Over the centuries, European explorers have done some undoubtedly wild (and disgraceful) things to survive and profit.
Fought between the British Empire and an upstart Sultan, the Anglo-Zanzibar War is the world’s shortest conflict—yet it changed the fate of an entire continent.
The so-called "Age of Exploration" took place from the 15th to 17th century. European kingdoms invested their entire fortunes to discover new trade routes and feed the beast of early capitalism. Even centuries later, Europe still couldn’t...
Exploration has fascinated human beings for millennia—but few people know the dark history of the men and woman who dare to go where no one has gone before.
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