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Discovery of the New World in 1492 required the persistence of an explorer with vision, ability, and good financing.  Christopher Columbus sat in the library of his deceased father-in-law in Madeira, where he consumed knowledge...

The Byzantine era has so often been portrayed as the Dark Ages that the understanding of history for so many people runs from the fall of the Roman Empire to the Renaissance, as though nothing...

Distinctive eyewear has become a defining note of style, to the extent that the need for corrective lenses is no longer a factor.  For decades Parisian women have been using eyeglasses as an accessory item....

In March 2015 the news from Madrid was full of hopes that the 400 year-old remains of the first modern novelist, Miguel de Cervantes, would be located in a local convent. If the remains found...