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  2. European and American voyages of scientific exploration

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    By the middle of the 19th century all of the world's major land masses, and most of the minor ones, had been discovered by Europeans and their coastlines charted. [8] This marked the end of this phase of science as the Challenger Expedition of 1872–76 began exploring the deep seas beyond a depth of 20 or 30 meters.

  3. Age of Discovery - Wikipedia

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    [127] [128] The expedition reached a cape extending north to south which they called Cape of "Santa Maria" (Punta del Este, keeping the name the Cape nearby); and after 40°S they found a "Cape" or "a point or place extending into the sea", and a "Gulf" (in June and July). After they had navigated for nearly 300 km (186 mi) to round the cape ...

  4. Ground of the Soul - Wikipedia

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    In this text, she describes the location of the soul where union with God occurs as the "deepest interior," the "abyss," and the "essence" of the soul, where the faculties of the soul have no influence. In its tranquil core, the soul experiences profound peace, yet simultaneously, it is susceptible to external challenges and afflictions.

  5. List of mythological places - Wikipedia

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    Legendary home to a branch of the Druids called the Pheryllt, who worked as metallurgists and alchemists. Also known as “The City of Higher Powers,” or the “Ambrosial City”, its rumored location is Snowdonia and is said to be the original placename of Dinas Emrys. Emain Ablach: A mythical island paradise in Irish mythology. Fintan's Grave

  6. History of the location of the soul - Wikipedia

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    In early medicine and anatomy, the location of the soul was hypothesized to be located within the body. Aristotle and Plato understood the soul as an incorporeal form but closely related to the physical world. The Hippocratic Corpus chronicles the evolution of thought that the soul is located within the body and is manifested in diseased ...

  7. History of Germany - Wikipedia

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    By 1900, Germany was the dominant power on the European continent and its rapidly expanding industry had surpassed Britain's while provoking it in a naval arms race. Germany led the Central Powers in World War I, but was defeated, partly occupied, forced to pay war reparations, and stripped of its colonies and significant territory along its ...

  8. Paula (1876 barque) - Wikipedia

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    Paula was a barque built in 1876 in Hammelwarden, Germany. She participated in a Deutsche Seewarte [ de ] experiment investigating ocean currents by means of distributing messages in bottles . A bottle dropped by Paula in the Indian Ocean in 1886 was discovered in January 2018 north of Wedge Island , Western Australia .

  9. 1561 celestial phenomenon over Nuremberg - Wikipedia

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    In the morning of April 14, 1561, at daybreak, between 4 and 5 a.m., a dreadful apparition occurred on the sun, and then this was seen in Nuremberg in the city, before the gates and in the country – by many men and women. At first there appeared in the middle of the sun two blood-red semi-circular arcs, just like the moon in its last quarter.