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Jamestown, a settlement of England's Virginia Colony, was founded in 1607, and was the first successful English settlement in the New World.

Taiwan is an island located off the coast of mainland China across the Taiwan Strait, the East China Sea lies to the north. It is also called the Republic of ...

Oslo is the capital of Norway and it's largest city. Founded by King Harald III of Norway around 1048, it was built again in 1624 after an extensive fire ...

John Donne was a 17th century English poet, commonly identified with the Metaphysical literary movement. He wrote in a variety of poetic styles throughout his career, and is known for ...

The play Mother Courage by the German dramatist and poet Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956) deals with the 17th century Thirty Years War. However, it is a play about all wars. The ...

Galileo Galilei was an Italian mathematician, inventor and astronomer. Born in Pisa, Italy in 1564, Galileo studied and invented many things society now takes for granted. Though he never received ...

Whether you're just visiting San Diego for a couple of days or have been a long time resident, this page is designed to help you figure out how to ...

Burlington Island is a 300-acre (1.2 km²) island located in the Delaware River between Pennsylvania and New Jersey in the United States. Burlington Island is officially part of ...