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The Story Of Rose O’Neal Greenhow, The Civil War Spy Who Smuggled Secrets To The Confederacy
Proud of her Southern roots and fervently pro-slavery, Rose O'Neal Greenhow wanted to support the Confederacy in any way she ...
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Pictures via a pendulum
Faxes became widely used for transmitting newspaper content and weather maps. ITU played an important role by approving ... The challenge was taken up by an Italian priest, Giovanni Caselli (1815–1891 ...
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 ...
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This Region in France Has Medieval Towns, Majestic Chateaux, and Prehistoric Caves—and It's Little-known by American Travelers
This town in France’s Dordogne region is a ready-made film set ... a nod to the chalky soils and stone typical of the ...