Stories
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Death around the world in ten objects
Death is many things to many cultures: violent, holy, frightening, calm, disgusting... or just a gateway to another life.
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Audrey in the world
As the collection is fully catalogued, the archive is opened up to the public. A feature film about Audrey premieres, and Audrey gets her own Wikipedia page, so people can learn about her. For archivist Elena, it’s time to step back.
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Why the world needs collectors
Those who collect play an important role as “facilitators of curiosity”, says Anna Faherty.
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A wheelchair in the world
Five years ago, Jan Grue, author of ‘I Live a Life Like Yours’, became a father. A wheelchair user since age eight, Grue explores how parenthood helped him reimagine his relationship with his wheelchair.
Catalogue
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My voyage around the world / translated from the Italian by Herbert Weinstock.
Carletti, Francesco, 1573?-1636.Date: 1965- Books
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Journal of researches into the natural history and geology of the countries visited during the voyage round the world of H.M.S. 'Beagle' under the command of Captain FitzRoy / by Charles Darwin.
Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882.Date: 1909- Books
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A voyage round the world, in His Majesty's ship the Dolphin, commanded by the Honourable Commodore Byron. In which is contained, a faithful account of the several places, people, plants, animals, &c. seen on the voyage: and, among other particulars, a minute and exact description of the streights of Magellan, and of the gigantic people called Patagonians. Together with an accurate account of seven islands lately discovered in the South Seas. By an officer on board the said ship.
Officer on board the said ship (the Dolphin).Date: MDCCLXVIII. [1768]- Books
A voyage round the world in the years MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV / By George Anson. Compiled from papers and other materials by Richard Walter, M.A. Illustrated with forty-two copperplates.
Walter, Richard, 1716?-1785.Date: 1748- Books
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The voyage of La Pérouse round the world, in the years 1785, 1786, 1787, and 1788, with the nautical tables. Arranged by M. L. A. Milet Mureau, ... To which is prefixed, narrative of an interesting voyage ... And annexed, travels over the continent, ... Translated from the French. Illustrated ... In two volumes. ...
La Pérouse, Jean-François de Galaup, comte de, 1741-1788.Date: 1798