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...
Island Town That Shaped the History of Mysore Kingdom. The Mysore Kingdom was founded in 1399 by Yaduraya in the region of the modern city of Mysore. The Wodeyar dynasty, as the ruling family is known, ruled the southern Karnataka region until Indian independence in...
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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