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The Civil War and Reconstruction was a pivotal era in American history.

When a war was fought to save the Union and to free the slaves,

and when the work to rebuild the nation after that war was over

turned into a struggle to guarantee liberty and justice for all Americans. I'm

I'm Tracey and I'm rich and we want to invite you to join us as we take an in-depth look at this

pivotal era in American history.

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Have you ever gazed in wonder at The Great Pyramid? Have you marveled at the golden face of Tudankamun? Or admired the delicate features of Queen Nethartiti? If you have, you'll probably like The History of Egypt podcast. Every week we explore tales of this ancient culture.

The History of Egypt is available wherever you get your podcasting fix. Come, let me introduce you to the world of ancient Egypt. You're going to. Hello and welcome to the Explorers Podcast. Today we have a unique episode as it is not

about a person but instead a topic and that topic is the first Western encounter with the island of Japan.

Now the reason this is a topic is that while we have the names of the Portuguese men who first reached Japan,

we really don't know much about any of them, or even who exactly was the leader.

And thus we have a topic instead of a person.

So two quick notes about this episode.

First, this will be a short program, simply because what we know about the topic is very limited.

And what we have is pretty sketchy, so know that what you will hear involves some speculation.

But as always, that's okay. We will do the best we can with what we have.

And second I have put a map of Japan on the website explorers podcast.com in case you want to see where this story is taking

place.

To be honest, it's not essential for this episode, but it's there if you want it.

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