10. Heroes and Villains of the Age of Exploration: The Journey of Ferdinand Magellan
Ferdinand Magellan: The First to Try to Circumnavigate the World I was born around the year 1480 in the quiet northern Portuguese town of...
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9. Heroes and Villains of Ancient Africa: The San Hunter and Gather (Bushmen) Culture
My Name is Bokang: The Clan Elder I was born under a sky filled with sharp, bright stars, in the heart of the Kalahari. My mother said I...
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9. Heroes and Villains of the Age of Exploration: The Transatlantic Slave Trade
My Name is Queen Nzinga Mbande of Ndongo & Matamba: Portuguese Resistance I was born in 1583, in the Kingdom of Ndongo, in the heart of...
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8. Heroes and Villains of Ancient Africa: The Development of Complex Societies in Sub-Saharan Africa (c. 3,500 BC – 3,000 BC)
My Name is Taye: The Clan Elder I was born in a small cluster of huts surrounded by fields of millet and sorghum, in a time when the...
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8. Heroes and Villains of the Age of Exploration: The Journeys of Juan Ponce de León
My Name is Juan Ponce de León – Searched for the Fountain of Youth, And All I Found was Florida I was born in the small town of Santervás...
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7. Heroes and Villains of Ancient Africa: The Desertification of the Sahara and Migration
My Name is Tariq: The Rain Seeker (Fictional Figure) I was born in a time when the Sahara was not a desert but a vast, open grassland...
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7. Heroes and Villains of the Age of Exploration: The Journeys of Pedro Álvares Cabral
My Name is Manuel I: King of Portugal I was born in 1469 in Alcochete, a small riverside town in the Kingdom of Portugal. My childhood...
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7. Heroes and Villains of Ancient Africa: The Domestication of Plants and Animals
My Name is Inara: The Grain Finder (Fictional Figure) I was born in a small cluster of reed huts near a bend in the river, where the land...
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6. Heroes and Villains of Ancient Africa: The Green Sahara and Early Human Settlements
My Name is László Almásy: Explorer Who Discovered the Green Sahara I was born in 1895 in Borostyánkő, in what was then part of...
5. Heroes and Villains of the Age of Exploration: The Journeys of Amerigo Vespucci
My Name is Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco de’ Medici: Financier of Exploration A Florentine Beginning I was born in 1463 into one of the most...
