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
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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A voyage round the world including travels in Africa, Asia, Australasia, America, etc. etc. from MDCCCXXVII to MDCCCXXXII / by James Holman.
Holman, James, 1786-1857.Date: 1834-1835- Books
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A voyage round the world, in the years 1800, 1801, 1802, 1803, and 1804. In which the author visited Madeira, the Brazils, Cape of Good Hope, the English settlements of Botany Bay and Norfolk Island ; and the principal islands in the Pacific Ocean. With a continuation of their history to the present period / By John Turnbull.
Turnbull, John, active 1800-1813.Date: 1813