"The Boundless Deep ...": The European Conquest of the Oceans, 1450 to 1840 : Catalogue of an Exhibition of Rare Books, Maps, Charts, Prints and Manuscripts Relating to Maritime History from the John Carter Brown Library |
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Geography | 5 |
Astronomy and Mathematics | 11 |
The Search for Longitude | 23 |
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