"Historically, maritime travelers had to pass around the……" — Alan Huffman
"Historically, maritime travelers had to pass around the entire mass of North and South America, including the bottom tip, the tempestuous Cape Horn, which was littered with shipwrecks."
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19 Quotes by Alan Huffman
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Anyone who was alive during the outbreak of the bubonic plague in the 14th century experienced something terrifyingly close to…
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Left to their own devices, epidemic diseases tend to follow the same basic process: A virus or bacteria infects a…
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Without effective human intervention, epidemics and pandemics typically end only when the virus or bacteria has infected every available host…
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Without an adequate response, an epidemic can develop into a pandemic, which generally means it has spread to more than…
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When President Teddy Roosevelt posed for the cameras astride a massive steam shovel during construction of the Panama Canal in…
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Right up until the late 18th century, when the first weighted lines were used to probe the ocean depths, many…
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In our quest to define and describe the world, we have crisscrossed the oceans and continents, compiling exhaustive knowledge about…
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Life feels more vivid in a conflict zone. It is clear what matters, and who you can count on, for…
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Conflict photographers grapple with two worlds that are themselves often in conflict - the one where bombs fall and bullets…
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Architecture students are generally given theoretical projects, often located at distant locations, and told to come up with a design.
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Aside from its parks and nature areas, Singapore is intensively developed, and due to the shortage of land, is building…
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The Singaporean government, which represents legal migrant workers in employment disputes and claims of exploitation, requires that they stay in…
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God bless the USA, so large, so friendly, and so rich.
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