Stories
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Why the 1918 Spanish flu defied both memory and imagination
The Black Death, AIDS and Ebola outbreaks are part of our collective cultural memory, but the Spanish flu outbreak has not been.
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Indian botanicals and heritage wars
Colonial botanical texts, as astonishingly beautiful as they are, may cast very dark shadows.
Catalogue
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Power and penury : government, technology, and science in Philip II's Spain / David C. Goodman.
Goodman, David C.Date: 1988- Books
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A new journey over Europe; from France thro' Savoy, Switzerland, Germany, Flanders, Holland, Denmark, Swedland, Muscovy, Poland, Hungary, Styria, Carinthia, the Venetian Territories, Italy, Naples, Sicily, Genoa, Spain, Portugal, France, Great Britain, and Ireland. With Several Observations on the Laws, Religion, and Government, &c. of each. Together With an Account of the Births and Marriages of all the Kings and Princes of Europe from the Year 1650. By a late traveller A. D. Chancel, M.A.
Chancel, Alexander Doriack.Date: MDCCXIV. [1714]- Archives and manuscripts
New Spain: official documentation
New Spain, governmentDate: 1690-1839Reference: WMS/Amer.3, 51, 62, 64 & 96-97- Books
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A new account of the inhabitants, trade, and government of Spain. Containing I. A concise view of its soil, produce, and Manufactures; and of the Number, Genius, and Temper of its Inhabitants. II. The several Branches of their Trade, the Management of their Affairs in India, the Strength and Power of their Army and Navy, and the different Taxes and Revenues by which they are enabled to carry on a War. III. An account of its constitution, and the most remarkable Revolutions that have happened in it; particularly, the Passing of the Crown from the House of Austria into that of Bourbon; the Consequences of this Alteration, and the Present State, Maxims of Government, true Interest, and political Connections of that Kingdom, especially with the Crown of Great Britain. To which is added, A Description of the principal Sea-Port Towns in Spain, with the Soundings of their Harbours, and Strength of their Fortifications. Taken from the best authorities.
Date: MDCCLXII. [1762]- Books
An account of expeditions to the sources of the Mississippi and through the western parts of Louisiana, to the sources of the Arkansaw, Kans, La Platte, and Pierre Jaun, rivers performed by order of the Government of the United States during the years 1805, 1806, and 1807. And a tour through the interior parts of New Spain, when conducted through these provinces, by order of the captain-general, in the year 1807 / By Major Z.M. Pike ; illustrated by maps and charts.
Pike, Zebulon Montgomery, 1779-1813.Date: 1810