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Instructio[n], y memoria, de las relaciones que se han de hazer, para la descripcion de las Indias
Juan López de Velasco
1577
Secretos de chirurgia
Pedro Arias de Benavides
1567
Atlas des Enfans, ou nouvelle methode pour apprendre la geographie,...
1784
Semanario del Nuevo Reyno de Granada
Francisco Jose de Caldas
1808
The Gulf Stream flowing northwards…
Benjamin Franklin
1778
Museum Museorum
Michael Bernhard Valentini
1704
Carte Hydrographique & Chorographique des Isles Philippines…
Pedro Murillo Velarde
1760
Principall navigations, voiages, and discoveries of the English nation
Edward Wright
1598
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Natural History Collecting in Late Colonial New Spain: Highlights from the JCB Collection
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Earthquakes and Timekeeping Practices in New England, 1600-1800
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Studying Absence: Archival Fragments and Interdisciplinary Methods in the History of Medicine in the Atlantic Slave Trade
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Air America
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Constellations: Reimagining Celestial Histories in the Early Americas
November 2020 - August 2021
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Constellations exhibition launch and guided tour with Historian of Science Simon Schaffer
Friday, October 30 at 3:00pm
Drugs from the Colonies: The New American Medicine Chest
Fall - Winter 2011
Voyage to the Islands: Hans Sloane, Slavery, and Scientific Travel in the Caribbean
Spring - Summer 2012
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