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Book/Printed MaterialA discourse in commendation of the valiant as vertuous minded gentleman, Maister Frauncis Drake, with a …
A discourse, in the commendation of Captaine Drakes trauayle. 1580 This small book by the Elizabethan writer Nicholas Breton (circa 1545-1622) is a work of praise addressed to Francis Drake for his voyage around the world of 1577-80. The fact that it…- Contributor: Breton, Nicholas - Hans and Hanni Kraus Sir Francis Drake Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1581
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MapPervviae avriferae regionis typvs / La Florida / auctore Hieron. Chiaues ; Gvastecan reg
Florida | Guastecan reg | Gvastecan reg | Peruuiae auriferae regionis typus "Abraham Ortelius (1527-98) was a Flemish engraver and businessman who traveled widely to pursue his commercial interests. In 1560 he became interested in scientific geography during a voyage with Gerardus Mercator. Ortelius's…- Contributor: Plantin, Christophe - Chaves, Geronimo - Hurtado De Mendoza, Diego - Ortelius, Abraham
- Date: 1584
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Map[Map and views illustrating Sir Francis Drake's West Indian voyage, 1585-6] The first engraving is a map of Drake's voyage [showing Europe, western Africa, northern South America, and eastern North America]; the four other engravings consist of bird's-eye battle plan views of the…- Contributor: Bigges, Walter - Hans and Hanni Kraus Sir Francis Drake Collection (Library of Congress) - Boazio, Baptista - Croftes - Jay I. Kislak Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1589
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Map[La Coruña. El Ferrol, Spain] "This English manuscript double chart, in pen and water colors, on vellum, shows the harbors of La Coruña and El Ferrol in Spain. The date, localities depicted, and provenance of the charts…- Contributor: Hans and Hanni Kraus Sir Francis Drake Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1589
- Resource: Image
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Book/Printed MaterialQabas al-ḍawʼ fī al-ḥisāb
قبس الضوء في الحساب Islamic law goes into great detail on the subject of the division of inheritances (farā'id) among heirs. For this reason, inheritances have received extensive treatment in books of fiqh (Islamic law) and…- Contributor: Ḥamīdī, ʻabd Al-Raḥmān Ibn Aḥmad Ibn ʻalī - Mansuri Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1589
- Resource: PDF - 16
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialḌawʼ al-lumaʻ fī al-ḥisāb
ضوء اللمع في الحساب Text is a poem on arithmetic dedicated to Shihāb al-Dīn Aḥmad ibn Shams al-Dīn Muḥammad al-Bahwashī al-Shāfiʻī, as mentioned at the end of the manuscript. This work is a versified treatise on…- Contributor: Mansuri Collection (Library of Congress) - Bahwāshī, Shihāb Al-Dīn Aḥmad Ibn Shams Al-Dīn Muḥammad - Ibn Al-Hāʼim, Aḥmad Ibn Muḥammad - Ḥamīdī, ʻabd Al-Raḥmān Ibn Aḥmad Ibn ʻalī - Manṣūrī, Maḥmūd Al-Imām
- Date: 1588
- Resource: PDF - 34
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Book/Printed MaterialDa Ming lü fu li : san shi juan
大明律附例 : 三十卷 | Lü li Da Ming lü (The great Ming code) was first compiled in 1373 and reached its final form in 1397. This dynastic legal code represented a break with the past and also served…- Contributor: Chinese Rare Book Collection (Library of Congress) - China. Nei Fu - Shu, Hua
- Date: 1585
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Book/Printed MaterialChuan jia wan yan lu : san juan
傳家琬琰錄 : 三卷 / | Title on spine of case: Wuxing Yan shi chuan jia wan yan lu | Wuxing Yan shi chuan jia wan yan lu Biographies taken from steles, and epitaphs quoted from gazetteers and the prose collections of scholars. Original title: Wuxing Yan Qi Feng Dizhuang ji lu. Wuxing Yan shi chuan jia wan yan lu…- Contributor: Chinese Rare Book Collection (Library of Congress) - Sui Fen Du Shu Zhai - Yan, Qifeng
- Date: 1585
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Book/Printed MaterialWang Yuyi ji : ba juan
汪禹乂集 : 八卷 / Prefaces by Chen Lü and Wang Shizhen (1579), Wu Ziyu (1580), Liu Feng and Wang Daokun (1586); postscript by Liu Feng (1583). This collection consists of works by Wang Huai, a native…- Contributor: Liu, Feng - Wang, Shizhen - Wu, Ziyu - Wang, Daokun - Wang, Huai - Chinese Rare Book Collection (Library of Congress) - Chen, L
