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Himilco, Hanno, Faxian... And Other Early World Explorers Who Should Be More Famous

Himilco, Hanno, Faxian... And Other Early World Explorers Who Should Be More Famous

Matthew Lockwood Shares the Stories of Early Travelers From Across the Globe

By Matthew Lockwood | October 21, 2024

How Colonial Powers Fought for Economic Dominance in North America

How Colonial Powers Fought for Economic Dominance in North America

Hampton Sides on Britain’s Generations-Long Search for the Northwest Passage

By Hampton Sides | April 15, 2024

Motherhood Is Antarctica: On the Underexplored Landscape of Postpartum Loneliness

Motherhood Is Antarctica: On the Underexplored Landscape of Postpartum Loneliness

Marie Doezema Explores the Icy Wilderness of New Parenthood in a Pandemic

By Marie Doezema | January 8, 2024

Reading the Travelogues of Percy Fawcett, Explorer of the Lost City of Z

Reading the Travelogues of Percy Fawcett, Explorer of the Lost City of Z

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By A.J. Lees | October 6, 2020

Beneath the Streets of Paris, in Search of the Cataphiles

Beneath the Streets of Paris, in Search of the Cataphiles

Revelry, Mayhem, and Illicit Movie Theaters, Under the City of Light

By Will Hunt | February 12, 2019

The Forgotten Father of Romantic Environmentalism

The Forgotten Father of Romantic Environmentalism

Alexander von Humboldt Influenced Everyone from Darwin to Whitman

By Andrea Wulf | November 1, 2018

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