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Portuguese sent Magellan to explore the entire globe. His voyage was one of the most important windows into the geography of our earth.

Who knew the Kinder-hook was such a hot bed political activity. And the Van Burin Dynasty did not start with Martin.

Polk was 28 years younger than Andrew Jackson, but Polk was a follower of Jackson’s ideology. Later Polk married Sarah Childress.

Interesting atmosphere detail—the small ice age only ended in 1744.

The first was always to make the choice to learn. That meant embracing change and mustering the courage to fail; success and failure are two sides of the same coin. You cannot succeed if at some point you haven’t failed.

Most people, I realized, chose comfort, remaining in what was familiar: old friends, routines, habits.

Learning a country’s culture. Is very important to me.

Princeton’s Honor Code

Well, John Brown is dead, so the rest is about Lincoln. Great front row seat to the machinations of the South after Lincoln became president in 1860. I would like to hear more about VP Hamlin Hannibal.

Excellent retelling of the Vasco de Gamma story—exploring a route to India from Portugal, around the Cape of Good Hope—during the decade of the 1580s. I felt exhausted when he finally made his way back home.

So enjoying listening to the author read his book on audiobooks. His voice is pitch perfect when he tells the story of playing “Double Dutch” at recess.

I am learning a lot about the good-hearted Zealot.

…the Zealot.

I’m noticing how the man who was willing to hear feedback and sometimes mold his speeches accordingly, was the Emancipator. While the one who would listen to no criticism and instead believed God was leading him was the

Great “familia “ stories. There is nothing like it—traveling across country without air conditioning with kids, parents, and the abuelos.

What a terrible chapter in Cummings’ life—his father’s continual bombardment of criticism and physical abuse.