And so by the fifteenth century, on October 8, the Europeans were look…

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And so by the fifteenth century, on October 8, the Europeans were looking for a new place to try to get to, and they came up with a new concept: the West. ✨ Dave Barry (2010). Dave Barry Slept Here: A Sort of History of the United States, p.9, Ballantine Books
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And so by the fifteenth century, on October 8, the Europeans were looking for a new place to try to get to, and they came up with a new concept: the West. ✨ Dave Barry (2010). Dave Barry Slept Here: A Sort of History of the United States, p.9, Ballantine Books

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