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Book/Printed MaterialMeknutʻiwn Aghōtʻitsʻ ew Nerboghinatsʻ Srboyn Grigori Narekatsʻwoy hreshtakakan vardapeti Saint Gregory of Narek (also called Grigor Narekatsi) was born in the city of Narek (in present-day Turkey) in 951. He became a priest at the age of 25 and lived almost…- Contributor: Hakōb
- Date: 1745
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Book/Printed MaterialGirkʻ patmutʻean Kaysern Pʻontsʻianosi ew knojn tʻaguhwoy ew ordwoy norin Diokghetianosi ew eōtʻantsʻ imastasiratsʻ Presented here is a translation from Latin into Armenian of a Westernized version of the popular Eastern tale Kalila wa-Dimna (Kalila and Dimna). The translation was completed in 1614 by Hakob T'ok'atets'i…- Date: 1740
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Book/Printed MaterialNaufragios de Alvar Nuñez Cabeza de Vaca, y Relacion de la jornada, que hizo a la …
Naufragios de Alvar Nuñez Cabec̜a de Vaca en la Florida | Navfragios de Alvar Nuñez Cabeza de Vaca, y Relacion de la jornada, que hizo a la Florida con el adelantado Panfilo de Narvaez Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca (1490-1560) was second in command of an expedition led by Pánfilo de Narváez (1478-1528) that left Spain in June 1527 with five ships and 600 men with…- Contributor: Núñez Cabeza De Vaca, Alvar
- Date: 1749
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MapA plan of English Harbour; with the King's yard and carreening wharfe, 15th. Nov. 1745. Scale ca. 1:3,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Relief shown pictorially and by shading and hachures. Soundings shown in fathoms and feet. LC Luso-Hispanic World, 127 Includes index and "A scale of foot."…- Contributor: Martel, Peter
- Date: 1745-01-01
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MapCarte réduite des découvertes des Russes, entre l'Asie et l'Amerique. Prévost ed., 1747. Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image. Vault- Contributor: Prévost
- Date: 1747-01-01
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MapL'expedition d'Alexandre : pour l'Histoire Ancienne de Mr. Rollin Relief shown pictorially. "Tome III, page 547, xxv." Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.- Contributor: Anville, Jean Baptiste Bourguignon D - Bourgoin, P.
- Date: 1740-01-01
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MapEtats du Grand-Seigneur en Asie : Empire de Perse, Pays des Usbecs, Arabie et Egypte LC copy: Country boundaries hand colored. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.- Contributor: Robert De Vaugondy, Gilles
- Date: 1740-01-01
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MapGvinea propria, nec non Nigritiae vel Terrae Nigrorvm maxima pars : geographis hodiernis dicta utraq[ue] Aethiopia …
Guinea propria, nec non Nigritiae vel Terrae Nigrorum maxima pars | Guinee de meme que la plus grande partie du Pais des Negres | Gvinee de meme que la plus grande partie du Pais des Negres "This 1743 map shows western Africa from the territory of present-day Gabon in the south to Niger, Mali, and Mauritania in the north. The map was published in Nuremberg, Germany, by the…- Contributor: Anville, Jean Baptiste Bourguignon D - Homann Erben (Firm) - Marchais, R. De
- Date: 1743
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Book/Printed MaterialHerrn Johann Anderson ... Nachrichten von Island, Grönland und der strasse Davis zum wahren nutzen der … Johann Anderson (1674-1743) was the son of a whaling ship owner from Hamburg, Germany. He became a lawyer, served in the Hamburg Senate, and was mayor of the city for many years.…- Contributor: Winckler, Johann Dietrich - Anderson, Johann
- Date: 1746
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Book/Printed MaterialQin ding tien wen cheng yi : ba shi juan
欽定天文正義 : 八十卷 | Tian wen zheng yi Compiled by order of the Qing emperor Qianlong (reigned 1736-95), this work of 80 juan, in 32 volumes, was never printed. It has an editorial guide at the beginning, but no prefaces…- Contributor: Qianlong - Chinese Rare Book Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1741
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialTaiwan fan she feng su
臺灣番社風俗 This album of twelve paintings is a record of the land and people of the island of Taiwan more than a hundred years ago. The surfaces of the paintings are somewhat rough…- Contributor: Hummel, Arthur W. (Arthur William) - Chinese Rare Book Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1747
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MapKarta predstavli︠a︡i︠u︡shchai︠a︡ izobretenii︠a︡ Rossiĭskimi Moreplavateli︠a︡mi na Severnoĭ chasti Ameriki s okolo lezhashchimi mestami uchinënnye.
