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In Journael ofte gedenckwaerdige beschrijvinghe van de Oost-Indische reyse

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Willem Ysbrantsz. Bontekoe van Hoorn and Willem Ysbrantsz Bontekoe


Het "Journael ofte gedenckwaerdige beschrijvinghe" is een scheepsjournaal opgetekend door de Hoornse schipper Willem Ysbrantsz Bon…

07 - Introductory Notices, part 7: Rusticiano or Rustichello of Pisa, Marco Pol…

In The Book of Ser Marco Polo, the Venetian, concerning the kingdoms and marvels o…

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Rustichello da Pisa and Rustichello Da Pisa


"Books of the Marvels of the World" or "Description of the World" (Divisament dou monde), also nicknamed "Il Milion…

22 - Partition 3, Section 2, Member 5, Subsection 2

In The Anatomy of Melancholy Volume 3

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Robert Burton


The Anatomy of Melancholy is a book by Robert Burton, first published in 1621. On its surface, the book is a medical textbook in which Burto…

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In The Awkward Age

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Henry James


Nanda Brookenham is coming of age, and thus 'coming out' in London society - which leads to complications in her family's social set in Lond…

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