quote [ A complex history weaves along the Trail of Tears to connect Eufaula, Alabama, with its namesake in Oklahoma.  ]

quote [ In the mid-18th century, the British Royal Navy was the most powerful maritime force in the world, but its dominance came at a high cost. Among the greatest threats to sailors was not enemy cannon fire or storms at sea, but scurvy?a devastating disease marked by weakness, swollen gums, joint pain, and eventual death. ]

quote [ Located in the northern Sinai Desert, the site is shedding new light on defensive structures built to protect Egypt?s eastern borders ]

quote [ In the 19th century, dyed ostrich feathers were haute couture, adorning the hats and boas of fashionistas on both sides of the Atlantic. Whitney Rakich examines the far-reaching ostrich industry through a peculiar do-it-yourself-style book: Alexander Paul?s The Practical Ostrich Feather Dyer (1888), a text interleaved with richly colored specimens. ]

quote [ Maybe you can take it with you. ]

quote [ In the middle of the 19th century, New Zealand?s South Island struck gold. Gabriel Read, an Australian prospector who had previously searched for gold in California and Australia, discovered the precious metal in a creek bed near Lawrence. ]

quote [ Many of the illustrations on Rev.Fr. Magnus? map tell short stories within the singular story that the map tells about the Scandinvain world. For example, in figure 9 we are shown a grand ship moored on a whale, which is depicted with tusks and a boar-like face and body. Two sailors cook on an open fire on the whale?s back. The whale seems unhappy with this, its eyes are reddened and its body is shown in movement through the swirling lines of water around its form. ]

quote [ The town of Beach Haven, on the southern end of Long Beach Island off the coast of New Jersey, has been a popular summer resort for more than a hundred years. Located just twenty miles north of Atlantic City, Beach Haven has been the favourite destination for couples and families from New Jersey and Pennsylvania looking for a seaside escape. ]

quote [ In 1902, a woman named Mary MacLane from Butte, Montana, became an international sensation after publishing a scandalous journal at the age of 19. Rereading this often-forgotten debut, Hunter Dukes finds a voice that hungers for worldly experience, brims with bisexual longing, and rages against the injustices of youth. ]

quote [ This is Walter Yeo, an English sailor who was injured while manning the guns aboard the battleship HMS Warspite during the Battle of Jutland on May 31, 1916. ]