in Morocco on behalf of King John II of Portugal. These successful exploits prodded the King to send him and Afonso de Paiva to undertake a mission of exploration ...

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On an autumn day in 1680, the 50-year-old Charles II charged Samuel Pepys with an unusual task ... Boscobel Wood and White Ladies and a set of six similarly enormous paintings of the king on the run.

(or king of the Kongo), and King Joao II of Portugal began what in later years under their successors was to become an intensely religious relationship. And the Manikongo developed a fascination ...

This Via Crucis was celebrated by Pope John Paul II on Good Friday in 1991 ... Pilate questioned him, "Are you the king of the Jews?" He said to him in reply, "You say so." The chief priests ...

Salt cod has long been a national staple in Portugal, where it is said there are as many recipes for this humble fish as there are days in the year. And at Christmas the dried and salted fish is ...