Jamestown Settlement--History; Great Britain--Colonies--America--History--17th century; Leadership--History; Virginia--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
English experience gained from colonization attempts in the New World and in Ireland, as well as military expeditions to the European continent and the New World, helped make Jamestown more successful than any previous English colonial venture in...
The thesis deals with the political career of John Marshall Harlan prior to his appointment in 1877 as an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court. Throughout the majority of those twenty-three active years in Kentucky politics, Harlan...
This thesis is examines the imperial attachment to the Suez Canal from 1875 to 1956. It begins with the canal share purchase by the Disraeli Government and ends with the Suez Crisis. Traditional scholarship views relations between the Britain and...
"The heavy walls of Tiryns and other Mycenaean palaces contrast sharply with the open Cretan palaces and clearly reveal their defensive character. Those of Tiryns average about 20 feet in thickness, and in one section they house a long gallery...
This thesis is an exploration of Black cultural space and its influence on the
retention, adaptation, and transmission of African folktales during and after the
antebellum era. During slavery, the survival of kinship and family helped to create
an...
Indians of North America--Missions; Jesuits--North America; Wyandot Indians--Religion; Wyandot Indians--Missions; Jesuits--Missions--North America--History
There are perhaps but few passages in history that are more striking than those which tell of heroic efforts of the early French Jesuits to convert the Indians of North America. Many of these efforts are full of dramatic and philosophic interest,...
Maps; Forts & fortifications; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Reprint of a Civil War-era map of Louisville, Kentucky, highlighting forts. Printed in lower lefthand corner:"Accompanying report of Lieut. Col. J.H. Simpson Corps of Engrs., U.S. Army, dated June 24, 1865. SERIES I. VOL. XLIX." Printed...
"Later the tomb was incorporated into the fortress of the Caetani family, of which a few remains are still visible, and converted into a tower." (p.23)
“A. The large mercantile harbour [harbor] of Kantharos; B. The main naval harbour [harbor] of Zea; C. The smaller naval harbour [harbor] of Munichia.” (caption, p.13); “Faced with certain Spartan retaliation, the Athenian assembly took the...
“A reconstruction of the Dipylon (left) and Sacred gates as they might have appeared in the fifth century BC, before the forward defences [defenses] (proteichisma) and moat were added.” (caption, p.18)
“Illustration of a suovetaurilia, a ritual sacrifice made before the start of a military offensive. At the bottom, a pig and a sheep are being led to the sacrificial altar. The ox which was also destined for sacrifice cannot be seen in this view....