This dimension names the place where a historical figure was born. Wikipedia notes that history "analyses and interprets evidence to construct narratives about what happened," narratives that for a biography always begin with where its subject was actually born. Browsing this way collects every figure born in the same place.
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Blantyre, Lanarkshire, Scotland
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Borge, Ostfold, Norway
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Florence, Republic of Florence
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Genoa, in the Republic of Genoa (present-day Italy)
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Kilkea, County Kildare, Ireland
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Kunyang, Kunming, Yunnan
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Lausanne, Switzerland
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Lemhi River valley, near present-day Salmon, Idaho
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Lutjegast, Netherlands (Dutch Republic)
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Marton, Yorkshire, England
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Massalia, Greek colony (modern Marseille, France)
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Nanjemoy, Maryland
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Saint-Malo, Brittany, France
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Store Frøen, near Christiania (now Oslo), Norway
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Tangier, Morocco
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Sources
1. Wikipedia: Age of Discovery
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The Age of Discovery (c. 1418 - c. 1620), also known as the Age of Exploration, was part of the early modern period and overlapped with the Age of Sail.
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