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…posterity was his book, Il Navigazioni (The Navigations), the first account of the exploration of West Africa. In it, he accurately described the land, rivers, people, places, flora, fauna, trade,…

…least in the US) think that Marco Polo introduced pasta to Italy after he returned from Asia, where he encountered Asian rice noodles. However, in his account he compares the…

…called “My Prisons” author Silvio Pellico wrote an account of the suffering endured by Italian patriots at Spielberg and other Austrian dungeons. In August 1836, having accepted the offer of…

…of the work, Lawrence recreates a discussion he had with his siblings over the veracity of Margaret’s account of her life. But there is little agreement among family members about…

…the world’s most colorful, and still controversial, characters. According to his own account, he was born to noble parents on the isle of Malta, who died shortly thereafter, apparently leaving…

The 2013 edition of the “Giugno Pisano” – traditionally the ‘magical’ month for Pisa – will be even more attractive on account of the number and quality of the events…

…into account, of course, the focus groups, research studies and curated time slots that are carefully matched to show demographics). But there is also a simpler way of explaining the…

…in what is now Rancho Cucamonga. But Cinotto’s study is not just another historical account of the development of winemaking in California. Rather, he argues that the three early winemakers…

…de Medici to make a statue of Perseus, which would come to be one of the defining masterpieces of world art. The detailed account of its casting in bronze is…

…the Year of Faith, visiting Rome. The figure however only takes into account people who registered for meetings and not the crowds who packed St. Peter’s Square, Piazza Pio XII…