Galileo Galilei

Owen Gingerich

John W. Hessler

Daniel De Simone

Peter K. Machamer

David Marshall Miller

Paul Needham

Eileen Adair Reeves

A facsimile of a copy of Galileo's Sidereus nuncius in the Library of Congress, Rare Book and Special Collections.

"from Doubt to Astonishment"

The Starry Messenger, Venice 1610

The first scholarly publication and English translation of the Schöner Sammelband, a collection of maps and notes made by the 16th century astronomer and mathematician Johannes Schöner.

Johannes Schöner and the Revolution of Modern Science, 1475-1550

A Renaissance Globemaker's Toolbox

Chet A. Van Duzer

"An interpretive examination of the legal documents that granted Columbus rights in and to the New World, with a facsimile of the original copy of the Book of Privileges that is housed in the Library of Congress"--Provided by publisher.

1502, the Claiming of a New World

Christopher Columbus Book of Privileges

John W. Hessler

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