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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialWaqiat-i-Nadiri (History of Nadir Shah)
Waqa-i-Nadiri | Vāqiʻāt-i Nādiri Historical study of Iran and Afghanistan during the reign of Nādir Shāh, 1688-1747. Waqiat-i Nadiri (literally "Events of Nadir") is a historical manuscript that chronicles the political and military career of Nādir…- Contributor: Mahdī Khān Astarābādī
- Date: 1759
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MapMap of the country about the Mississippi. Not drawn to scale. Title from verso. Manuscript, pen and ink. Oriented with north toward the upper right. Shows area from Lake Erie to the mouth of the Ohio River. Also mounted…- Contributor: Chegeree
- Date: 1755-01-01
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MapA map of the British and French dominions in North America, with the roads, distances, limits, … Relief shown pictorially. Second impression of 1st ed. Scale ca. 1:2,000,000. Hand colored. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 38 Includes text and inset "A new map of Hudson's Bay and Labrador…- Contributor: Kitchin, Thomas - Mitchell, John - Millar, Andrew
- Date: 1755-01-01
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MapPartie occidentale de la Nouvelle France ou du Canada Scale ca. 1:3,500,000. Relief shown pictorially. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 19 Covers the area from Lake Superior to Kaskaskia and from Delaware Bay to the Mississippi River. Shows a few…- Contributor: Bellin, Jacques Nicolas - Homann Erben (Firm)
- Date: 1755-01-01
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MapSault du Niagara, de 135 pieds de haut. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2: 100; 440; 651/1- Contributor: Le Rouge, Georges-Louis
- Date: 1755-01-01
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MapPartie orientale du Canada, traduitte de l'anglois de la carte de Jefferys publiée a Londres en … Scale ca. 1:2,000,000. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. Prime meridian: Isle de Fer. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 31 Includes "Table comparative." Available also through the Library of Congress Web site…- Contributor: Le Rouge, Georges-Louis - Jefferys, Thomas
- Date: 1755-01-01
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MapCarte des bayes, rades et port de Plaisance dans l'Isle de Terre-Neuve. Scale ca. 1:58,500; 2,000 toises = 77 mm. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 681 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site…- Contributor: Bellin, Jacques Nicolas - Charlevoix, Pierre-François-Xavier De
- Date: 1755-01-01
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MapPlan de la ville de Quebec. Scale ca. 1:7,000. Oriented with north to the right. Relief shown by hachures. Shows fortifications. Indexed for points of interest. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 595 Available also through the Library…- Contributor: Le Rouge, Georges-Louis
- Date: 1755-01-01
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MapVue de Quebec, capitale du Canada. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 1073.3 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes "Renvois" indicating 10 important buildings as seen from the east. Vault AACR2:…- Contributor: Le Rouge, Georges-Louis
- Date: 1755-01-01
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MapA sketch of the field of battle with the disposition of the troops in the beginning … Scale 1:10,800; 300 yards to an in. Manuscript, pen-and-ink. Relief shown by hachures. The name R. Ohio applies also to the Allegheny. "No. 27." Available also through the Library of Congress Web…- Date: 1755-01-01
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MapPremiere partie de la carte d'Asie : contenant la Turquie, l'Arabie, la Perse, l'Indie en deca … Relief shown by hachures and pictorially. LC copy annotated in inks to show boundaries. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.- Contributor: Anville, Jean Baptiste Bourguignon D
- Date: 1751-01-01
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MapCarte de la province de Quantong ou Lyau-tong et du Royaume de Kau-li ou Corée Relief shown pictorially. Prime meridians: Peking and Ferro Islands. "Tem XX Pag 392." Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.- Date: 1750-01-01
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MapIzobrazhenie zemnogo globusa.
Изображение земного глобуса. This map represents contemporary European knowledge of world geography, in very basic fashion, at the time of its printing in Russia in the mid-18th century. The observations made on the voyages of…- Date: 1750-01-01
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Book/Printed MaterialOpisanie zemli Kamchatki.
