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Following stints as a member of other parties, Gladstone served as the UK Prime Minister four separate times as a Liberal Party leader during his illustrious career.

William Ewart Gladstone - Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom

Gladstone led his nation to take leaps and bounds in expanding British voting rights and educating its young people.

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Gerald Ford, left. Editorial credit: mark reinstein / Shutterstock.com.

Gerald Ford - US Presidents In History

The former football star and Navy veteran granted amnesty to "draft-dodgers", one of the few positively viewed acts of his Presidency.

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Dancers in traditional Ukrainian outfits. Editorial credit: Olha Solodenko / Shutterstock.com.

Ukraine Culture and Traditions

An overview of culture, traditions, customs, and more from Ukraine.

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Prague's Dancing House (a.k.a. the "Fred & Ginger"), was completed in 1996, and is said to resemble a dancing couple. The building houses an insurance firm.

The Czech People - Cultures of the World

The Czech people have had a history filled with rich food, fine arts, and gifted intellectuals.

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Sorb women in traditional festive attire at a carnival in Turnow, a village in Lower Lusatia in the German state of Brandenburg near the Polish border.

The Sorb People - Cultures of the World

The resilient Sorbs survived the Nazi regime, and fight to maintain their cultural identity still today.

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The Frenchmen would become world famous as an underwater explorer, inventor, photographer, writer, oceanographer, and environmentalist.

Jacques Cousteau: Famous Explorers Of The World

The French underwater explorer and inventor became a household name across the world for his aquatic endeavors.

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James Cook earned his reputation exploring and mapping vast expanses of the seas, especially in and around Hawaii, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand.

James Cook: Explorers Of The World

Englishman, Royal Navy Captain, cartographer, navigator and explorer.

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This statue of Leif Erikson stands in Greenland, the land where many of his adolescent years were spent.

Leif Ericson: Explorers Of The World

An 11th Century Norse explorer Leif was the first European to reach North America.

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Early 17th Century French mapmaker, sailor, academic, ambassador, soldier, writer, adventurer, & founder of Quebec City.

Samuel de Champlain: Explorers Of The World

"The Father of New France" was a cartographer, navigator, geographer, ethnologist, diplomat, soldier, chronicler and French explorer in the 1600s.

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18th Century wooden Tartar Mosque in Kruszyniany, Poland.

Tartar Culture: Peoples Of The World

Tartar origins can be traced back to nomadic Mongolian tribes of the Fifth Century BC.

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Captain John Smith, Admiral of New England.

John Smith: Famous Explorers Of The World

The English soldier, explorer, and author led a life filled with adventures abroad.

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Juan Ponce de León led the first European expedition into Florida, and was appointed as the first Governor of Spanish Puerto Rico.

Juan Ponce de León: Famous Explorers Of The World

The Spanish explorer and conqueror reached Florida in 1513.

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James Weddell was one of the earliest trailblazers to explore the Southern Seas around both Antarctica and Australia.

James Weddell - Famous Explorers of the World

A lifelong sailor, Englishman James Weddell ventured further into the Southern Seas around Antarctica than any other man before him.

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Pizarro was one of the most celebrated Spanish Conquistadors of the 16th Century.

Francisco Pizarro - Famous Explorers of the World

Credited with conquering the Inca Empire in the name of Spain, and subsequently establishing a colonial capital in Lima, Peru in 1535.

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Photo Courtesy: Tane Tinorau. Digital image. Waitomo.com. Discover Waitomo, n.d. Web. 13 Feb. 2016.

Tane Tinorau - Famous Explorers of the World

The Maori Chieftan opened up the Waitomo Glowworm Caves with the help of his wife and Englishman Fred Mace.

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Fred Mace first explored the Waitomo Glowworm Caves on the North Island of New Zealand in 1887. They light up due to the bioluminescent glowworms that live there.

Frederick Mace - Famous Explorers of the World

The land syrveyor and sailor credited with making New Zealand's Waitomo Glowworm Caves known to the outside world.

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Napoleon III in military uniform. He would be the last monarch to rule the people of France.

Napoleon III - World Leaders in History

Napoleon III, nephew of Napoleon Bonaparte, was Emperor of the French from 1852 until the Monarchy was dissolved for good in 1870.

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Born to a slave, Henri Christophe rose through the ranks of the French military before commanding Haitian Revolutionary forces against the French colonials.

Henri Christophe of Haiti - World Leaders in History

Henri Christophe was a former slave and a key leader in the Haitian Revolution, which succeeded in gaining independence from France

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William Henry Harrison served the shortest term of all U.S. Presidents, and was the first to die in office.

William Henry Harrison - US Presidents in History

This former war hero served only one month after taking the Oath of Office before passing away.

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Statues of 18th Century Seneca leader Guyasuta (left) and his contemporary, U.S. General and President George Washington (right), in Pittsbugh, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

The Seneca People

In the 21st Century, the Native American Seneca are still fighting for land rights and cultural recognition.

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