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Abel Tasman in New Zealand

By William Pember Reeves

The Dutch explorer ran across two islands in the Pacific of which Europeans knew nothing, but his chief desire was to get past them.

The Adventures of Lord Forbes of Pitsligo

By Clay Lane

At sixty-seven, Alexander Forbes rode to war with Bonnie Prince Charlie, and over a decade afterwards was still a hunted man.

Africa’s Competitive Edge

By David Livingstone

Four years before the bloody American civil war, Dr David Livingstone proposed a peaceful way to rid the world of slavery.

St Ahmed

By Clay Lane

A Turkish official was itching to know the secret behind a Russian slave girl’s personal charm.

Akbar Takes the Plunge

By Samsam ud Daula Shah Nawaz Khan

Emperor Akbar’s court physician told his nobles that beneath the waters of a lake was a dry, cosy room, and dared them to find a way in.

The American Revolutionary War

By Clay Lane

In 1775, London’s high-handed exploitation of her colonies for tax revenue began to look like a very expensive mistake.

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