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Following renovation, 500 sub-Saharan African works highlight major movements—one-fourth on view for the first time—spanning the Middle Ages to today.
Frontiers The Indian Ocean’s main currents are semiannually reversed by monsoon winds
Dive into the magic of iron, bronze, lead, and copper.
apart, those 759 folios were dispersed, in donations and in sales, to the four winds
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Vesuvius, A View of Naples Beyond Pierre Jacques Volaire ca. 1776 Neptune and the Winds
Marking: Stamped on the shorter barrel flat: H [shield containing a rampant lion facing left and holding an arrow] R; on the longer barrel flat: B [shield containing a bird standing on a log] D
Bodyguard of the Prince-Elector of Saxony dated 1589 Crossbow (Halbe Rüstung) with Winder
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Peter Munsten ca. 1620–30 Shoe Buckle 1770–1800 Crossbow (Halbe Rüstung) with Winder
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Peter Munsten ca. 1620–30 Shoe Buckle 1770–1800 Crossbow (Halbe Rüstung) with Winder
Buddhism, Silk Road
routes allowed merchants to sail down the Red Sea and to take advantage of monsoon winds
A vast network of strategically located trading posts (emporia) enabled the exchange, distribution, and storage of goods.
Travel by sea depended on the prevailing winds of the Indian Ocean, the monsoons,
Signature: Stamped in red on bottom tablet, lower quarter: PAVLVS REIMANInscription: Lower tablet, open position, stamped: SOLI DEO / GLORI A/ PAVLVS / REINMAN / NORIMBERGÆ / FACIEBATUpper tablet, open position, engraved: chart of 33 cities or geographical locations and their latitudesUpper tablet, closed position, engraved in outer rim: germanized versions of old Italian names for principal windsLower tablet, closed position, stamped within concentric circles: EPACTA GREGORII ANNO 1602 ISTMarking: Stamped on upper edge of bottom tablet, upside down, twice: [1] a crownStamped in black on compass well of bottom tablet: [2] a crown
, engraved in outer rim: germanized versions of old Italian names for principal winds
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Window with Grisaille Decoration French ca. 1320–30 Crossbow (Halbe Rüstung) with Winder
