DATES AND DATING: JULIAN AND GREGORIAN CALENDARS
When you’re dealing with events that took place four or five hundred years ago, the exact dates when those events[…]
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Read moreThis week, we conclude the series of extracts from the narrative of João de Carvalho Mascarenhas, the Portuguese soldier who[…]
Read moreThis week, we continue with the narrative of João de Carvalho Mascarenhas, the Portuguese soldier who was captured at sea[…]
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