In 1787, with a bribe of $10,000 and the combined diplomatic talents of Thomas Jefferson, John Adams and Benjamin Franklin, the U.S. persuaded the Barbary pirates to lay off U.S. merchant shipping ...

This is the full text of the chain email received by PolitiFact about the Barbary ... pirates captured American ships, and the Day of Algiers demanded an unheard-of ransom of $60,000.

You can find your way around our campus using our interactive maps. All of our buildings are in the same general area of the city and are within easy walking distance of each other, making getting ...

Pirates of the Caribbean is the 16th-highest-grossing franchise, with a cumulative gross of $4.5 billion worldwide and is the ...

Somali pirates are in the news again for a few reasons ... Piracy in the Western Indian Ocean had an economic cost of $7 billion in 2010, according to non-profit Oceans Beyond Piracy.

Gilbert H. Grosvenor, National Geographic magazine’s founding editor, is credited with saying: A map is the greatest of all epic poems. Its lines and colors show the realization of great dreams.

‘Cobra Kai’ kicks off its final season with a fun first part. With an ambitious, three-part... ‘The Bear’ Serves Up Problematic Pacing in Season 3. Success in this case appears to have ...

Here’s how it works. Should you get your directions from Google Maps or Apple Maps? It's a decision all iPhone users have to make at some point — regardless of whether you're a long-time ...

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I might not be old enough to remember my parents pulling out a paper map in the car when we got lost, but I’m old enough to remember when Apple Maps was the punchline of the navigational world.

Google Maps is one of those apps that you definitely should have on your mobile device, not just for navigation but for other purposes as well. It has amassed a massive user base over the years ...

坦赞铁路东起坦桑尼亚的达累斯萨拉姆，蜿蜒向西南，最终抵达赞比亚中部的卡皮里姆波希，是东非和中南非的交通大动脉。 跨越半个多世纪，这条 ...