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Yianni Melas, the Greek Modern-Day Indiana Jones of Gems

World-acclaimed gems explorer and human rights activist Yianni Melas has been budded the modern-day Indiana Jones of gems.

The Unveiling of Greek Explorer’s Bust at the Museum of Vancouver (Photos)

The unveiling of the bust of Ioannis Apostolos Fokas, the Kefalonian explorer who is better known world-wide as Juan de Fuca, was held on April 24, at the Museum of Vancouver (MOV), Vanier Park, in the Joyce Walley Room. The bust,...

New Statue Will Honor Pioneering Spirit of Greek Explorer

  Greek explorer Ioannis Phokas (Greek: Ἰωάννης Φωκᾶς) better known by his Spanish name, Juan de Fuca, is to be honored with a statue in Vancouver -- despite previous claims he never existed at all. Born in 1536 on the Greek Ionian...