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5 days ago · One of the most well-known explorers is Christopher Columbus, who embarked on his first voyage in 1492 with the goal of finding an all-water route to Asia. But where did Columbus actually go on his first voyage? According to historical records, Columbus set sail from Spain on August 3, 1492.
5 days ago · Warner Bros. Pictures bought the film rights to the book in 1999 for a reported £1 million ($1.65 million). Production began in the United Kingdom in 2000, with Columbus being chosen to helm the film from a short list of directors that included Steven Spielberg and Rob Reiner. Rowling insisted that the entire cast be British and Irish, with ...
2 days ago · Vatican City. The 1492 papal conclave was the first to be held in the Sistine Chapel, the site of all conclaves since 1878. A papal conclave is a gathering of the College of Cardinals convened to elect a bishop of Rome, also known as the pope.
4 days ago · The Taino were easily conquered by the Spaniards beginning in 1493. Enslavement, starvation, and disease reduced them to a few thousand by 1520 and to near extinction by 1550. Those who survived mixed with Spaniards, Africans, and others. Taino culture was largely wiped out, although several groups claiming Taino descent gained visibility in ...
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2 days ago · Cherokee, North American Indians of Iroquoian lineage who constituted one of the largest politically integrated tribes at the time of European colonization of the Americas. Their name is derived from a Creek word meaning “people of different speech”; many prefer to be known as Keetoowah or Tsalagi. They are believed to have numbered some ...
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- The Cherokee are North American Indians of Iroquoian lineage who constituted one of the largest politically integrated tribes at the time of Europe...
- Cherokee dwellings were bark-roofed windowless log cabins, with one door and a smoke hole in the roof. A typical Cherokee settlement had between 30...
- The Cherokee nation was composed of a confederacy. Cherokees wove baskets, made pottery, and cultivated corn (maize), beans, and squash. Deer, bear...
- At the time of their forcible removal from their homes in 1838, a few hundred Cherokee escaped to the mountains and furnished the nucleus for the s...
2 days ago · Christopher Columbus leads expedition to the New World, 1492, sponsored by Spanish crown Taking of Oran by Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros in 1509. The Castilian conquest of the Canary Islands, inhabited by Guanche people, took place between 1402 (with the conquest of Lanzarote) and 1496 (with the conquest of Tenerife).
2 days ago · Warner Bros. / 1492 Pictures / Heyday Films Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. The third instalment in the Harry Potter movie franchise, this Alfonso Cuarón entry introduces audiences to ...
