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Odd cartographic creations like ‘Fool’s Cap Map of the World,’ ‘Leo Belgicus,’ and ‘The Porcineograph’ make the classic ...
In his new book Fortune Seekers, economic historian Raman Mahadevan maps the rise of the Chettiars — and why their vast ...
Twenty years ago, the metro Phoenix suburb of Mesa didn't have an Asian District. Then, the transformation of an abandoned ...
The contribution and scale of the directly linked First and Second Kamchatka Expeditions cannot be overestimated. In the 18th century, research covered Eurasia's northern coast, the entire Siberia, ...
In the temperate forests of the Northern Hemisphere, a quiet but powerful story has been unfolding for nearly 60 million ...
Pope Francis’s death mourned by fans across southeast Asia where he transformed status of Church - Timor-Leste remembers ...
MOSCOW - Russia's ejection of Ukrainian troops from the Kursk region ends the biggest incursion into Russian territory since ...
Though his papacy began far from the Pacific, Pope Francis became a symbol of unity and resilience in Asia and the Pacific ... "He put us on the map. Millions of people from around the world followed ...
The map itself is undated, but there are clues it was created in 1491: It quotes a book published that year, and Christopher Columbus may have consulted the map (or a copy) before his great voyage.
Mumbai and Bengaluru and put the carrier back on the global map. A storied airline with close to a century of operation history, Air India has been brought under new ownership led by the Tata ...
On April 15, the College of Fine Arts hosted a lecture by Dr. Joan Kee, the director of the New York University Institute of Fine Arts.