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Beazley Archive: Achilles
Dictionary entry, illustrated with scenes of his adventures, focuses on the Trojan War exploits of Greek hero Achilles.
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Classic Reader: The Treasure of the Incas by g.a. Henty
Written during a time of confusion and civil war in Peru, G.A. Henty's novel "The Treasure of the Incas" follows the adventures of two heroes searching for the Incan treasure. Read the full text on this site.
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Encyclopedia Britannica: Robert Smalls
Brief biographical details on Robert Smalls, an African-American slave who became a naval hero for the Union in the American Civil War and went on to serve as a congressman from South Carolina during Reconstruction.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Giuseppe Garibaldi
Giuseppe Garibaldi (July 4, 1807 - June 2, 1882) was an Italian military and political figure. In his twenties, he joined the Carbonari Italian patriot revolutionaries, and had to flee Italy after a failed insurrection. He then...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Admiral David Dixon Porter
Naval hero of the Civil War and of the War of 1812.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Decatur's Medal, Front
Commodore Stephen Decatur, Jr (5 January 1779 - 22 March 1820) was an American naval officer notable for his heroism in the Barbary Wars and in the War of 1812. He was the youngest man to reach the rank of captain in the history of the...
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in New Hampshire: John Paul Jones House
American Revolutionary War naval hero John Paul Jones boarded here in 1781-82, while supervising construction of a new battleship, the America.
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Mission. Detail From an Athenian Red Figure Clay Vase, About 500 450 Bc
Dictionary entry, illustrated with scenes of his adventures, focuses on the Trojan War exploits of Greek hero Achilles.
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Achilles and Ajax. Detail From an Athenian Black Figure Clay Vase.
Dictionary entry, illustrated with scenes of his adventures, focuses on the Trojan War exploits of Greek hero Achilles.
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Drawing, Formerly Collection of Pembroke Hope. Lost. Rumpf, Chalk Vas Pl.12
Dictionary entry, illustrated with scenes of his adventures, focuses on the Trojan War exploits of Greek hero Achilles.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Greek Chariot
In the battles, as depicted by Homer, the chiefs are the only important combatants, while the people are an almost useless mass, frequently put to rout by the prowess of a single hero. The chief is mounted in a war chariot, and stands by...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Achilles
Son of Peleus, king of the Myrmidons. Hero of the Trojan War. Thetis is said to have dipped him, while an infant, in the river Styx, which rendered him invulnerable except in the heel by which she held him, and he was killed at last by a...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Hon. Zebulon B. Vance
Hero of the Civil War and Governor of North Carolina.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: John Paul Jones
(1747-1792) America's first famous naval hero in the American Revolutionay War.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Thaddeus Kosciusko
A Polish national hero, general and a leader of that nation's uprising against Russia in 1794. He fought in the American Revolutionary War on the side of Washinton, for which he was awarded by the Continental Congress the rank of Brevet...