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The year is 1493. The ink is barely dry on Christopher Columbus’s logbook, and tales of a ‘New World’ are already electrifying the courts of Europe. But as ships set sail with dreams of glory and riches, a far more potent force was at play, one wielded not with cannons or cutlasses, but with the … Read more
The year is 1492. The air in Palos de la Frontera, Spain, crackles with anticipation, a heady mix of salt spray and unspoken ambition. Three small ships – the Niña, the Pinta, and the Santa María – bob precariously in the harbor, their sails furled like sleeping wings. Aboard them, a Genoese navigator named Christopher … Read more
The year is 1488. The air in Lisbon crackles with anticipation, thick with the scent of salt and foreign spices. Bartholomew Diaz, a name soon to be etched in the annals of history, stands on the docks, gazing south. His mission: to round the treacherous southern tip of Africa, a feat whispered about in hushed … Read more