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Map[Iconografica rappresentatione della inclita città di Venezia consacrata al reggio serenissimo dominio veneto] Shows principal buildings, gardens, foot bridges, etc. Title from illustration in Cassini's Piante e vedute prospettiche di Venezia. Eight sheets pasted together, sectioned, and mounted on cloth. Includes dedication, poem, and ill.…- Contributor: Ughi, Lodovico - Baroni, Giuseppe
- Date: 1729-01-01
- Resource: Image
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialKitāb al-jadwal al-mubārak fī ʻilm al-zamān wa-al-falak fī ḥisāb madākhil al-ashhūr al-ʻArabīyah wa-al-Rūmīyah
كتلب الجدول المبارك في علم الزمان و الفلك في حساب مداخل الأشهور العربية و الرومية / | Binder's title : Kitāb al-jadwāl al-mubārak fī ḥisāb madākhil al-ashhur al-ʻArabīyah wa-al-Rūmīyah li-ibn Jaḥḥāf | Kitāb al-jadwāl al-mubārak fī ḥisāb madākhil al-ashhur al-ʻArabīyah wa-al-Rūmīyah li-ibn Jaḥḥāf Because of the religious obligation to perform canonical prayers at set times of the day and the sanctity attributed to particular times of the year, such as the month of Ramaḍān, Muslim…- Contributor: Watarī, Muḥammad ʻalī Ibn Ẓāhir - Ḥidyah, Maḥrūs - Mansuri Collection (Library of Congress) - Walīdī, Aḥmad Ibn ʻīsá - Ibn Jaḥḥāf, Al-Ḥusayn Ibn Zayd Ibn ʻalī - Manṣūrī, Maḥmūd Al-Imām - Ḥarrāzī, Ibrāhīm Ibn Muḥammad Al-Sahl
- Date: 1729
- Resource: PDF - 25
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MapBrazil: According to New Surveys by Messrs. of the Royal Academy of Sciences, etc..
Le Bresil : suivant les nouvelles observations de Messrs. de l'Academie Royale As seen in this map, much of Brazil was still uncharted territory in the early 18th century. The annotations about the rivers, native peoples, and mines of the interior provide limited information.…- Contributor: Aa, Pieter Van Der
- Date: 1729-01-01
- Resource: Image
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MapTurkey in Europe: According to New Observations by the Gentlemen at the Royal Science Academy.
Turquie en Europe : Suivant les Nouvelles Observations de Messrs de l'Academie Royale des Sciences Pieter van der Aa (1659-1733) was a Dutch publisher and bookseller, based in Leiden, who specialized in reissuing maps acquired from earlier mapmakers. Van der Aa's major work was the elaborate Galerie…- Contributor: Aa, Pieter Van Der
- Date: 1729-01-01
- Resource: Image