Park, Mungo. 1771-1806. Scottish explorer of Niger.

Parry, William. 1790-1855. English arctic explorer. Failed to find NW Passage.

Pausanius. Spartan. Drove Persians from Greece at Plataea, 479BC. Starved to death for plotting helot uprising.

Peary, Robert. 1856-1920. US explorer. First to North Pole 1909.

Pinkerton, Allan. 1819-84. Scottish/US founder first US detective agency 1850. Foiled plot vs Lincoln 1861.

Place de Grève. -1830 Meeting place for Paris unemployed in Middle Ages.

PLO. Palestine Liberation Organization.

Plombières Agreement. 1858. Napoleon III agrees to support Cavour (Piedmont) vs Austria in return for Savoy and Nice.

Plotinus. 205-270. Greek philosopher. His Neoplatonism influenced Islam, Christianity. Quest for Good through intelligence. “Creation is fall from God. Evil is the nature of man. Good is freedom from senses.”

Popish Plot. 1678. Oates’ fictitious allegations of conspiracy led to persecution of Catholics.

Przhevalsky, Nikolai. 1839-88. Russian explorer of Tibet, Mongolia.

Public Works of Art Project. (PWAP) 1933-4. New Deal. Gave work to unemployed artists. WPA.

Radisson and Groseilliers. Huguenot explorers of Minnesota, 1658-9.

Rasmussen, Knud. 1879-1933. Danish arctic explorer.

Ribaut, Jean. 1520-65. French explorer to North America.

Ridolfi, Roberto. 1531-1612. Italian Catholic plotter vs Elizabeth I 1571. Norfolk.

Rommel, Erwin. 1891-1944. German WWII Field Marshal in Africa 1941-3, France 1944. “Desert Fox”. Plotted vs Hitler. Suicide.

Russell, William. 1639-83. English Whig. Executed, then acquitted for Rye House Plot.

Rye House Plot. 1683. Failed plot to kill Charles II and Duke of York.

Samoa. Melanesians. 1722 Dutch explore. 1830 British settle. 1856 German trade. 1899 Germany(W)/ USA(E) becomes Western Samoa, American Samoa.

Scott, Robert. 1868-1912. English Antarctic explorer. Died returning from the South Pole.

Senegal. Wolof, Fulani, Serer, Tukulor. 1406 Bettencourt explored. 15C Portugal. 1626 French settle. 1895 French colony. 1959 +Sudanese Republic=Mali Federation. 1960 -Mali=Independent republic.

Shackleton, Ernest. 1874-1922. British Antarctic explorer.

Siberia. 13C Mongol(S)...Golden Horde(W)/ Yüan(E). 1483 Russia explores. 1581 Khanate overthrown. 1689 Russo-Chinese border settled. 1891-1905 Trans-Siberian Railway.

Sonnino, Sidney. 1847-1922. Italian diplomat. Encouraged Italy into WWI. Treaty of London.

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