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- Nov 2023
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docdrop.org docdrop.org
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This myth is mostly the blame of the novelist Washington Irving
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for: Washington Irving, book - the History of New York, book - A History of the Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus
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- Irving was a American writer who wrote fiction for the intent of stoking nationalism. He bent the truth in many ways.
- Among his most famous and impactful historical lies that Irving fabricated in his book on Columbus was that prior to Columbus, the majority of educated people thought the earth was flat. In fact, most educated people believed the earth to be round during the time of Columbus.
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interesting fact: knickerbocker
- The term knickerbocker originated in the pseudonym Diedrich Knickerbocker that Irving chose for his book "A History of New York"
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- Feb 2023
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blogs.mediapart.fr blogs.mediapart.fr
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Eh bien quarante ans plus tard, en 2005, un collègue de l’inspection générale remarque la composition curieuse des classes de troisième dans un collège qu’il visite. Il interroge le chef d’établissement. Il avait raison de s’étonner. Une classe de troisième avait été constituée uniquement avec les élèves dont les parents pouvaient payer le séjour à l’étranger.
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- Mar 2022
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intra.ac-limoges.fr intra.ac-limoges.fr
- Dec 2019
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frankensteinvariorum.github.io frankensteinvariorum.github.io
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voyages which have been made in the prospect of arriving at the North Pacific Ocean
Both commercial and scientific voyages had been searching for a Northwest passage or open seaway between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. For the Arctic context of the novel, see Adriana Craciun, "Writing the Disaster: Franklin and Frankenstein," Nineteenth-Century Literature 65.4 (2011): 433-80.
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