Prosecution employs priest to hear Joan's Confession while notaries secretly take down statements to use against her in court.Continuing Joan of
End of the Introduction
This installment is the end of the Introduction. Next week Chapter 1. Notre-Dame des Anges.Our special project presenting the definitive account of
Cape Verde Discovered
A fortress was built in one of the islands of Arguin became Portugal's base for trade in Africa.Today's installment concludes Portugese Discovery
Good Deeds Among the Bad
By 1444 the Atlantic Slave Trade was an industry.Continuing Portugese Discovery and Atlantic Slavery Begins,our selection from The Spanish in
Early Years of Atlantic Slavery
I am not ignorant that there are reasons for alleging that negroes had before this era been seized and carried to Seville.Continuing Portugese
Spiritualism in American Indian Medicine
Practicing American Indian medicine the doctors' ordinary methods of cure were dreams, beating of the drum, songs, magic feasts and dances, and
Atlantic Slavery Begins
Capturing some Azeneghi Moors, in order, as he told his companions, to take home "some of the language of that country."Continuing Portugese
Bojador, the Cape of Doom
Return before passing it or never return at all. -- Old proverb.Continuing Portugese Discovery and Atlantic Slavery Begins,our selection from The
Allies Control the Blood-Soaked Ruins of Sevastopol
Today's installment concludes Capture of Sevastopol Ends Crimean War,the name of our combined selection from Edward B. Hamley and Evelyn Wood. The