Карта представляющая изобретения Российскими Мореплавателями на Северной части Америки с около лежащими местами учинённые. Grav. rezt︠s︡om. Vodi︠a︡noĭ znak. Rest. Zagolovok v khudozh. Kartushe. Pokazany marshruty plavaniĭ: kapitana V.I. Beringa v 1728 do 66.30 s.sh. i dr., kapitana A.I. Chirikova; na territorii Ameriki: uchastki poberezh'i︠a︡ otkrytye raznymi…- Contributor: Treskot, Johann
- Date: 1745-01-01
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MapAtlas Rossiĭskoĭ, sostoi︠a︡shchiĭ iz devi︠a︡tnadt︠s︡ati spet︠s︡ial'nykh kart, predstavli︠a︡i︠u︡shchikh Vserossiĭskui︠u︡ imperii︠u︡ s pogranichnymi zemli︠a︡mi, sochinennyĭ po pravilam …
Атлас Российской, состоящий из девятнадцати специальных карт, представляющих Всероссийскую империю с пограничными землями, сочиненный по правилам географическим и новейшим обсервациям с приложенною притом Генеральною картою великия сея империи стараниями. This item consists of 19 manuscript maps from the eighteenth century. Each map is printed on several pages and depicts parts of the Siberian territory of the Russian Empire. World Digital Library.- Contributor: Imperatorskai︠a︡ Akademīi︠a︡ Nauk (Russia)
- Date: 1745-01-01
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Book/Printed MaterialA Detailed Description of the Festive Procession into the Imperial City of Moscow and the Sacramental … Presented here is a ceremonial volume published to mark the coronation in 1742 of Empress Elizabeth I (1709-61, reigned 1742-61), whose full title was Her Imperial Majesty, August Sovereign, Grand Empress Elizaveta…- Contributor: Wortmann, C. A. (Christian Albrecht) - Sokolov, Ivan Aleksi︠e︡evich - Katschaloff, Grigory Anikieievitch - Troubetzkoy, Nikita Y.
- Date: 1744-01-01
- Resource: PDF - 225
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Book/Printed MaterialJerusalem Delivered.
La Gerusalemme liberata di Torquato Tasso con le figure di Giambatista Piazzetta La Gerusalemme liberata (Jerusalem delivered) is a verse epic by the late-Renaissance Italian poet Torquato Tasso (1544--95). Written in the eight-line stanzas common to Italian Renaissance poetry, Tasso's masterpiece is known for…- Contributor: Tasso, Torquato - Piazzetta, Giovanni Battista
- Date: 1745-01-01
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Book/Printed MaterialAstronomical and Physical Observations Made in the Realm of Peru.
Observaciones astronómicas, y phisicas hechas de orden de S. Mag en los reinos del Perù Jorge Juan y Santacilia (1713-73) was born in Alicante, Valencia. A humanist, naval engineer, and scientist, he was one of the most prominent scholars of the Spanish Enlightenment. A versatile man who…- Contributor: Fuente, Vicente De La, Active 1748 - Juan, Jorge - Ulloa, Antonio De - Palomino, Juan Bernabé
- Date: 1748-01-01
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Book/Printed MaterialCompilation of Rules, Edicts, Declarations and Decisions on Trade, the Justice System and the Police in …
Recueils de reglemens, edits, declarations et arrets, concernant le commerce, l'administration de la justice et la police des colonies françaises de l'Amérique. Avec le Code noir et l'Addition audit Code In 1717, French finance minister John Law decided to introduce the importation of slaves into the colony of Louisiana, with the goal of developing the plantation economy in Lower Louisiana. The Compagnie…- Date: 1744-01-01
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Book/Printed MaterialHistory and General Description of New France with the Historical Journal of a Voyage in North …
Histoire et description générale de la Nouvelle France avec Le Journal Historique d'un Voyage fait par ordre du Roi dans l'Amérique Septentrionnal Histoire et description générale de la Nouvelle France avec le Journal historique d'un voyage fait par ordre du roi dans l'Amérique septentrionnale (History and general description of New France with the historical…- Contributor: Charlevoix, Pierre-François-Xavier De - Bellin, Jacques-Nicolas
- Date: 1744-01-01
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Book/Printed MaterialGlorifications of the Prophetic Traditions. This manuscript, written by Ibrāhim bin Mustafā in 1744, is a copy of a work in Arabic by the Afghan scholar Al-Baghawi (1043-1122), written sometime between 1116 and 1122 (510-516 A.H.). It…- Contributor: Abu Muhammad Al-Husajn Bin Mas'ud Al-Farra' Baghawi - Ibrãhîm, Mustafã B.
