CultivatedSoul

🇬🇧 vs 🇺🇸 Round 7: Literature Britain has a proud and ancient literary tradition. For centuries we have told tales of Beowulf's heroics, journeyed with Tolkien's hobbits and hid from Orwell's ever watchful Big Brother. It is quite simply not possible to list the full body of British works here, but here is few you will recognise. Hamlet The Lord of the Rings Beowulf A Christmas Carol 1984 Frankenstein Harry Potter Canterbury Tales Wuthering Heights Pride and Prejudice Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Treasure Island Sherlock Holmes The War of the Worlds Alice in Wonderland And The Chronicles of Narnia And I could go on and on, and on... It is undeniable that British writers have shaped our culture, in fact, I could argue that we have the greatest body of literary works in the world!

🇬🇧 vs 🇺🇸 Round 6: Explorers For centuries British adventurers have took to the high seas in search of new lands, glory, and of course, vast riches. In doing so they helped shape the modern world. Here is just a few notable explorers: Francis Drake - Infamous privateer and the first Englishman to complete a circumnavigation Henry Hudson - Early explorer of North America, particularly around New York and Canada James Cook - Famed explorer and cartographer. Made landfall in Tahiti, New Zealand, Australia and Hawaii David Livingstone - Explored vast regions of Africa and was the first European to set eyes upon Victoria Falls Percy Fawcett - Mapped large areas of the Amazon in search for the Lost City of Z (El Dorado) Ernest Shackleton - Polar explorer who led his men on an extraordinary survival mission after the famous Endurance wreck. British explorers are therefore responsible for the birth of many modern states including Australia, New Zealand and the United States.