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America the Bountiful: Pecans in Georgia

The term pecan was coined by the Algonquin from the word 'pacane,' which means a nut that needs to be cracked with a stone. By the 1950’s, Georgia had become the country's leading producer of pecans and remains the largest pecan-producing state.

Conquistadors: the Rise and Fall: The Caribbean Conquest

Columbus' return voyage to the Americas begins with bloodshed when he discovers that the Spanish left behind at Hispaniola have been killed by the indigenous Taíno, a chain of brutal colonisation throughout the Caribbean begins. Part 2 of 6.

Pirates: Behind the Legends: The Tale of William Kidd

Captain Kidd – when the legitimate prizes of the Red Sea are not to be found, he quickly turns from pirate hunter to pirate. An unpopular captain, he frantically chases treasure and status until his fateful trial for murder. Part 5 of 8.

The Anti-Soviet Fighters

Baltic forests. This is where, in the 20th century, a drama unfolded behind closed doors: the resistance of a handful of Lithuanian, Latvian and Estonian partisans against the Soviet Union's stranglehold on their territory at the end of WWII.