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On the occasion of the annual Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair in early November 2018, the JCB had the pleasure of welcoming a number of rare book dealers from around the world for a library tour and show-and-tell of highlights from the collection. The visit...
Congratulations to two-time JCB fellow Christine M. DeLucia for the publication of Memory Lands: King Philip’s War and the Place of Violence in the Northeast (Yale University Press, 2018). King Philip’s war – one of the most devastating conflicts between Native Americans and European...
The Musée du Nouveau Monde (New World Museum) in La Rochelle may seem an unlikely place to learn how a Brazilian-born, Portuguese-trained naturalist-turned-journalist conducted botanical espionage in the nascent United States. But in November 2018, Director and Librarian Neil Safier (shown beside a dramatic statue...
At its October 2018 meeting, the JCB Board of Governors honored one of its longstanding members with a recognition befitting his many years of service on the Board. The room formerly known as the “Photo studio" was renamed the Clinton I. Smullyan, Jr. Suite for...
The Aurora Australis, printed at the sign of 'The Penguins' Joyce and Wild during April through July 1908, holds the distinction of being the first book printed in the Polar regions. It was produced at the winter quarters of Ernest Shackleton’s British Antarctic Expedition...
In the 1570s, the Spanish crown attempted to solve the problem of longitude calculation by collecting empirical astronomical observations from across their territories. This enormous project, started by royal cosmographer Juan López de Velasco, was conducted largely through questionnaires whose results were never made public...