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The Making of the Gilded West (and an announcement)
The intersection between science, speculation, and the conquest of nature
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The Brief But Spectacular Era of Balloon Mania
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There Are People Who Can See and Others Who Cannot Even Look
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How Ancient People Saw Themselves
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How a Forgotten Battle Created a More Peaceful World
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The King of Games
Alfonso X's Libro de Juegos
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Gregor MacGregor’s Paper Kingdom
Inside one of the 19th century’s biggest scams
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How Ancient People Saw Themselves
The art of the ancient mirror
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The Planets, Personified
How Medieval Europeans envisioned celestial bodies
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A Preventable Plague
Why scurvy ravaged humanity for centuries
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How to Enter a City Like a King
Spectacle, negotiations, and the "Joyous Entry"
Oct 12
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Prester John and the Letter from Nowhere
Medieval Europeans' search for a mythical king
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When Female Athletes Outdrew the Men
World War I and women’s sports
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Borderless Ambition
William Walker's one-man crusade for empire and slavery
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