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    Epistola Christofori Colom, cui etas nostra multu[m] debet, de Insulis Indie supra Gangem nuper inve[n]tis : … Following his first voyage across the Atlantic, Columbus wrote a brief report on the "Islands of India beyond the Ganges." His intent was to announce his recent discoveries and to garner financial…
    • Contributor: Riviere & Son - Columbus, Christopher - Cosco, Leandro DI - Plannck, Stephan - Incunabula Collection (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 1493

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    Hongzhi liu nian hui shi : er juan
    弘治六年會試 : 二卷     This is a collection of civil examination records in two juan, in four volumes, dated the sixth year (1493) of the Hongzhi reign (1488-1505). The civil examination system in China began in…
    • Contributor: LI, Dongyang - Chinese Rare Book Collection (Library of Congress) - Lu, Jian
    • Date: 1493
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    The Nuremberg Chronicle.
    Liber chronicarum     The Liber chronicarum, a universal history compiled from older and contemporary sources by the Nuremberg doctor, humanist, and bibliophile Hartmann Schedel (1440--1514), is one of the most densely illustrated and technically advanced…
    • Contributor: Wolgemut, Michael - Pleydenwurff, Wilhelm - Schedel, Hartmann
    • Date: 1493-01-01
    • Resource: PDF - 763

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    The Furs of Valencia.
    Furs nous del regne de Valencia e capitols ordenades per lo rey don Fernando II en la Cort general de Oriola XXXI de juliol de Any de la natiuitat de nostre senyor ... M.cccc.lxxxvIII     The Furs de València was a set of laws to rule the Kingdom of Valencia, on the eastern side of the Iberian Peninsula. The Furs was promulgated in 1261 by the founder…
    • Contributor: Hagembach, Pedro - Hutz, Leonardo, Active 15th Century - Valencia (Spain : Region). Corts - James I, King of Aragon
    • Date: 1493-01-01
    • Resource: PDF - 61

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    Satire.
    Satyrae     Aulus Persius Flaccus (known as Persius, 34--62) was a Roman poet who came to Rome at a young age and attended grammar lectures by the famous teacher Remmius Palaemon, the rhetorician Verginius…
    • Contributor: Fonte, Bartolomeo - Britannico, Giovanni, Flourished - Persius
    • Date: 1493-01-01
    • Resource: PDF - 106

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    Columbus Manuscript.
    Manuscrito colombino     In this manuscript, enscribed Cadiz, Spain, November 20, 1493, Christopher Columbus describes the new lands he has discovered, which he calls the East Indies. The manuscript is written on linen paper and…
    • Contributor: Columbus, Christopher
    • Date: 1493-01-01
    • Resource: Image