Great Voyages
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Tales of Captain Cook’s shipmates upend stories we’ve been told of ‘European’ exploration
Two men from Ra‘iatea island played a central role in the three voyages across the Pacific.
Kate Fullagar, The Conversation
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How ancient port Arikamedu near Pondicherry was discovered by the real Count of Monte Cristo
He was a French astronomer who arrived in the coastal city in 1768 to witness a rare celestial event of Venus passing directly between the sun and the earth.
Anu Kumar