- Date: 1744-01-01
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Book/Printed MaterialThe Unique Explanation of the Secrets. This manuscript contains a work in Garshuni (Arabic language written in Syriac script) on the sacraments. At the beginning of the manuscript, the work is called The Unique Explanation of the Secrets…- Contributor: Stephan from Bahdidat
- Date: 1740-01-01
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Book/Printed MaterialThe Story of Dhu al-Qarnayn (Better Known as Alexander the Great). Timbuktu (present-day Tombouctou in Mali), founded around 1100 as a commercial center for trade across the Sahara Desert, was also an important seat of Islamic learning from the 14th century onward. The…- Contributor: Malik, Abu 'Abdu - Tanu, 'Abd Al-Qadir
- Date: 1744-01-01
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Book/Printed MaterialHistorical Books of the Old Testament. This Biblical manuscript contains portions of the Old Testament historical books of Joshua, Judges, Samuel, and Kings. The volume is incomplete at the beginning and end. The scribe, whose name might have…- Date: 1748-01-01
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Book/Printed MaterialThe Compendium of Faith. Muḥammad ibn Jaʻfar al-Izkiwī was a leading Muslim scholar who lived in about 900. His name, al-Izkiwī, suggests that he came from Izkī, one of the oldest cities and centers of learning…- Contributor: Ibn Jaʻfar Al-Izkiwī, Muḥammad - Ibn ʻudai Al-ʻabrī, Saʻīd Ibn Muḥammad
- Date: 1743-01-01
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Book/Printed MaterialThe Canon of Medicine. Abu ʻAli al-Husayn Ibn Sina was born in Bukhara (present-day Uzbekistan) in 980 and died in Hamadan (present-day Iran) in 1037. One of the intellectual luminaries of the medieval world, known in…- Contributor: Avicenna, 980 - Bakhsh, Khudā
- Date: 1744-01-01
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Book/Printed MaterialSpirit of the Laws.
De l'Esprit des lois Published in 1748, condemned by the Catholic Church in 1751, Montesquieu's masterpiece, De l'Esprit des lois (Spirit of the laws) marked a turning point in the European Age of Enlightenment. It announced…- Contributor: Montesquieu, Charles De Secondat, Baron De
- Date: 1748-01-01
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Book/Printed MaterialItinerary Book Kept During the Journey to East India, from October 18, 1746 to June 20, …
Dagbok hållen på resan till Ostindien 1746-1749 From 1746 to 1749, the Swedish rigged brig Götha Lejon sailed on a mercantile mission to Canton. Several accounts of what transpired have survived. This handwritten journal, compiled by Carl Johan Gethe,…- Contributor: Gethe, Carl Johan
- Date: 1746
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Book/Printed MaterialDescription of a Trip to Canton 1746-1749.
Beskrivning av en resa till Kanton 1746-1749 From 1746 to 1749, the Swedish rigged brig Götha Lejon sailed on a mercantile mission to Canton. Several accounts of what transpired have survived. This handwritten journal has been attributed to Carl…- Contributor: Schantz, Carl Fredrik Von
- Date: 1746-01-01
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Book/Printed MaterialCodex of Mexican History from 1221 to 1594. This manuscript is an 18th-century copy of an original that has since been lost. It recounts the history of Mexico from 1221 to 1594. Among other events, it mentions the mythical discovery…- Contributor: Pichardo, José Antonio
- Date: 1748-01-01
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Book/Printed MaterialEast Indian Journey during the Years 1748 and 1749
Ost-Indisk Resa 1748 och 1749 Ost-Indisk Resa 1748 och 1749 (East Indian journey during the years 1748 and 1749) is a journal written by Gustaf Fredrik Hjortberg (1724-76). It is one of the remaining extant journals and…- Contributor: Hjortberg, Gustaf Fredrik
- Date: 1748
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Book/Printed MaterialManual Digest.
