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Spain\u27s Royal Corps of Engineers in the Western Borderlands, 1764-1815

open access: yes, 1972
Founded in 1711, the Royal Corps of Engineers was established in the wake of destruction and turmoil caused by the War of Spanish Succession. King Philip V of Spain encouraged foreigners, like the Marqués de Verboom who was father to the Corps, to help ...
Fireman, Janet
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Multiplying Elements of Fragmentation? Polycentrism, the Launcher Crisis and the Future of Europe in Space

open access: yesGlobal Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article explores the current controversies surrounding the European Ariane launcher and its implications for the future of European space governance. The Ariane program, historically a symbol of European technopolitical integration, faces mounting challenges due to delays, rising costs and increasing competition from private actors like ...
Nina Klimburg‐Witjes, Joseph Popper
wiley   +1 more source

Fray Francisco de Ayeta in The Service of New Mexico, 1673-1683

open access: yes, 1962
During a critical decade (1673-1683) in the history of colonial New Mexico Friar Francisco de Ayeta, a Franciscan friar, performed outstanding service to the Spanish Crown in and for this isolated province on the northern frontier of New Spain.
Hankins, Russell L.
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Facies and sequence stratigraphic implications of the Statfjord formation (upper triassic-lower Jurassic), northern north sea, UK [PDF]

open access: yes, 1996
Detailed sedimentological logging of core, and interpretation of wireline logs from the Brent Oil Field, northern North Sea, have allowed for the identification of sedimentary facies and environments of the Upper Triassic-Lower Jurassic Statfjord ...
Tawengi, Khaeri Segayer
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Global habitat suitability and invasion risk of melon thrips

open access: yesAgricultural and Forest Entomology, EarlyView.
Habitat suitability of Thrips palmi worldwide was predicted using the MaxEnt model. Precipitation of the driest month, precipitation of the wettest month and annual mean temperature were identified as the key climatic drivers influencing its distribution.
Owusu Fordjour Aidoo   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Teodoro de Croix and the Northern Frontier of New Spain, 1776-1783. [PDF]

open access: yesThe Hispanic American Historical Review, 1941
Donald Rowland, Alfred Barnaby Thomas
openaire   +2 more sources

The nation‐state, non‐Western empires, and the politics of cultural difference

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract While empires have been central to political theory, they almost always refer to Western forms of imperialism and colonialism to which non‐Western societies are subject. But precolonial empires have ruled much of the world for much of known history. Building on recent International Relations (IR) scholarship, this article reconstructs an ideal
Loubna El Amine
wiley   +1 more source

A genetic history of the Balkans from Roman frontier to Slavic migrations. [PDF]

open access: yesCell, 2023
Olalde I   +72 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Permanent war on Peru’s periphery: frontier identity and the politics of conflict in 17th century Chile

open access: yes, 2006
HISTORY PERMANENT WAR ON PERU’S PERIPHERY: FRONTIER IDENTITY AND THE POLITICS OF CONFLICT IN 17TH-CENTURY CHILE EUGENE CLARK BERGER Dissertation under the direction of Professor Jane Landers This dissertation argues that rather than making a ...
Berger, Eugene Clark
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