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Dictionary of Maritime Terms
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This dictionary of maritime terms, a hand-written manuscript, includes definitions in Dutch, Spanish, Portuguese, and French.

Contributor:

David Franco Mendes

Places:

Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

Date:

ca. 1780

Subjects:

Technology, Scholarship, Travel

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Print & Book Culture, Science & Philosophy
Facing-page text with drawing of ladder on left side and Dutch writing underneath, and drawing of ship part on right side with Dutch text above and below.
Technical Diagram from Joseph Delmedigo’s Elim
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This is a technical diagram from Joseph Delmedigo’s Sefer Elim (Book of Elim), a scientific and philosophical work published by Menasseh Ben Israel.

Contributor:

Menasseh Ben Israel, Joseph Solomon Delmedigo

Places:

Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

Date:

1629

Subjects:

Print, Technology, Math, Scholarship, Profession

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Print & Book Culture, Science & Philosophy
Printed page with Hebrew text on right side and illustration of tall tower with wheels inside it on left side.