Описанiе земли Камчатки. Opisanie zemli Kamchatki (Description of the land of Kamchatka) is a two-volume work on the cultural and natural heritage of the Kamchatka Peninsula written by the explorer and naturalist Stepan Petrovich Krasheninnikov…- Contributor: Krasheninnikov, Stepan Petrovich
- Date: 1755-01-01
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Book/Printed MaterialFrederick the Great's "The Works of the Philosopher of Sans Souci." Volumes I-III.
Oeuvres du Philosophe de Sans Souci The three-volume edition of selected works by Frederick II, King of Prussia, printed in 1749-50, was the first product of Frederick's private printing press at the palace of Sanssouci. The king entitled…- Contributor: Frederick II, King of Prussia - Schmidt, G. F. (Georg Friedrich)
- Date: 1750-01-01
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Book/Printed MaterialFrederick the Great's "The Works of the Philosopher of Sans Souci." Volume I.
Oeuvres Du Philosophe De Sans Souci. Tome Premiér The three-volume edition of selected works by Frederick II, King of Prussia, printed in 1749-50, was the first product of Frederick's private printing press at the palace of Sanssouci. The king entitled…- Contributor: Le Sueur, Blaise Nicolas - Voltaire - Frederick II, King of Prussia - Schmidt, G. F. (Georg Friedrich)
- Date: 1752-01-01
- Resource: PDF - 438
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Book/Printed MaterialMemoirs of the House of Brandenburg.
Mémoires Pour Servir A L'Histoire De La Maison De Brandebourg Mémoires pour servir a l'histoire de la maison de Brandebourg (Memoirs of the House of Brandenburg) is a history of the Brandenburg Dynasty by Frederick II, King of Prussia, himself a member…- Contributor: Le Sueur, Blaise Nicolas - Frederick II, King of Prussia - Schmidt, G. F. (Georg Friedrich)
- Date: 1751-01-01
- Resource: PDF - 544
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Book/Printed MaterialWu bai luo han tu
五百羅漢圖 Wu bai Luohan tu (Portraits of 500 arhats), written and inscribed by Emperor Gaozong (1711-99), reign title Qianlong (reigned 1736-96), was originally a painting by Wang Fangyue. Wang Fangyue, born in Wuxi,…- Contributor: Qianlong, Emperor of China - Wang, Fangyue, Active 1757
- Date: 1757
- Resource: PDF - 41
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Book/Printed MaterialFloral Sleeves as the Woven Hats. Hana no sodegasa (Floral sleeves as the woven hats) is a kurohon kusazoshi that was published in the second half of the 18th century. Kusazoshi is a type of small book printed…- Date: 1750-01-01
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Book/Printed MaterialDesign Statement for the Royal Palace of Caserta to their Holy Royal Majesties Carlo, King of …
Dichiarazione dei disegni del Reale Palazzo di Caserta alle Sacre Reali Maesta di Carlo Re delle Due Sicilie e di Gerus. Infante di Spagna Duca di Parma e di Piacenza gran prencipe ereditario di Toscana e di Maria Amalia di Sassonia Regina Luigi Vanvitelli (1700--73) was an Italian architect and engineer, the son of Flemish-born painter Caspar van Wittel. Vanvitelli trained in Rome under the architect Niccolo Salvi, and designed churches and other structures…- Contributor: Vanvitelli, Luigi - Nolli, Carlo - Morghen, Filippo - Pozzi, Rocco, 17 - Orazi, Niccol
- Date: 1756-01-01
- Resource: PDF - 76
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Book/Printed MaterialAccount of a Conspiracy Organized by the Negroes in the Island of Saint-Domingue.
Relation d'une conspiration tramée par les Negres, dans l'isle de S. Domingue This short work consists of two letters relating to a planned slave uprising in the French colony of Saint-Domingue (present-day Haiti) in 1758. The context and importance of the letter are explained…- Date: 1758-01-01
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Book/Printed MaterialThe Story of the Chevalier des Grieux and of Manon Lescaut.
Histoire du Chevalier des Grieux et de Manon Lescaut Histoire du chevalier des Grieux et de Manon Lescaut (Story of the Chevalier des Grieux and of Manon Lescaut), more commonly known as Manon Lescaut, is a novel by the Abbé Prévost…- Contributor: Le Bas, Jacques-Philippe - Pasquier, Jean Jacques - Gravelot, Hubert-François - Prévost, Abbé
- Date: 1753-01-01
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Book/Printed MaterialHistorical Memoirs on Louisiana, Including the Most Interesting Events from 1687 to the Present.
