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Seeing the world anew : the radical vision of Martin Waldseemüller's 1507 & 1516 world maps /
No full text9781929154470 (ISBN). 192915447X (ISBN). First edition 2012. Accompanied by 2 foldeds map in front and back pockets: 1507 map -- 1516 map.; Includes bibliographical references: pages 98-107.; Maps from pockets also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.map-vn6254227; Original version of the 1507 map: Universalis cosmographiae secundum Ptholomaei traditionem et Americi Vespucii alioru que lustrationes. [St. Dié, France? : s.n., 1507]; Original version of the 1516 map: Carta marina, navigatoria Portugallen, navigationes atque tocius cogniti orbis terre marisque formam naturamq[u]e situs et terminos nostris temporibus recognitos et ab antiquorum traditione differentes eciam quor[um] vetusti non meminerunt auctores hec generaliter indicat / consumatum est in oppido S. Deodati compositione et digestione Martini Waldseemuller Ilacomili. [St. Dié, France? : s.n., 1516]. Prologue: In a Renaissance Vision, a Glimpse of the Modern / John W. Hessler -- "An island surrounded on all sides by sea" : The World Map, 1507 / John W. Hessler -- "Land of Cuba, part of Asia" : The Carta marina, 1516 / Chet Van Duzer -- Epilogue: A Renaissance That Resonates Still / John W. Hessler -- Notes -- Afterword / Ralph E. Ehrenberg -- About the authors -- Acknowledgments -- The Maps: The 1507 World Map, 12 sheets, with commentary -- Composite: front pocket -- The 1516 Carta marina, 13 sheets, with commentary -- Composite: back pocket
Letter from W. Miller to Hagan
No full textHolograph letter from W. Miller, Braganza House, Carlow, to Hagan, enclosing a petition on behalf of the bishop (not extant), asking his opinion; its author is Fr. Brophy, Newbridge. Also asking to obtain the papal blessing for Miss Susanna Marsden and Captain Walter Lentaigne
Correspondence, C. W. Tayleure to John Brown, Jr., June 18, 1879
No full textA letter to C. W. Tayleure to John Brown, Jr. concerning the death of Brown's brother, Watson. 5 pages
Genuine memoirs of the celebrated Miss Maria Brown [electronic resource] : Exhibiting the life of a courtezan, in the most fashionable scenes of dissipation. Published by the author of a W** of P*** In two volumes.
No full textAuthor of a W** of P*** [Woman of Pleasure] = John Cleland, to whom this work is sometimes attributed.Electronic reproduction.English Short Title Catalog,Reproduction of original from British Library
Correspondence from John Hulett to John Lewis, October 11, 1971
No full textCorrespondence from Sheriff John Hulett to John Lewis about supporting the promotional campaign of the Voter Education Project after the 1969 Tax Reform Act
Book Review
No full text Oral Cancer; Diagnosis, Management and Rehabilitation. John W. Werning, ed. Stuttgart, New York: Thieme Publishing Group, 2007 (354pp. h/b, Euros(D) 109.95). ISBN 978-3-13-135811-0. </jats:p
Statement by Bishop Henry W. Cleary
No full textHolograph statement by Bishop Henry W. Cleary of Auckland, Rome, reviewing the Italian translation of Goblet's L'Irlande dans la crise universelle 1914-1920 'the best of the many books, dealing with that critical period, that have come under my notice'. The author possesses both the historic sense and a dramatic instinct
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