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Robert Fortune’s Dangerous Mission To Obtain Tea From The Chinese

AncientPages.com | February 24, 2020

A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - After four months, the Scottish botanist Robert Fortune reached Shanghai, China. It was a hot September day in 1848, but he had no

Sir Francis Walsingham: Spymaster, Politician And Trusted Adviser To Queen Elizabeth I

AncientPages.com | November 25, 2019

A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Francis Walsingham was an English politician and most trusted adviser to Queen Elizabeth I (1533–1603). He served her faithfully for about 30 years,