Mémoires historiques sur la Louisiane : contenant ce qui y est arrivé de plus mémorable depuis l'année 1687 jusqu'à présent : avec l'établissement de la colonie françoise dans cette province de l'Amérique septentrionale sous la direction de la Compagnie des Indes : le climat, la nature & les productions de ce pays, l'origine & la religion des sauvages qui l'habitent, leurs moeurs & leurs coutumes Mémoires historiques sur la Louisiane: contenant ce qui y est arrivé de plus mémorable depuis l'année 1687 jusqu'à présent (Historical memoirs on Louisiana, including the most interesting events from 1687 to the…- Contributor: Le Mascrier, Jean-Baptiste - Dumont De Montigny, 1696
- Date: 1753-01-01
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Book/Printed MaterialThe Finest of Adornments is an Exposition on the Jewels of Faith. This manuscript, written in 1754, is a commentary on an earlier work by a Turkish author. The manuscript is from the Bašagić Collection of Islamic Manuscripts, located in the University Library of…- Contributor: Utman Bin 'Ali At-Taklisi Al-'Urjani
- Date: 1754-01-01
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Book/Printed MaterialComments on the Summary of "al-Miftāh". This early 19th-century work by Qara Hafiz Efendi on Arabic rhetoric is a commentary on Talkhīṣ al-Miftāḥ (The summary of al-Miftāḥ) by Jalal al-Din Muhammad al-Qazwini (1267 or 1268-1338), better known as…- Contributor: Efendi, Qara Hafiz
- Date: 1750-01-01
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Book/Printed MaterialThe Wonders of Creation. This cosmography by Zakarīyā Ibn Muhammad al-Qazwīnī (circa 1203--83), Kitāb'Ajā'ib al-makhlūqāt wa-gharā'ib al-mawjūdāt (The wonders of creation, or literally, Marvels of things created and miraculous aspects of things existing), enjoyed great popularity…- Contributor: Qazwīnī, Zakarīyā Ibn Muḥammad
- Date: 1750-01-01
- Resource: PDF - 608
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Book/Printed MaterialThe Foundations of Justice for Legal Guardians, Governors, Princes, Meritorious Rulers, and Kings (The Administration of … 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: Usuman Dan Fodio
- Date: 1754-01-01
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Book/Printed MaterialThe Authoritative Source for Religious Scholars. 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: Usuman Dan Fodio
- Date: 1754-01-01
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Book/Printed MaterialAnnotations on "Sadīdī". Ḥāshiya Bar Sadīdī (Annotations on Sadīdī) is a volume of annotations on the commentary by Sadid al-Din ibn Masʻud Kazaruni (died 1357) on al-Mūjiz fī al-ṭibb (Epitome of medicine). The latter was…- Contributor: Avicenna, 980 - Ibn Al-Nafīs, ʻalī Ibn Abī Al-Ḥazm - Kāzarūnī, Muḥammad Ibn Masʻūd, 1357
- Date: 1750-01-01
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Book/Printed MaterialOutcome of the Quest Regarding the Knowledge. Natījat al-maṭlūbāt fī ma'rifat al-ḥummayāt (Outcome of the quest regarding the knowledge of fevers) is a rare medical work on fevers. The author, Bulus ibn Qustantin al-Malaki al-Shaburi, is known only through…- Contributor: Shaburi, Bulus Ibn Qustantin Al-Malaki
- Date: 1754-01-01
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Book/Printed MaterialSynopsis of the Art of Rhetoric. Synopsis technēs rhētorikēs (Synopsis of the art of rhetoric) by Alexandros Mavrokordatos (1636-1709) is a rhetorical "catechism" consisting of three books. The first book, Ti esti rhētorikē (What is rhetoric), is devoted…- Contributor: Mavrokordatos, Alexandros
- Date: 1753-01-01
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Book/Printed MaterialArabic-Italian Dictionary.
