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Simple, printed map of the island of Sicily, showing Mount Etna, Palermo, Messina, Catania, and other cities, which have been labeled by the author.

Comparative Colonialisms? Palermo and the Americas at the JCB

An image showing a women in chains knelling on the shore

Abolitionist Imperialism in the Archives. Or, How to Prove Racism in Anti-Slavery

Detail from the Tovar Codex, showing a bearded Spanish man atop the symbol for house (calli), while holding a book that points to the letters of the Roman alphabet.

Translating Late Medieval Classics into Nahuatl: The Imitatio Christi and How to Think About Latin-Nahuatl translation

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The cartouche of the map “Algemeene Kaart van de Colonie of Provintie van Suriname,” by Alexander de Lavaux

Alexander de Lavaux, “Algemeene Kaart van de Colonie of Provintie van Suriname,” after 1758

Cartouche of the map “La Louisiane…”  made in 1695 by Vincenzo Coronelli

Vincenzo Coronelli, “Partie occidentale du Canada ou de la Nouvelle France…” Paris : Chez J.B. Nolin, 1688

cover image of Códice Santa María Tetelpan

Códice Santa María Tetelpan: A JCB manuscript transcribed, translated, and published in facsimile in Mexico City

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