- Date: 1586
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Book/Printed MaterialYi fang kao : liu juan
醫方考 : 六卷 / | Title on title page: Ming yi fang kao | Ming yi fang kao Presented here is a six juan Wanli edition of Yi fang kao (The study of medical formulas) by Wu Kun (1552-1620). The inscription on juan 1 reads: "Written by Wu Kun of…- Contributor: Chinese Rare Book Collection (Library of Congress) - Wu, Kun
- Date: 1584
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Book/Printed MaterialYi fang kao : ba juan
醫方考 : 八卷 / | Title on title page: Ming yi fang kao | Ming yi fang kao Presented here is an eight juan edition of Yi fang kao (The study of medical formulas), by Wu Kun (1552-1620). It was printed by Youyizhai in the 13th year of the Wanli…- Contributor: Chinese Rare Book Collection (Library of Congress) - Wu, Kun - Wang, Daokun
- Date: 1585
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Book/Printed MaterialFang shi mo pu : liu juan
方氏墨譜 : 六卷 / Compiled by Fang Yulu; prefaces state that the work was initiated by Yuan Fuzheng, handwritten by Wang Daoguan, supported by Wang Daohui, printed by Wang Daokun. Following prefaces written by various experts,…- Contributor: Mo, Shilong - Fang, Yulu - Chinese Rare Book Collection (Library of Congress) - Wang, Daokun - Fang, Yu - Zheng, Xiangwei - LI, Weizhen
- Date: 1588
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Book/Printed MaterialKang Duishan xian sheng ji : si shi liu juan
康對山先生集 : 四十六卷 / | Duishan ji | Title on label on title page: Duishan xian sheng quan ji | Duishan xian sheng quan ji Kang Hai (1475-1540), style name Duishan, a native of Wugong, Shaanxi Province, was a poet, dramatist, and prose writer. In the Chinese literary world he was known as one of the Seven…- Contributor: Chinese Rare Book Collection (Library of Congress) - Kang, Hai
- Date: 1583
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Book/Printed MaterialBao ying quan shu
保嬰全書 Bao ying quan shu (Complete book on infant care) was compiled by Xue Kai and expanded by Xue Ji, his son. This edition was printed in the 17th year (1589) of the…- Contributor: Xue, Ji - Zhao, Kehuai - Gong, Yiqing - Xue, Kai, Active - Wang, Ji
- Date: 1589
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Book/Printed MaterialBook on Geometry, Practice, and Patterns.
Libro de geometria, practica y traça This landscape-shaped printed work is the first treatise on tailoring published in Spain. It paved the way for other such works in the late 16th century and early 17th century. The author…- Contributor: Alcega, Joan De, Flourished 1580
- Date: 1580-01-01
- Resource: PDF - 190
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Book/Printed MaterialTheater of the World.
Théâtre de l'Univers The Flemish scholar and geographer Abraham Ortelius (1527--98) published the first edition of his Theatrum orbis terrarum (Theater of the world) in 1570. Containing 53 maps, each with a detailed commentary, it…- Contributor: Ortelius, Abraham
- Date: 1587-01-01
- Resource: PDF - 242
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Book/Printed MaterialStatutes of the Hospital of Jerusalem Knights of Malta.
Statuta Hospitalis Hierusalem This book is perhaps the most beautifully produced collection of statutes in Western culture. Its original illustrations integrate woodcuts and engravings, and its type is beautifully designed. The purpose of the book…- Contributor: Knights of Malta
- Date: 1588-01-01
- Resource: PDF - 274
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Book/Printed MaterialMirror and Example for the Worshippers of Christ: the Life of the Blessed Father Benedict, Most …
Speculum & exemplar Christicolarum: vita beatissimi patris Benedicti monachorum patriarchae sanctissimi Speculum & exemplar Christicolarum: vita beatissimi patris Benedicti monachorum patriarchae sanctissimi (Mirror and example for the worshippers of Christ: the life of the blessed Father Benedict, most holy patriarch of monks) is…- Contributor: Sangrinus, Angelus - Gregory I, Pope, Circa 540-604
- Date: 1587-01-01
- Resource: PDF - 106
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Book/Printed MaterialThe Ash Wednesday Supper.
