Category Archives: continent

Antarctica

Posted on March 30, 2020 by beaugrand

Antarctica While no one officially “owns” Antarctica, over twelve countries claim to have rights to at least a portion of it. Antarctica is the most isolated of the seven continents and is called home only by penguins and a few … Continue reading →

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” we are quebecers” / “Nous sommes des Québécois”

Posted on January 7, 2020 by beaugrand

” we are quebecers” What it means first and above all, and if necessary exclusively, is that we are attached to this one corner of the world where we can be fully ourselves, this quebec that, we feel it well, … Continue reading →

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French Guiana

Posted on November 14, 2019 by beaugrand

French Guiana Is located in the South American continent with Brazil at its border South East.. French traders and colonists tried again to settle a France Équinoxiale or The ruins of 17th-century Fort Cépérou overlook the capital, Cayenne, with its … Continue reading →

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Parfait-Louis Monteil

Posted on November 7, 2019 by beaugrand

Parfait-Louis Monteil 1855, Paris, France Died 1925, age 70 Herblay, France He was a French colonial military officer and explorer who made an epic journey in West Africa between 1890 and 1892, traveling east from Senegal to Lake Chad, and … Continue reading →

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People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria

Posted on November 6, 2019 by beaugrand

dePeople’s Democratic Republic of Algeria It is a country in the Maghreb region (the Arabic word means “place where the sun sets”) of North Africa. The capital and the most populous city is Algiers, located in the far north of … Continue reading →

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Amerigo Vespucci

Posted on November 1, 2019 by beaugrand

Amerigo Vespucci 1454, Florence, Italy-1512, Seville, Spain age 58 He was an Italian explorer, financier, navigator, and cartographer born in the Republic of Florence. He became a naturalized citizen of the Crown of Castile Spain in 1505. The naming of … Continue reading →

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Mammals

Posted on November 1, 2019 by beaugrand

Miocene Epoch monkey-ape transitional genus (Proconsul) Old World monkey of the Oligocene Epoch (Aegyptopithecus Zeuxis) Hornless rhinoceros (Indricotherium): The largest known mammal from the Oligocene Epoch Primate-like Mammals Humans and the great apes (large apes) of Africa — chimpanzees (including … Continue reading →