Robert Remini
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20,180 appearances
4 recordings
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first heard Aug 2026
last heard 19 Sep
Robert Remini’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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The people of Europe knew more of the lands of Asia than they knew of Vinland.
For hundreds of years, missionaries, traders, and travelers visited the Far East.
They brought back to Europe silks and spices and ornaments of gold and silver.
They told marvelous tales of rich lands and great princes.
One of these travelers was a Venetian named Marco Polo.
He told of Cathay, or China,
and of Sipango or Japan.
This last country was an island.
Its king was so rich that even the floors of his palaces were pure gold.
Suddenly, the Turks conquered the lands between Europe and the Golden East.
They put an end to this trading and traveling.
New ways to India, China, and Japan must be found.
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Early Portuguese Sailors
One way to the east seemed to be around the southern end of Africa, if it should turn out that there was a southern end to that dark continent.
In 1487, Portuguese seamen sailed around the southern tip of Africa and, returning home, called that point the Cape of Storms.
But the King of Portugal thought that now there was good hope of reaching India by sea, so he changed the name to Cape of Good Hope.
Ten years later, a brave Portuguese sailor, Vasco de Gama, actually reached India by the Cape of Good Hope and returned safely to Portugal, 1497.
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Columbus
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