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Revelación de un sueño: visión ó pesadilla por Samuel Sayer
No full textDocumento en el que el ciudadano inglés Samuel Sayer responde a una hoja suelta publicada en su contra titulada "Fragmento de visión". En el documento, disponible para libre distribución en su fragua, Sayer insulta en repetidas ocasiones a quien lo injurió y expresa sus creencias religiosas y políticas defendiendo siempre su nacionalidad
The coast of West Florida and Louisiana
No full textPrime meridians: London and Ferro; Relief shown by pictorially. Depths shown by soundings.; Shows coastline from Cabo del Norte to St. Martins Keys with particular detail for the surroundings of New Orleans, Pensacola Bay, Mobile Bay, and St. Joseph's Bay; route of Spanish fleet from Vera Cruz to Havana.; Includes ship illustrations and text notes.; "Printed for Robt. Sayer, Map & Printseller, No. 53 Fleet Street, as the Act directs 20th Feby. 1775.; In upper margin: D.F. 3
Creativity and mental illness : the Madness and Literature Network
No full textIn this video author Paul Sayer shares his thoughts on madness and creativity during the Madness and Literature Network Seminar in 2009. For related videocasts see those presented by Professor Paul Crawford and Patrick Gale.
Presentation delivered May 2009.
Suitable for: Undergraduate study and Community Education
Paul Sayer, Author.
Paul Sayer is a former psychiatric nurse whose first novel The Comforts of Madness (1988) won the Constable Trophy, the Whitbread First Novel prize, and the Whitbread Book of the Year award. His five subsequent books include The Absolution Game (1992), Booker Prize 'long-listed', and Men in Rage (1999) published by Bloomsbury. His work has been translated into ten languages, and he has been the recipient of a number of scholarships, including a Society of Authors travel award and, for 2007/8, a Wingate Scholarship to support the writing of a new novel.
Paul has tutored for Arvon, and has numerous credits for reviews and features in: the Sunday Times, Times, Independent, Literary Review, Time Out, Nursing Standard, Nursing Times, and many more. Psychiatry and psychological sciences remain an interest.
'The Comforts of Madness is surely sad, but enthralling in its excellence. Sayer's style is understated and surehanded.'- New York Newsday
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Eduardo Sayer, bajo (Colombia)
No full textConcierto interpretado por Eduardo Sayer. Inició sus estudios musicales de técnica bocal con la soprano Isabel Bulla en el año de 1960. Hizo su debut cuatro años mas tarde con el teatro Experimental de la Opera bajo la dirección del conocido violinista Luis Biava. A partir de ese entonces son numerosos sus recitales en las distintas salas de concierto: Galería Colseguros, Museo Nacional, Auditorios de Sutatenza y Sena. El bajo de Eduardo Sayer ha sobresalido por sus condiciones en el campo operático.
En este concierto interpreto obras de Burleigh, Niccola Manfrece, T. Giordani, Cesar Frank, G. Puccini, G. Verdi, L. Mischa, Pergolessi, P. Tosti y Rozo Contreras
Cathy Sayer interview for a Wright State University History Course
No full textOn February 9, 2011 Ashley Robbins interviewed Cathy Sayer, University Director of Service Learning at Wright State University, for a class project dealing with oral histories and capturing the history of the Miami Valley. During the interview Cathy discussed her childhood, her involvement in community service, becoming a director of services, and more
A new map of Africa
No full textColoured map.
Scale not given.
Title within large cartouche (uncoloured) top left, depicts a native holding a twisted staff; a palm in the background; there is a lion lying at his feet & a crocodile to the right.
Inset bottom left, a note listing the states in Africa.
The date 176? is given on a card attached to the map. Sayer pub. many maps & atlases sometimes in partnership with others & in 1794 the business was taken over by Laurie & Whittle
A general map of the middle British colonies, in America [cartographic material] : containing Virginia, Maryland, the Delaware counties, Pennsylvania and New Jersey ; with the addition of New York, and the greatest part of New England, as also of the bordering parts of the province of Quebec, improved from several surveys made after the late war, and corrected from Governor Pownall's late map 1776.
