The Golden Book of the Dutch Navigators 1357123744, 9781357123741

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization

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The Golden Book of the Dutch Navigators
1357123744, 9781357123741

Traditionally, Dutch scientific culture of the Golden Age is regarded as rational, pragmatic, and utilitarian. The role

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InCapitalism and Cartography in the Dutch Golden Age, Elizabeth A. Sutton explores the fascinating but previously neglec

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The untold story of how the Dutch conquered the European book market and became the World's greatest bibliophiles

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Winner of the Southeastern Outdoor Press Association's Best Outdoor Book Award. The cast iron Dutch oven is the one

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Closely associated with the social elite, the lute occupied a central place in the culture of the Dutch Golden Age. In t

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In 'Heroines, Harpies, and Housewives', Martha Moffitt Peacock provides a novel interpretive approach to the a

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In this wide-ranging and stimulating book, a leading authority on the history of medicine and science presents convincin

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As the image of anthropologists exploring exotic locales and filling in blanks on the map has faded, the idea that cultu

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Romeyn de Hooghe was the most inventive and prolific etcher of the later Dutch Golden Age. The producer of wide-ranging

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With his engaging storytelling-style filled with humorous anecdotes, Roberts convincingly shows how deviant male youth b

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