JOSEPH CONRAD (British, ex. Polish) (1857 - 1924)
Novelist.
One of the century’s greatest novelists Teodor Jozef Konrad Korzeniowski was the son of a Polish landowner exiled for conspiricy against Poland’s Russian rulers.
Joseph joined the English merchant navy and only started learning English when he was 21. His first novel was published 17 years later. Many [...]
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CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS (Italian) (1451 - 1506)
Explorer.
Born as Cristoforo Colombo in Genoa, Italy, little is known of his early life, but he undoubtedly went to sea at a young age. Believing he would reach the East by sailing West, Columbus searched for a patron to finance his voyages.
At first he offered to make a voyage of [...]
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