What was Columbus's original plan:

he went on a western sea route and planned to go to China, India, and the fabled gold and spice islands of Asia.

frederick the great and the war of austrian succession. frederick william of brandenburg-prussia trained his son, frederick, to be a hardy soldier. he also declared himself king of bohemia, and maria theresa sent troops to retake bohemia. in august he led 80,000 of these men across the frontier into bohemia, his