Who Opened up the Kimberley Diamond Mines?
Who Opened up the Kimberley Diamond Mines? Cecil Rhodes, son of an English vicar, and Barney Barnato, son of a London Jew, both made fortunes by opening up the...
Read MoreWho Opened up the Kimberley Diamond Mines? Cecil Rhodes, son of an English vicar, and Barney Barnato, son of a London Jew, both made fortunes by opening up the...
Read MoreWhere Is Cobalt Used? Can you think of any connection between a delicate Ming vase and a nuclear explosion? Difficult, isn’t it? And yet there is a connection in the...
Read MoreWhere Was the Klondike? The Klondike was-and still is-in remote north-western Canada on the borders of Alaska. This area is now part of the Yukon Territory. Dawson,...
Read MoreHow Did Death Valley Get Its Name? Death Valley was given its grim name by early travelers, many of whom died of heat and thirst while struggling to cross this hot, dry...
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