India
Republic of India
Capital: Delhi
Area: 3,287,263 sq km/1,269,219 sq miles
Population: 918,570,000
Population density per sq. km/sq. mile: 279/724
Currency: Indian Rupee
Ethnic composition
72% of the population belongs to...
How a simple sailor became a king
In 1796, Joseph Cabri from the French city of Bordeaux was hired on a warship and took part in the fighting against Britain.
His ship...
The Tragedy of Robert Scott
On March 7, 1912, the Fram stopped off the island of Tasmania, and Amundsen from Hobart informed the world about the conquest of the...
Croatia
Republic of Croatia
Capital: Zagreb
Area: 56,538 sq. km/21,829 sq. miles
Population: 4,504,000
Population density per sq. km./sq. mile: 80/206
Ethnic composition
In 1991, 77% of the population of the...
CAMBODIA (KAMPUCHEA)
Kingdom of Cambodia
Capital: Phnom Penh
Area: 181,035 sq. km/69,898 sq. miles
Population: 10,600,000
Population density per 1 sq. km / per 1 sq. mile: 59 /(152)
Ethnic composition
Khmers...
Robinsons of all times and peoples
Daniel Defoe, for some time we dreamed of being in the place of Robinson Crusoe, experiencing incredible adventures, testing ourselves for strength. With the...
Secret meeting on the Arctic Circle
Fridtjof Nansen was born on October 10, 1861 near Christiania (now Oslo) in the manor of Sture-Freen. His father Baldur Nansen was a successful...
JAMAICA
Capital: Kingston
Area: 10,991 sq. km /4,244 sq. miles
Population: 2,500,000
Population density per sq. km/sq. mile: 227/589
Ethnic composition
About 80% of the population are from Africa, 15%...
A premonition of trouble?
In 1912, three Russian polar expeditions went to the northern latitudes at once. Only one of them, having lost its leader G. Ya. Sedov,...
20 Natural Wonders That Didn’t Make The Cut
We all grew up learning about the 7 Natural Wonders of the World, which, up until recently, consisted of The Grand Canyon, The Great...
The dream of polar ice
He was 21 years old when Roald began to learn the basics of maritime affairs. In just a couple of years he managed to...
SAINT LUCIA
Capital: Kastri
Area: 620 sq. km /239 sq. miles
Population: 141,000
Population density per sq. km/sq. mile: 227/590
Ethnic composition
Most of the inhabitants are from Africa.
Religion
80% are Catholics....
We are not local ourselves...
What if the Earth was tidally locked to the Sun?
We only see one side of the moon, because it is tidally locked to the planet Earth (tidal locking the situation when an object’s...
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“Confessions of the Son of the Century” by Musset
Musset began his novel in the summer of 1835, hastily dealing with other literary orders, and in February 1836 the novel was already published....