No full textMap of British colonies in the northeastern states of America with relief shown pictorially.; At head of map: The seat of the war in the middle British colonies, containing Virginia, Maryland, the Delaware counties, &ca.; Prime meridian: London and Philadelphia.; Map imprint: London : Printed for R. Sayer & J. Bennett, Map, Chart & Printsellers, No. 53 Fleet Street as the Act directs 15th Octr. 1776.; Plate 4 from: The American military pocket atlas. London : Printed for R. Sayer & J. Bennett, Map, Chart & Printsellers, [1776].; Shirley, R. Maps in the atlases of the British Library, T.SAY-4a.; Also available in an electronic version via the Internet at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.map-rm415. Inset: A sketch of the upper parts of Canada.Middle British colonies in AmericaThe seat of the war in the middle British colonies, containing Virginia, Maryland, the Delaware counties, &caAmerican military pocket atlas
New Map of the Whole continent of America, Divided Into North and South and West Indies. wherein are exactly Described The United States of North America as well as The Several European Possessions according to the Preliminaries of Peace signed at Versailles Jan. 20 1783. Compiled from Mr. D'Anville's Maps of that continent, with the addition of the Spanish Discoveries in 1775 to the North of California & Corrected in the several parts belonging to Great Britain, from the Original Materials of Governor Pownall, MP [Part 2 of 2]
No full text18th centuryCopper engraving handcolored with watercolor.
Mounted on linen.
Bottom half of map comprised of 2 sheets.
Relief shown pictorially.
Printed in cartouche in lower right corner:
"A New Map of the Whole continent of America, Divided Into North and South and West Indies. wherein are exactly Described The United States of North America as well as The Several European Possessions according to the Preliminaries of Peace signed at Versailles Jan. 20 1783. Compiled from Mr. D'Anville's Maps of that continent, with the addition of the Spanish Discoveries in 1775 to the North of California & Corrected in the several parts belonging to Great Britain, from the Original Materials of Governor Pownall, MP. London. Printed for Robt. Sayer, Map, Chart & Printseller, No. 53 Fleet Street, as the Act directs. 15th August 1786."
Printed in lower left corner is an inset map depicting Baffin's Bay, Hudsons Bay, Greenland, Iceland, Labrador and New Britain.
Printed in upper right corner is a key naming which regions and islands of the New World belong to Spain, France, Portugal Denmark and the Dutch.
Printed along 30 degrees west longitude:
"Line of Demarcation between the Spaniards & the Portuguese fixed by Pope Alexander VI in the Year 1500."
Printed along prime meridian:
"First Meridian thru Ferro Island."
Depicts "Peru", "Chili", "Terra Magellanica", "Paraguay", "Country of the Amazons", and "Brasil." Also depicts the Galapagos Islands and several islands with dates of discovery and names of discoverers including the Island of George discovered in 1756 by "The Spanish Ship Lion" and "I. Saxemburg discov'd August 23d. 1670." The title cartouche is decorated with a crocodile, a crown of feathers, waterfalls, native flora and fauna, buildings visible next to a river. Of note, in the inset map of Baffin's Bay, Greenland is shown as connected to North America via "Arctic Land." The inset map also shows land where the "Esquimaux" live and shows a line marking the edge of the "Arctic Circle" at about 67 degrees north latitude.
Prime Meridian: Isle of Ferro.
