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An entrepreneur, hunter, woodsman, scientist, and artist — John James Audubon, famous for his epic The Birds of America, is a figure intimately associated with a certain idea of what it means to be American. And like many of the country's icons, he was also an immigrant. Christoph Irmscher reflects on Audubon's complex relationship to his Haitian roots. …more
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Spectacular and complex pattern poems from Maurus’ De laudibus sanctae crucis (In…more
William Granville’s attempt to explain the more mysterious aspects of the Bible through the rigours of…more
Huge variety of stories presented, sourced from both the more traditional tribes,…more
William H. Matthews’ vast and richly illustrated encyclopaedic portrait of these mysterious…more
De Bry’s illustrations depict the map of the new world and various aspects of the daily lives of the indigenous people including their rituals, warfare, execution methods and punishments.Read more
Wonderful set of astronomical drawings by Étienne Léopold Trouvelot (1827–1895), French astronomer, sericulturist and artist.Read more
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First film by stop-motion animation pioneer Willis O’Brien who in 1933 would…more
Short educational film on what can be seen in the night sky…more
Songs from Shakespeare plays as recorded by Victor in the first two decades of the twentieth…more
In this novelty recording by the Norwegian actor Henry Klauser, a mournful…more
First known recording of the popular African American spiritual performed in 1909…more
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