La cena de le Ceneri La cena de le Ceneri (The Ash Wednesday supper), the first of Giordano Bruno's six Italian philosophical dialogues, was first published in London in 1584. The title page indicates neither the place…- Contributor: Bruno, Giordano
- Date: 1584-01-01
- Resource: PDF - 146
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Book/Printed MaterialChristian Doctrine and Catechism for the Instruction of the Indians, and of all the People Who …
Doctrina christiana, y catecismo para instrvccion de los indios, y de las de mas personas, que han de ser enseñadas en nuestra sancta fé : con vn confessionario, y otras cosas necessarias Doctrina christiana, y catecismo para instruccion de los indios, y de las de mas personas, que han de ser enseñadas en nuestra sancta fé: con vn confessionario, y otras cosas necessarias (Christian…- Contributor: Ricardo, Antonio
- Date: 1584-01-01
- Resource: PDF - 200
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Book/Printed MaterialThird Catechism and Exposition of the Christian Doctrine for Sermons that the Curate and Other Priests …
Tercero cathecismo y exposición de la Doctrina Christiana, por sermones para qve los cvrasy otros mini stros prediquen y enseñen a los Yndios y a las demás personas conforme a lo qve en el Sancto Concilio Prouincial de Lima de proueyo Tercero cathecismo y exposición de la Doctrina Chritiana, por sermones para que los curasy otros minitros prediquen y eneñen a los Yndios y a las demás peronas conforme a lo que en…- Contributor: Acosta, José De - Atienza, Juan De
- Date: 1585-01-01
- Resource: PDF - 444
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Book/Printed MaterialConfession Booklet for the Curate of the Indians with the Instructions for Their Rites, Last Rites …
Confessionario para los cvras de indios, con la instrvcion contra svs ritos: y exhortación para ayudar a bien morir y summa de sus priuilegios y forma de impedimentos del matrimonio Confessionario para los curas de indios, con la instrucion contra sus ritos: y exhortación para ayudar a bien morir y summa de sus privilegios y forma de impedimentos del matrimonio (Confession booklet…- Date: 1585-01-01
- Resource: PDF - 144
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Book/Printed MaterialArt and Vocabulary in the Common Language of Peru Called Quechua and in the Spanish Language.
Arte, y vocabvlario enla lengva general del Perv llamada Quichua, y en la lengua Española. El Mas Copioso y elegante que hasta agore se ha impreso Arte, y vocabulario enla lengua general del Perv llamada Quichua, y en la lengua Española (Art and vocabulary in the common language of Peru called Quechua and in the Spanish language) was…- Date: 1586-01-01
- Resource: PDF - 172
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Book/Printed MaterialCatechism, that is: A Brief Overview and an Exposition of the Foremost Articles of Faith and …
Katechysmus, To gest: Kratičke obsazenij a wyklad přednich Cžlankůw Wyrij a Náboženstwij Křestianského čemuž se Lidé Křestiansstij a zwlasste Dijtky w Sskolách počátečné wyvčugij. D. Mart. Luther Katechysmus, To gest: Kratičke obsazenij a wyklad přednich Cžlankůw Wyrij a Náboženstwij Křestianského čemuž se Lidé Křestiansstij a zwlasste Dijtky w Sskolách počátečné wyvčugij (Catechism, that is: a brief overview and an…- Contributor: Luther, Martin
- Date: 1581-01-01
- Resource: PDF - 50
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Book/Printed MaterialOn Explaining the Wiqaya Book. This book by Ubaydullah ibni Masood Taj ush-Shari'a (also known as Taj ush-Shari'a the younger, died 1346 [747 AH]) was written to explain an earlier work by the author's grandfather and mentor,…- Contributor: Mahmood, Hassan B. - Sadr Ush-Sharia, Ubeidullah Ibni Masud
- Date: 1588-01-01
- Resource: PDF - 408
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Book/Printed MaterialCollection of Short Love Poems by Jāmī. This is an illuminated and illustrated manuscript of a small collection of short love poems of the type called tarjī`band by Nūr al-Dīn 'Abd al-Raḥmān Jāmī (d. 898 AH / 1492 CE).…- Contributor: Muḥammad Zamān Al-Tabrīzī - Jāmī
- Date: 1589-01-01
- Resource: PDF - 28
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Book/Printed MaterialCollection of the Principles and Objectives in the Science of Timekeeping. Abu al-Hasan ʻAli al-Marrakushi was a 13th-century mathematician, geographer, astronomer, and timekeeper. He was born in Marrakesh, in present-day Morocco, but immigrated to Mamluk Egypt, apparently fleeing the upheaval in Arab Spain…- Contributor: Marrākushī, Abū Al-Ḥasan ʻalī, Active 13th Century
- Date: 1586-01-01
- Resource: PDF - 306