Scale c.a. 1:11,500,000.Robert Sayer (1725-1794) was a publisher and map and print seller who published much of his contemporaries' work including the work of Thomas Kitchin, Bellin and d'Anville (Moreland and Bannister, 172). He worked with Philip Overton beginning in 1745 utnil Overton died in 1751. Sayer then continued to work on his own. He published Rocque's small "British Atlas" (1753), "map of Atlantic" (1757) and "Large English Atlas" (1760). He later collaborated with Herbert and reissued many works by John Senex (?-1740). After cartographer, Thomas Jefferys, went bankrupt, Sayer took some of Jeffreys' assets and with Jefferys published "General topographic map of North America and the West Indies" (1768) and "Middle British Colonies in America" (1768, 1775). In 1770, Sayer was joined by John Bennett. In 1771, Jefferys died and most of his business passed to William Faden while some of his plates stayed in Sayer's hands. Sayer and Bennet then published "General Atlas" (1773), "North American Atlas' (17750, "North American Pilot" (1775-6), "American Military pocket Atlas" (1776), "West India Atlas" (1775), and "Complete Channel Pilot" (1781). In 1781 Bennett retired and then died in 1787. Sayer continued to work on his own until his own retirement in 1792. He then sold his plates and business to Robert Laurie and James Whittle (Tooley, 561).
Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville (1697-1782) was a French cartographer. He lived in Paris and served as the Royal geographer to the king. D'Anville was known for his critical approach to cartography and his talent as a cartographer, having created his first map at age 15 (Moreland and Bannister, 132-3). He was elected to the Académie des Sciences in 1773. During his lifetime, he was highly prolific, compiling over 200 maps (Tooley, 18). In 1735, he created maps for P"ere J.B. du Halde's "Description geographique de la Chine." Among cartographers, d'Anville was the first to provide an accurate picture of China (Moreland and Bannister, 132-3). His works include "France" (1719), "L'Ethiope Orientale" (1727), "Atlas de la Chine" (1737), "North America" (1746), "South America" (1748), "Africa" (1749), "Asia" (1751), "World" (1761) and "General Atlas" (1731 and onward) (Moreland and Bannister, 132-3; Tooley, 18).
Thomas Pownall (1722-1805) was a governor of New Jersey and Massachsettels. His map works include "North America" (1776, 1783, 1794), "New York and New Jersey" (1776), and "Chart of Gulf Stream" (1787) (Tooley, 517).
This map was first issued in 1772. It was re-issued with some additions in 1783 (Wagner, 348, entry 692).
Source(s): Moreland, Carl and David Bannister. "Antique Maps: A Collector's Handbook." New York: Longman Group, Ltd., 1983.
Tooley, Ronald Vere. "Tooley's Dictionary of Mapmakers." Hertfordshire: Map Collector Publications Limited, 1979.
Wagner, Henry R. "The Cartography of the Northwest Coast of America to the year 1800 Volume 2." Berkeley: University of California Press, 1937.
Wheat, Carl I. “Mapping the Transmississippi West.” Volume 1. San Francisco: Institute of Historical Cartography, 1957
New Map of the Whole continent of America, Divided Into North and South and West Indies. wherein are exactly Described The United States of North America as well as The Several European Possessions according to the Preliminaries of Peace signed at Versailles Jan. 20 1783. Compiled from Mr. D'Anville's Maps of that continent, with the addition of the Spanish Discoveries in 1775 to the North of California & Corrected in the several parts belonging to Great Britain, from the Original Materials of Governor Pownall, MP [Part 1 of 2]
No full text18th centuryCopper engraving handcolored with watercolor.
Outline color.
Mounted on linen.
Top half of map comprised of 2 sheets.
Relief shown pictorially.
Printed in lower left corner is a key showing which regions and islands belong to the United States and Great Britain.
Printed in upper left corner is a scale comparing English miles, German miles, Geographical miles, Marine English and French leagues, Spanish leagues and Common French leagues.
Northern California is named "New Albion" and much of the Midwest and northwest regions of Modern-day United States is titled "Quivira." Two versions of "River of the West" are shown heading from the interior to the west coast of North America. Along the most northwestern coast shown on North America is Port Bucarelli, discovered in 1775 and an area called "Fou Sang of the Chinese." Areas where some Native American tribes live are shown including the Apaches, the Choctows, the Chicasaw, the Bear Nation, and the Sioux. Several states are shown including Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland, New Jersey, New York and "New England." The West Indies have been divided into the "Bahama Islands" to the north and the "Leeward or Caribbee Islands called by the French Windward Isles" just north of South America. The Azores are visible in the north Atlantic and so are the Canary Islands and the "Cape Verd Islands." The western coast of north Africa is visible as is Spain and some of France. Along the northwestern coast of Africa, the following areas are depicted: "Barbary", "Desert of Zanhaga", "Senegambia", and "The Tooth Coast." The interior of North Africa is labeled as "Zahara or the Desert" with "Mandingo" and "Guinea" to the south and "Zuenliga" to the north.
