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All About Columbus Day

Columbus, his journeys and legacy, and other explorers and explorations Biographies of Famous Explorers Roald Amundsen Vasco Núnez de Balboa Ibn Batuta Richard Burton John…

Lamarck, Chevalier de

(Jean Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet) naturalistBirthplace: Bazantin, FranceBorn: 1744Died: 1829

De Carlo, Yvonne

(Peggy Yvonne Middleton) actressBirthplace: Vancouver, B.C., CanadaBorn: 9/1/22

de Waart, Edo

conductorBirthplace: Amsterdam, the NetherlandsBorn: 6/1/41

De Casseras, Benjamin

De Casseras, Benjamin[1873-1945](1)Born in Philadelphia in 1873, of old Spanish and American stock and educated in the public schools of Philadelphia. He entered the office of the `…

Charles de Gaulle

Charles de Gaulle was the dominant political leader and grand figurehead of France during and after World War II. De Gaulle was a career soldier in the French Army who had been wounded and held…

Elmyr de Hory

Elmyr (pronounced el-meer) de Hory was a notorious art forger of the 20th century. The flamboyant Hungarian claimed to have sold more than 1,000 fakes to galleries and museums around the world during…

Hernando De Soto

Hernando de Soto was a Spanish conquistador who landed in present-day Florida in 1539, then tore around the southeastern and midwestern parts of North America until he died in 1542. Little is known…