Manual Digest de las Valls neutras de Andorra Manual Digest de las Valls neutras de Andorra (Manual digest of the neutral valleys of Andorra), also known as simply the Manual Digest, is a handwritten compilation of the history, government, and…- Contributor: Fiter I Rossell, Antoni - Andorra. General Council of the Valleys
- Date: 1748-01-01
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MapMap of the Fortress of Mozambique with New Works Projected for Better Defense.
Planta da fortaleza de Mosse. [Moçambique] com as novas obras projectadas para melhor defença This manuscript map shows the fortress of San Sebastian on the Island of Mozambique, a small but strategic island off the coast of the African mainland. The fortress was built in the…- Date: 1741-01-01
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MapGeographic Map of Brazil.
Carta geografica del Bresil This map of Brazil was published by Giovanni Battista Albrizzi (1698-1777), a prominent Venetian publisher of books and maps. The notes on the map, in Italian, include various speculative remarks about the…- Contributor: Albrizzi, Giovanni Battista
- Date: 1740-01-01
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MapA Chart of the Coast of Arabia, the Red Sea and Persian Gulf, Drawn from the … This English map is a reprinting, with slight changes, of an earlier French map published in 1740 by order of Jean-Frédéric Phélypeaux, Count de Maurepas (1701-81), secretary of state under King Louis…- Contributor: Child, G.
- Date: 1740-01-01
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MapMap of the Coast of Arabia, the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf.
Carte de la Coste d'Arabie, Mer Rouge, et Golfe de Perse This 1740 map is by the French cartographer and hydrographer Jacques-Nicolas Bellin (1703-72). It was published by order of Jean-Frédéric Phélypeaux, Count de Maurepas (1701-81), secretary of state under King Louis XV.…- Contributor: Maurepas, Jean-Frédéric Phélypeaux - Bellin, Jacques-Nicolas
- Date: 1740-01-01
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MapMap of the Arabian Coast, Red Sea, and Persian Gulf.
Carte de la Coste d'Arabie, Mer Rouge, et Golfe de Perse This map of the coastlines of the Arabian Peninsula and adjacent regions is by the French hydrographer and cartographer Jacques-Nicolas Bellin (1703-72). Bellin was attached to the French Marine Office for more…- Contributor: La Harpe, Jean-François De - Bellin, Jacques-Nicolas
- Date: 1745-01-01
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MapMap of the Western Ocean and Part of Northern America Drawn up to Record the Travels …
Carte de l'océan occidental et partie de l'Amérique septentrionale dressée pour l'intelligence du journal du voyage que le R.P. de Charlevoix de la Compagnie de Jesus a fait en 1720 au Canada, à la Louisiane & à St Domingue Pierre-François-Xavier de Charlevoix was a French Jesuit priest who made a voyage to America in 1720-22. He had already taught in Quebec in 1705-9 and then was recalled to France. He departed…- Contributor: Desbrulins, F. - Bellin, Jacques-Nicolas
- Date: 1744-01-01
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MapNew Map of Persia.
Nieuwe kaart van tryk van Persie Isaak Tirion (circa 1705-circa 1769) was born in Utrecht and later became a publisher and bookseller with a business on the Kalverstraat in Amsterdam. He published a number of important books, atlases,…- Contributor: Tirion, Isaak, 1705 1769
- Date: 1744-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingGustaaf Willem Baron van Imhoff, Governor General of the Dutch East India Company.
Gustaaf Willem Baron van Imhoff, Gouverneur Generaal van Neerl. Indie. ÆT. XXXIX This engraving depicts Gustaaf Willem Baron van Imhoff (1705-50), who served as governor general of the Dutch East India Company from 1743 to 1750. Imhoff began working for the company in 1725,…- Contributor: Dijk, P. Van
- Date: 1745-01-01
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