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Topographic Map of the city of Caracas
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Ángel Jacob Jesurún’s topographical map of Caracas, with its geometric grid, is the first map after Venezuela’s independence to be drawn and printed by a native of the city. After decades of war and…

Contributor:

Ángel Jacob Jesurún

Places:

Caracas, Venezuela

Date:

1843

Subjects:

Cities, Colonialism, Nationalism, Christian-Jewish relations, Sephardic, Architecture

Categories:

Print & book culture, Architecture
Topographic map, with place names in columns on left and right side and Spanish text below.
Discourse Delivered at the Consecration of the Synagogue of the Hebrew Congregation Mickve Israel, in the City of Savannah, Georgia, 21 July 1820
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Assembled as we are, to re-establish by commemoration, (2) the Congregation of this remnant or small portion of the house of Israel; your expectation of a brief sketch of our History, and particularly…

Contributor:

Jacob de la Motta

Places:

Savannah, United States of America

Date:

1820

Subjects:

Community, Migration, Diaspora, Colonialism, Cities, Politics, Sermons

Categories:

Sermons, Political Culture