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Book/Printed MaterialKaunas Land Court Year Books for 1581--83. At the height of its power in the 15th century, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania ruled over the territory of present-day Belarus, Latvia, Lithuania, and Ukraine, and parts of Estonia, Moldova, Poland,…- Contributor: Kaunas (Lithuania). Land Court
- Date: 1581-01-01
- Resource: PDF - 1524
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Book/Printed MaterialZemaitija Land Court Year Book for 1584. At the height of its power in the 15th century, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania ruled over the territory of present-day Belarus, Latvia, Lithuania, and Ukraine, and parts of Estonia, Moldova, Poland,…- Contributor: Emaitija (Lithuania). Land Court
- Date: 1584-01-01
- Resource: PDF - 170
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Book/Printed MaterialZemaitija Land Court Year Book for 1589-90. At the height of its power in the 15th century, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania ruled over the territory of present-day Belarus, Latvia, Lithuania, and Ukraine, and parts of Estonia, Moldova, Poland,…- Contributor: Emaitija (Lithuania). Land Court
- Date: 1589-01-01
- Resource: PDF - 1053
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Book/Printed MaterialThe Rose Garden. The Persian poet and scholar Muṣliḥ ud-Dīn Sadī Shīrāzī (circa 1213-1292) is known primarily as the author of Gulistan (The rose garden), one of the great masterpieces of Persian literature, which he…- Contributor: Saʻdī
- Date: 1585-01-01
- Resource: PDF - 219
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Book/Printed MaterialGospel Lectionary. This very clearly written Syriac manuscript is a 16th-century Purāš qeryānē d-ṭeṭrā ewangelyon (Gospel lectionary-a book containing the portions of scripture, the lessons, to be read at divine service on particular days).…- Date: 1588-01-01
- Resource: PDF - 538
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Book/Printed MaterialCostumes and Genre Pictures of the 16th Century from Western and Eastern Europe, the Orient, the …
Kostüme und Sittenbilder des 16. Jahrhunderts aus West- und Osteuropa, Orient, der Neuen Welt und Afrika This manuscript, possibly created in Augsburg around 1580, contains more than 400 illustrations of the dress and manners and customs of countries in Europe and the Orient (especially the Ottoman Empire) as…- Date: 1580-01-01
- Resource: PDF - 158
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Book/Printed MaterialPsalter.
Liber psalmorum, canticorum et hymnorum iuxta usum ... monasterii ... Ottoburani This psalter was produced in Ottobeuren from 1583 onwards, as can be inferred from the title page (leaf 1 recto). It was written by a local Benedictine monk David Aichler, or Aicheler…- Contributor: Hess, Johann Dominicus, Flourished - Straub, Pantaleon, 1599 - Aicheler, David - Werlinus
- Date: 1583-01-01
- Resource: PDF - 490
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MapMuchitlan, Tlaxcala, Mexico. This map from Zumpango del Río in the present-day state of Guerrero, Mexico, is from the Relaciones Geográficas collection in the Benson Latin American Collection at the University of Texas at Austin.…- Date: 1582-01-01
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MapCempoala, Mexico. This map from Zempoala in the present-day state of Veracruz, Mexico, is from the Relaciones Geográficas collection in the Benson Latin American Collection at the University of Texas at Austin. Dating from…- Date: 1580-01-01
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MapCulhuacán, Mexico. This map from Culhuacán in the present-day Delegación de Ixtapalapa, Mexico City, is from the Relaciones Geográficas collection in the Benson Latin American Collection at the University of Texas at Austin. Dating…- Date: 1580-01-01
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MapCholula, Tlaxcala, Mexico. This map from Cholula in the present-day state of Puebla, Mexico, is from the Relaciones Geográficas collection in the Benson Latin American Collection at the University of Texas at Austin. Dating from…- Date: 1581-01-01
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MapCodex Totomixtlahuaca.
Códice Totomixtlahuaca This indigenous pictographic document is a colonial-era map from the Mixtecan, Tlapaneca, and Nahua cultural area in the present-day state of Guerrero, Mexico. It refers, principally, to the settlement called Totomixtlahuacan and…- Date: 1584-01-01
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MapDescription of the Holy Land.
Beschreibung des Heiligen Landes This woodcut map of 1585 shows the Holy Land as it would have appeared at the time of Jesus, divided into Galilee, Samaria, and Judea. The map appeared in the Itinerarium Sacrae…- Contributor: Bünting, Heinrich
- Date: 1585-01-01
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