There was no particular strategy in the revolutionary plans, and what strategy there was fell to pieces at an early point.Continuing Portugal's 1910
Manuel Coronated King
Had he possessed strong intelligence and character, or had he fallen into the hands of really able advisers, it is possible that the revulsion of
Administrative Dictatorship Decreed
Franco dissolved the Cortes, and on May 10, 1907, published a decree declaring the "administration to be a dictatorship."Continuing Portugal's 1910
Short History of Portugal
What are the main sources of Portugal's pride? They are two: her national independence and her achievements in discovery and colonization.Continuing
Archer Arrives in Lisbon
Introducing Portugal's 1910 Revolution,serialized in seven easy 5 minute installments.Another revolution where an amiable monarch is overthrown in
Around the Cape Of Good Hope
Today's installment concludes Magellan's Voyage Around the World,our selection from First Voyage Around the World by Joan Bautista and by Antonio
Seeking Provisions
At this the crews were set at rest, and he promised them that he would give them their cargo by December 15, 1521, which he fulfilled within the said
Through the East Indies
For the answer thus received from the King they sent him a present by Gonzalo Mendes Despinosa, captain of the ship Victoria, and the King accepted
On to Borneo
Sailing to the west-southwest a matter of fourteen leagues, they fell in with a white bottom, which was a shoal below the water; and the black men