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Show Notes for NG Traveler-AIRSLA .// The trireme was a 5th century BC Greek warship. The oar-driven ship was fast, maneuverable, and armed with a bronze battering ram in excess of 1000 pounds. Greece's massive fleet of triremes secured its place as the Mediterranean's strongest naval power of the times.// I hope all is well. I haven't forgotten submitting my bio. It will be sent soon. Sorry for t...

Show Notes for NG Traveler-AIRSLA Christine, here is a read from the November/December 2022 edition of National Geographic History magazine.  The title is, Herodium, Herod's Desert Palace" by  Cayetana H. Johnson. // Designed by King Herod the Great as a Roman country club, The lavish Herodium, built on the site of his victory over Antigonus, a rival for his crown, boasted a theater, pools, baths,...

Show Notes for NG Traveler-AIRSLA The title is, Atlantic Odyssey, Life Aboard the Spanish Galleons" by Esteban Mira Caballos.// Spanish migrants setting sail for the New World in the 16th and 17th centuries faced a hazardous Atlantic crossing and an uncertain future. AIRSLA This podcast is produced by Audio Internet Reading Service of Los Angeles (AIRSLA). These recordings are provided solely for...

Show Notes for NG Traveler-AIRSLA " Sofonisba, Genius of the Renaissance", by Alessandra Pagano.// Painting with tenderness and bravura, Sofonisba Anguissola stunned Michelangelo with her talent. The Italian artist became Europe's first female superstar artist.// Here's another possibility - Sofonisba Anguissola won fame n her lifetime as one of a tiny number of Renaissance women who painted their...

Show Notes for NG Traveler-AIRSLA the Truth", by Ainhoa Campos.// Alfred Dreyfus,a Jewish officer in the French Army, was wrongly convicted of selling military secrets to Germany. Although later exonerated, the case caused a split in France that lingers today. Thank you, take care, Jim AIRSLA This podcast is produced by Audio Internet Reading Service of Los Angeles (AIRSLA). These recordings are p...

Show Notes for NG Traveler-AIRSLA The title of the article is,"Ellen Craft, the appearance of Freedom, authored by Tucker Toole. Read by Jim Briscoe 2/8/22.// Ellen Craft ,the offspring of a white slave owner and an African American slave woman, and her husband William, escaped slavery in Georgia using her fair skin and disguise to take a harrowing journey to freedom in the North.  AIRSLA This pod...