A Personal Account of the Turin Epidemic of 1656. I am writing this diary to record my experiences and observations as a plague doctor in Turin, the capital of the Duchy of Savoy, during the terrible epidemic that has afflicted this city and its surroundings since the...
A brief introduction to the indigenous people of New Caledonia. New Caledonia, or Kanaky as it is known by its indigenous inhabitants, is a group of islands in the South Pacific Ocean, located east of Australia and west of Vanuatu. It is a special collectivity of...
A Naval Mutiny that Shook Brazil. On 22 November 1910, a group of sailors on board the Brazilian battleship Minas Geraes staged a mutiny against their white officers, who had been subjecting them to brutal whippings and lashes as a form of punishment. The mutiny soon...
Notes of an Ethiopian Ambassador to France.I am Abba Gorgoryos, one of the ambassadors sent by our glorious Emperor Iyasu I of Ethiopia to the court of King Louis XIV of France. I have been asked to share with you some of the highlights of our journey and our...
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