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Detail of a hand colored printed map shows text in French reading "Terre-Neuve," latitude and longitude lines, and labels over other geographical areas.

Carte reduite des bancs et de l'Ile de Terre-Neuve avec les cotes du Golf de St. Laurent et de l'Acadie

[Depot de la Marine]
1784
Detail of a printed books shows text in Latin and decorative typography.

De Aequinoctiorum Solsticiorumque Inventione

Albert Pigghe
1520
Detail of calf-bound book shows worn spine, embossed detail, and stamped title.

Secrete resolutien van de edele groot mog...

Johan de Witt
1717
stained title page of a printed pamphlet with a blue cover

Calendrier pour l’année 1807

1806-1807
Detail of a map shows text in Latin.

Americae et Proximar Regionum Orae Descriptio

Giovanni Battista Mazza
1589
A hand-colored woodcut depicts a man with a walking stick. In the background a ship and palm trees are visible. Some text in French is visible.

Le Vrai Portrait du Juif Errant

circa 1820s
Detail of a printed book shows text in Dutch, with the Mexican state "Zacatecas" written in italics.

Gedenkschriften der omwenteling in het rijk van Mexico

William Davis Robinson
1823
Detail of a hand-colored manuscript map shows small depth markers, forest, and a label "Nuevitas" and other surrounding landmarks.

Plano del Puerto de Nuevitas en la Costa Norte de la Isla de Cuba levantado para mejor conocimiento por orden del Dto. Maritimo

circa 1828

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Printed fold-out map shows topography of Colombia in great detail. Includes decorative cartouche, illustration of two naked people sitting facing each other, and scales.

200 Years of Colombian Independence

Photograph of book bindings found at the John Carter Brown Library.
Guided show-and-tell

How We Make Our Library Grow

Image of Guaman Poma de Ayala scribe
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Recent Acquisition on Commercial Bureaucracy in the Spanish Empire

June 29
map
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Strike a Map from that List!

April 11
French 18th century text
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"Réponse de M. Duchilleau..."

February 15
16th century charts documenting the calculations of solar and lunar calculations
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Eclipses in Print

October 24
worn, yellow-tinted pages of a 19th century almanac
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An almanac well-worn through regular use

July 27
detail of a page from a Mexican incunable book printed between 1539 to 1600
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64 Mexican incunables and counting

May 5

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Religious Cultures

History of the Book