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Exploration and Discovery
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6 Buildings You'll Want to Visit in the Netherlands
Boat travels down a canal in Amersterdam, The Netherlands
11 Amazing Paintings in the Netherlands
Map of the Netherlands
Is "Holland" the Same Place as "the Netherlands"?
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Lusitania sinking, illustration from The War of the Nations (New York), December 31, 1919. World War I, WWI. This image is one of three on the page. (See source file for the other two.)
7 of the World’s Deadliest Shipwrecks
Groups of depositors in front of the closed American Union Bank, New York City. April 26, 1932. Great Depression run on bank crowd
Causes of the Great Depression
Titanic infographic. The 30th anniversary of its discovery is September 1, 2015. SPOTLIGHT VERSION.
Timeline of the Titanic’s Final Hours
Currency. Money. Cash. Dollars. Bills. Pile of ten, twenty, fifty, and hundred dollar bills.
6 Questions About the History of Money and Banking Answered
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The Seven Sacraments of the Roman Catholic church
Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) standing on rock, side view, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya
The Fastest Animals on Earth
Battle of the Alamo from "Texas: An Epitome of Texas History from the Filibustering and Revolutionary Eras to the Independence of the Republic, 1897. Texas Revolution, Texas revolt, Texas independence, Texas history.
6 Wars of Independence

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Born c.1540 • Leuven • Belgium
Died 1585 • Pechora River • Russia
Otto von Kotzebue
Russian explorer
Richard Chancellor
British seaman
First False Dmitry
Russian pretender
Vladimir A. Kryuchkov
Soviet politician
Second False Dmitry
Russian pretender
James Hadley Billington
American librarian
Anatoly Chubais
Russian economist and politician
Third False Dmitry
Russian pretender
Vladimir Lenin
Vladimir Lenin
prime minister of Soviet Union
Vladimir Putin
Vladimir Putin
president of Russia
Peter I
Peter I
emperor of Russia
Joseph Stalin
Joseph Stalin
premier of Soviet Union
Nicholas I
Nicholas I
tsar of Russia
Alexander I
Alexander I
emperor of Russia
Catherine II
Catherine the Great
empress of Russia
Leon Trotsky
Leon Trotsky
Russian revolutionary
Alexander II
Alexander II
emperor of Russia
Ivan the Terrible
Ivan the Terrible
tsar of Russia
Hugo Grotius
Hugo Grotius
Dutch statesman and scholar
Nicholas II
Nicholas II
tsar of Russia

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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