Memories and Portraits

The sixteen essays of the collection cover a wide range. The first eleven consists of personal memories (and portraits) of family and friends. Indeed, apart from his exuberant and very candid letters, Memories and Portraits is the nearest thing to an autobiography published by Stevenson. The very first essay is about his memories as a Scot of his first contacts with England (“The Foreigner…

Sites of vision; The Discursive Construction of Sight in the History of Philo…

Keempat belas kontributor Sites of Vision mengeksplorasi hipotesis bahwa hakikat persepsi visual yang dibicarakan para filsuf harus secara eksplisit diakui sebagai konstruksi diskursif, bahkan konstruksi historis, dalam wacana filosofis. Dalam beberapa tahun terakhir, para sarjana dari berbagai disiplin ilmu telah tertarik pada "konstruksi" indra manusia—dalam cara lingkungan manusia membentu…

Louth & Meath : a short survey of the principal places of interest in both co…

Excerpt from Louth and Meath: A Short Survey of the Principal Places of Interest in Both Counties Louth, the smallest county in Ireland, compris ing an area of about acres, presents several distinguishing features well worthy Of the attention of the Sightseer and the archaeologist. The county faces the Irish Sea, and is the most northerly Of the maritime counties of the province of Leinst…

With Stanley on the Congo

The book relates to Sir Henry Morton Stanley, a Welsh journalist and explorer. Stanley is known for his exploration of central Africa, his search for missionary and explorer David Livingstone and his search for the source of the Nile. Historical - United Kingdom & Africa. Biographical interest.

Peter Parley's Tales of Greece and Rome

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The narrative of a Japanese volume 1 : what he has seen and the people he has…

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2 v., 7 leaves of plates :,Vol. 1 has subtitle: From the time of his being castaway in 1850 down to

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Historia : empiricism and erudition in early modern Europe

Essays examine how the genre of historia reflects connections between the study of nature and the study of culture in early modern scholarly pursuits. The early modern genre of historia connected the study of nature and the study of culture from the early Renaissance to the eighteenth century. The ubiquity of historia as a descriptive method across a variety of disciplines—including natura…

Provisional Bibliography of Atlases, Floras and Faunas of European Cities: 16…

Daftar pustaka ini mempunyai masa kehamilan yang sangat lama; Keingintahuan awal untuk mengetahui seberapa banyak atau sedikit informasi yang ada mengenai status dan distribusi tumbuhan, hewan, dan organisme lain di wilayah perkotaan di seluruh Eropa beberapa waktu kemudian dilengkapi dengan perkembangan tiga kepentingan utama lainnya. Pertama, keterlibatan profesional dalam perencanaan, desain…

Writing Self, Writing Empire: Chandar Bhan Brahman and the Cultural World of …

Writing Self, Writing Empire examines the life, career, and writings of the Mughal state secretary, or munshi, Chandar Bhan Brahman (d. ca. 1670), one of the great Indo-Persian poets and prose stylists of early modern South Asia. Chandar Bhan’s life spanned the reigns of four emperors: Akbar (1556–1605), Jahangir (1605–1627), Shah Jahan (1628–1658), and Aurangzeb ‘Alamgir (1658–1707…

Borelli's on the Movement of Animals - on the Natural Motions Resulting from …

This volume provides an introduction to Borelli’s theory on the movement of animals and describes his theory and scientific experiments relating to the natural movements of bodies in a fluid environment. It describes in great detail why and how bodies which present with different magnitudes, weights and shapes move at a greater or a smaller velocity in certain proportion in the fluid environm…