Prime Meridian: Isle of Ferro.
Scale c.a. 1:11,500,000.Robert Sayer (1725-1794) was a publisher and map and print seller who published much of his contemporaries' work including the work of Thomas Kitchin, Bellin and d'Anville (Moreland and Bannister, 172). He worked with Philip Overton beginning in 1745 utnil Overton died in 1751. Sayer then continued to work on his own. He published Rocque's small "British Atlas" (1753), "map of Atlantic" (1757) and "Large English Atlas" (1760). He later collaborated with Herbert and reissued many works by John Senex (?-1740). After cartographer, Thomas Jefferys, went bankrupt, Sayer took some of Jeffreys' assets and with Jefferys published "General topographic map of North America and the West Indies" (1768) and "Middle British Colonies in America" (1768, 1775). In 1770, Sayer was joined by John Bennett. In 1771, Jefferys died and most of his business passed to William Faden while some of his plates stayed in Sayer's hands. Sayer and Bennet then published "General Atlas" (1773), "North American Atlas' (17750, "North American Pilot" (1775-6), "American Military pocket Atlas" (1776), "West India Atlas" (1775), and "Complete Channel Pilot" (1781). In 1781 Bennett retired and then died in 1787. Sayer continued to work on his own until his own retirement in 1792. He then sold his plates and business to Robert Laurie and James Whittle (Tooley, 561).
Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville (1697-1782) was a French cartographer. He lived in Paris and served as the Royal geographer to the king. D'Anville was known for his critical approach to cartography and his talent as a cartographer, having created his first map at age 15 (Moreland and Bannister, 132-3). He was elected to the Académie des Sciences in 1773. During his lifetime, he was highly prolific, compiling over 200 maps (Tooley, 18). In 1735, he created maps for P"ere J.B. du Halde's "Description geographique de la Chine." Among cartographers, d'Anville was the first to provide an accurate picture of China (Moreland and Bannister, 132-3). His works include "France" (1719), "L'Ethiope Orientale" (1727), "Atlas de la Chine" (1737), "North America" (1746), "South America" (1748), "Africa" (1749), "Asia" (1751), "World" (1761) and "General Atlas" (1731 and onward) (Moreland and Bannister, 132-3; Tooley, 18).
Thomas Pownall (1722-1805) was a governor of New Jersey and Massachsettels. His map works include "North America" (1776, 1783, 1794), "New York and New Jersey" (1776), and "Chart of Gulf Stream" (1787) (Tooley, 517).
This map was first issued in 1772. It was re-issued with some additions in 1783 (Wagner, 348, entry 692).
Source(s): Moreland, Carl and David Bannister. "Antique Maps: A Collector's Handbook." New York: Longman Group, Ltd., 1983.
Tooley, Ronald Vere. "Tooley's Dictionary of Mapmakers." Hertfordshire: Map Collector Publications Limited, 1979.
Wagner, Henry R. "The Cartography of the Northwest Coast of America to the year 1800 Volume 2." Berkeley: University of California Press, 1937.
Wheat, Carl I. “Mapping the Transmississippi West.” Volume 1. San Francisco: Institute of Historical Cartography, 1957
A new chart of the Java Sea within the isles of Sunda, with its straits, and the adjacent seas [cartographic material] /
No full textRegional map of the Java Sea and straits in the Indonesian archipelago with relief shown by bathymetric soundings.; "January 1st 1791".; Prime meridian: Greenwich.; Also available in an electronic version via the internet at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.map-rm3867. Inset: The east side of Lubeck, with the osterly shoals. Scale [ca. 1:316,800]
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