwin Aldrin, photographed July 20, 1969, during the first manned mission to the Moon's surface. Reflected in Aldrin's faceplate is the Lunar Module and astronaut Neil Armstrong, who took the picture.
Exploration and Discovery