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Scientists Just Discovered An 18th-Century King’s Secret Passageway
The Galärvegen, or ‘Galley Road’, was a strip of land across which the forces of King Charles XII’s Swedish military transported twelve 30-ton ships. Charles had the ships carried across ...
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300 years ago, ships made remarkable journey over land. Now evidence of trip is found
In 1718, King Charles XII of Sweden instructed his military to haul 12 ships from Strömstad to Iddefjorden, a distance of about 15 miles, per the release. The purpose was to stage an unexpected ...
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Henry Fielding and the History of Charles XII
The Journal of English and Germanic Philology Vol. 11, No. 4, Oct., 1912 Henry Fielding and the History of Charle... Henry Fielding and the History of Charles XII This is the metadata section. Skip to ...
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Charles XII
The film depicts the life of Charles XII of Sweden who oversaw the expansion of the Swedish Empire until its defeat at the Battle of Poltava. It was the most expensive production in Swedish ...
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Sweden brings copy of Charles XII’s letter recognizing Zaporozhian Sich to Kiev
KIEV, July 5. /TASS/. Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson has brought to Ukraine a copy of King Charles XII’s letter with instructions on the recognition of Zaporozhian Sich as an ...