Magellan’s Crew, Not Magellan, Completed the First Global Voyage
In 1522, a handful of exhausted sailors accomplished what their fallen captain Magellan could not: the first journey around the globe.
Tulips Were Once More Expensive Than Gold
Once worth more than mansions, these simple flower bulbs sparked history’s first market bubble – but what drove people mad?
Shakespeare’s Wife Anne Hathaway Was Eight Years His Senior
Shakespeare’s surprising marriage to an older Anne Hathaway challenged 16th-century norms and may have influenced his legendary writing.