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In this bibliography of the exact sciences in the Low Countries, Klaas Hoogendoorn gives a detailed analytical description by autopsy of all printed books publi
The Bookshop of the World
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Authors: Andrew Pettegree
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The untold story of how the Dutch conquered the European book market and became the world’s greatest bibliophiles. The Dutch Golden Age has long been seen as
Regnum Chinae: The Printed Western Maps of China to 1735
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This study reproduces and describes, for the first time, all the maps of China printed in Europe between 1584 and 1735, unravelling the origin of each individua
European Military Books and Intellectual Cultures of War in 17th-Century Russia
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This book discusses the role Western military books and their translations played in 17th-century Russia. By tracing how these translations were produced, distr
Sailing School
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Hands-on science in the Age of Exploration. Winner of the John Lyman Book Award in Naval and Maritime Science and Technology by the North American Society for O