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The Century Atlas: Texas, western part.

open access: yes, 1897
Map shows late nineteenth century geography, towns, and cities in the western half of Texas. Relief shown by contours. Inset: "Galveston Bay, Galveston, Houston and Vicinity." Scale [1:2,534,400]
Century Company
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Looking backward to move forward: Enhancing metadata in scientific collections through interdisciplinary collaboration

open access: yesPLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Early modern herbaria house important and useful data on historic environments. However, their contents are often inhospitable to scientific use. Despite this challenge, once their contents have been deciphered, such specimens present novel research opportunities.
Madeline E. White, Stephen A. Harris
wiley   +1 more source

Imágenes de la herejía y de los protestantes en el arte efímero de los Austrias

open access: yesCahiers d’études des cultures ibériques et latino-américaines, 2018
The Royal entries can be considered like an important source to study the European society and its cultural development in the Early Modern period. This paper analyses, firstly, how the image of the heretic, mainly the protestant one, was created in ...
Borja Franco Llopis
doaj   +1 more source

The Century atlas. Australia [cartographic material] /

open access: yes, 1897
Map of Australia showing explorers' routes, steamship routes and submarine telegraphs. Relief shown by isolines and hachures.; Plate 115 from: The Century atlas of the world.
Century Company.
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Causes of the 16th-century Military Campaigns of the Oromo

open access: yes
This chapter reevaluates the socio-political and geostrategic catalysts behind the expansive 16th-century military campaigns of the Oromo nation. Rejecting imperial narratives that essentialize these movements as barbaric incursions, Demmeksa instead ...
Deribie Mekonnen Demmeksa
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Using art history to explore society's changing connections with agriculture

open access: yesPLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Food insecurity is a looming challenge that especially affects those least fortunate. Consumer food choices have a substantial impact on the sustainability of current food systems. Here, we use art as a lens through which to consider our contemporary and historical relationship to one of the world's most crucial crops, the potato, in the context of the
Edward F. Hill‐King   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

When alien plants become health hazards: An applied study on toxic and allergenic risks in Italy

open access: yesPLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Alien plants are often studied for their ecological harm, but their risks to human and animal health remain poorly documented. This study provides the first comprehensive catalogue of poisonous and allergenic alien plants in Italy, identifying which species are dangerous, where they grow and who is most at risk—from children in city parks to pets and ...
Giulio Barone   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Context‐Dependent Effects of Beavers (Castor spp.) on Freshwater Pearl Mussels (Margaritifera margaritifera) in European Rivers 河狸对欧洲河流中的淡水珍珠贝 (Margaritifera margaritifera) 存在情境依赖性影响

open access: yesWildlife Letters, EarlyView.
The study explores how beavers (Castor spp.) affect endangered freshwater pearl mussels (Margaritifera margaritifera) in European rivers. Beaver dams can harm small, fragmented mussel populations by reducing flow, increasing sediment, and potentially limiting host fish movement, while larger populations may benefit from improved bed stability and ...
Louise Lavictoire   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The 16th century books: an example of a collection of rare and valuable books named the »Rara« from the Srečko Vilhar Public Library in Koper

open access: yesKnjižnica, 2001
In the article, the author presents the characteristics of 16th century books. These books are part of a bigger collection of rare and valuable books named the »Rara« from the Srečko Vilhar Public Library in Koper.
Damjana Ivančič
doaj   +1 more source

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