Repertorio Arabo-Italiano This mid-18th century volume, entitled Repertorio Arabo--Italiano in Italian, forms a kind of lexical vade mecum (a book for ready reference) for Arabic and Italian. Its principal components are an Arabic--Italian dictionary…- Date: 1758-01-01
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Book/Printed MaterialBotanical Notebook of Linnaeus.
Botanica. Ex Caroli Linnaei, Philosophia botanica The Swedish natural scientist Carl von Linné (1707--78) prepared his notes and pen drawings on botanical systems in Stockholm from 1750 to 1751. Also known by his Latinized name of Carolus Linnaeus,…- Contributor: Linné, Carl Von
- Date: 1750-01-01
- Resource: PDF - 254
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MapGeneral Map of the Diocese of Pará: Shows the Division of Parishes Where the Venerable Father …
Mappa geral do bispado do Pará: repartido nas suas freguezias que nele fundou, e erigio o Exmo. e Revmo. Snr. D. Fr. Miguel de Bulhões III Bispo do Para This map shows the territory of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Belem do Pará. The diocese was founded in 1720, following its separation from the Diocese of São Luis do Maranhão, and…- Contributor: Galluzzo, Henrique Antonio, 1769
- Date: 1759-01-01
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MapCollection of the Prospects of the Villages, Remarkable Places and People who are Depicted in the …
Collecçam dos prospectos das aldeas, e lugares mais notaveis que se acham em o mapa que tiraram os engenheiros de expediçam principiando da cidade do Pará the a aldea de Mariua no Rio-Negro This collection of maps shows villages along the Rio Negro and the Amazon. They are the product of an expedition undertaken by a group of engineers tracing the route of the Negro…- Contributor: Schwebel, Joan Andre
- Date: 1756-01-01
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MapPlan of the Brazilian Coast from Sohipe to São João Island.
Plano da Costa do Brasil desde o Sohipe athê a ilha de S. João This manuscript nautical map shows a stretch of the Brazilian coast from the town of Sohipe to São João Island. This coastline today is part of the state of Bahia. Bahia has…- Date: 1750-01-01
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MapMap in Which the Rivers on Argentina, Parana and Paraguay are Described Most Exactly for the …
Mappa geographicum quo flumen Argenteum, Paraná et Paraguay exactissime nunc primum describuntur, facto initio a nova Colonia ad ostium usque fluminis Iauru This atlas of colonial South America is by Miguel Antonio Ciera. A noted mathematician and professor of astronomy at the University of Coimbra in Portugal, Ciera was part of an expedition sent…- Contributor: Ciera, Miguel Antonio, 18th Century
- Date: 1758-01-01
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MapEuropean Turkey and Part of Asian Turkey, Divided into Large Provinces and Governorships.
Turquie d'Europe et partie de celle d'Asie divisée par grandes Provinces et Gouvernemts This mid-18th century French map shows the Balkan Peninsula, most of Anatolia (present-day Turkey), and the Mediterranean islands of Cyprus and Crete. The map bears the inscription "Sr. Janvier" ("Le Sieur Janvier"),…- Contributor: Janvier, Jean, Flourished
- Date: 1750-01-01
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MapMap of the Old World, 1752.
Orbis Vetus in utrâque continente juxta mentem Sansonianam distinctus, nec non observationibus astronomicis redactus accurante Robert de Vaugondy Didier Robert de Vaugondy (1723-86) was from a line of famous geographers and cartographers. He was the great-grandson of Nicolas Sanson (1600-1667) and the son of Gilles Robert de Vaugondy (1688-1766), with…- Contributor: Robert De Vaugondy, Didier
- Date: 1752-01-01
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MapMap of the Great Tartary. Established upon the Accounts of Several Travelers from Various Nations and …
Carte de Tartarie: dressée sur les Relations de plusieurs Voyageurs de différentes Nations et sur quelques Observations qui ont été faites dans ce pais la The French cartographer Guillaume de l'Isle (1675-1726) was admitted into the French Académie Royale des Sciences when he was 27 years old and subsequently became the first person to receive the title…- Contributor: Cóvens, Johannes - Mortier, Corneille - L'isle, Guillaume De
- Date: 1757-01-01
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