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Rand McNally began publishing educational maps in 1880 with its first line of maps, globes, and geography textbooks, soon followed by a world atlas. The company began publishing general literature in 1884 with its first title, The Secret of Success , and the Textbook department was established in 1894 with The Rand McNally Primary School ...
Príncipe island was settled in 1500 under a similar arrangement. Attracting settlers proved difficult; however, the Jewish settlement was a success and their descendants settled many parts of Brazil. [54] 1630 map of the Portuguese fort and the city of Malacca Portuguese in the Persian Gulf (1507–1750).
British Raj period: the first definite map of India drawn by English cartographers. Mid-19th century: First noted journal club by English surgeon Sir James Paget (1814–1899); recalling in his memoirs time spent at St. Bartholomew's Hospital in London, Paget describes "a kind of club [. . .] a small room over a baker's shop near the Hospital ...
Juan Sebastián Elcano [1] (Elkano in modern Basque; [2] sometimes given as del Cano; [3] [1] 1486/1487 [4] – 4 August 1526) was a Basque navigator [n 1], ship-owner and explorer from Getaria, part of the Crown of Castile when he was born, best known for having completed the first circumnavigation of the Earth in the Spanish ship Victoria on the Magellan expedition to the Spice Islands.
The new regime mobilised thousands of people, especially young people, into work brigades that saw to rebuild the country. [31] Between 1945-1953, Yugoslavia received a sum equal to $553.8 million US dollars to help rebuild from various sources, the largest of which was the United Nations for reconstruction as Yugoslavia received a sum equal to ...