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At Harvard, a map-making Renaissance
An exhibition shows the beauty and disparity of maps in a time of rapid discovery, when the shape of the known world was ever ...
How demand for rubber led to the gory exploitation of native populations in South America and Africa
This time the volcano Krakatoa, in the Sunda Strait between Java and Sumatra, erupted. News of the colossal eruption was ...
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Which is the Deepest Ocean in the World? Top 5 Deepest Oceans in the World
The Pacific Ocean is the largest ocean in the world ... It was named by the Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan in 1521, who called it Mar Pacifico, which means "Peaceful Sea".
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Car drives into Vancouver’s Lapu Lapu street festival crowd: What we know
Suspect arrested after vehicle rams into crowd at the Philippine street festival in Canada, killing 11 people.
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Car drives into Vancouver’s Lapu Lapu street festival crowd: What we know
It is known for its natural beauty, including mountains, forests and the Pacific Ocean ... led his men in defeating Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan in the Battle of Mactan.
Panamanian Protesters Condemn Deal To Station U.S. Troops Around Panama Canal
Protesters took to the streets of Panama City Wednesday to condemn the signing of a memorandum between the U.S. and Panama ...
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Diocese of Borongan
On its north is Northern Samar; on the east, the Philippine Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean; on the west by Samar ... using the Malay language when the Portuguese explorer Ferdinand ...