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What a 19th-century atlas teaches me about marine ecosystems
What stands out most about the book I'm carrying under my arm, as I meander through the exhibits at the National Maritime ...
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Ken Griffin Acquires Emancipation-Era Documents in Record-Breaking Sale
Billionaire hedge funder Kenneth Griffin was the buyer of record-breaking copies of the 13th Amendment and the Emancipation ...
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500-Year-Old Texts Reveal Secretive Jewish Community That Helped Build The Spanish Empire (While Being Hunted By It)
Was the Genoese navigator who claimed the Americas for Spain secretly Jewish, from a Spanish family fleeing the Inquisition?
Jews were barred from Spain’s New World colonies − but that didn’t stop Jewish and converso writers from describing the Americas
Two 16th-century texts about the Americas by Jewish writers reflect the complicated place Jews and ‘conversos’ held in the ...
Men traded wares – but women traded knowledge: what a new archaeological study tells us about PNG sea trade
Archaeologists once assumed that men were responsible for seafaring trade in Papua New Guinea. New research shows how women ...
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European colonialism and the grand strategy myth: The case of the Cape colony
Erik Green, Lund University, investigates European colonialism and the myth of a grand strategy, setting forth the case of ...
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English School, 19th Century | 5,644 Artworks at Auction - MutualArt
By English School, 19th Century Join to unlock sale information ALBERT HARRIS, ENGLISH SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY Harbour Scene with Sailing Boats and Figures Oil on canvas Signed lower left, dated '95 39 ...