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The National Museum of Australia spent AUS$130,000 (hammer price AUS$111,000) to acquire a rare 1813 “holey dollar ,” Australia’s first official minted currency, at the International Auction Galleries’ Australian & World Rare Coin auction on November 6th.
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New Statesman - The first great age of the book
We’re enthralled by the Tudors, but often for the wrong reasons. Henry VIII’s bed-hopping and Elizabeth I’s spying games are far less important than the spread of the printing press. Why are we so obsessed with the Tudors?
All across England, the recent turn of the century has gone largely unnoticed.
The Industrial Revolution - Causes
The course of industrialisation in France was so idiosyncratic that for a long time people wondered whether an industrial revolution had ever taken place in the country. One of the main reasons for this was that the "Grande Nation" did not possess as large and accessible natural supplies of coal and iron ore as countries like Great Britain or Belgium.
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The industrial revolution and the establishment of the first European settlement in Australia happened roughly at the same time. As steam power was first applied to the problems of pumping water from Northumberland mines, and waterpower to the looms and mills of Lancashire, the first loads of convicts were sent across the globe to what would become Sydney. Indeed, the voyage of the First Fleet between 1786 and 1788 itself was characterised by the rational use of scientific knowledge for practical purposes.
Linking a Nation: Chapter 1 - Australia and the Industrial Revolution in Transport and Communications
The iconic machines in MMW chart the evolution of the engineering technologies that surround us.
Making the Modern World - Icons of Invention - Technology
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection | The Collection
Insurance maps of Frankfort, Kentucky (sheet 1, index); Sanborn Map Company; 1907; City Atlas Welcome to the David Rumsey Map Collection Database and Blog.
History In An Hour - history ebooks and history iPhone apps. History for busy people.
24 May 1941, the sinking of HMS Hood ; ‘ History In An Hour ‘ is a series of e-books, apps and audiobooks to help the reader learn the basic facts of a given subject area. Take World War Two as an example, exactly what was Dunkirk about, or the Normandy Landings?
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Water Stories
Once again, some Americans have become obsessed with the idea that, to save our country and our jobs, we need to close down our borders and keep out "immigrants."
The Backlash Against "Immigrants" Is Offensive And Absurd -- We're All Immigrants
Did Germany experience rapid industrial expansion in the 19th century due to an absence of copyright law?