What is the earliest mention of use of spyglass by seafarers?
Aug 27, 2018 · What is the earliest mention of use of spyglass by seafarers? How fast it became a commonly used nautical instrument? UPDATE: The most interesting thing I've found so far is in E. …
Did Europeans ever trade eye aids (telescopes, spyglass, etc) to the ...
Did Europeans ever trade telescopes to the Native Americans? Did they ever attempt to do so? Edit: changing this to any kind of eye aids. Telescopes, spyglass, binoculars, monocles, magnifying glas...
Why did German typewriters not use Fraktur? - History Stack Exchange
Nov 1, 2024 · First, simply putting 'Fraktur typewriter' into a search engine yields some pictures of typewrites with Fraktur keys, so they exist/existed. Second, I would remove the Nazi-Germany tag …
Where can I find proof of naval supremacy being causal to dominance …
Feb 10, 2026 · The strong hypothesis (Supremacy is required for colonialism) could be refuted if there were a period where multiple countries were successfully [sic] colonial; they cannot be mutually …
identification - What do we know about the woman in a white dress in ...
Feb 10, 2026 · Woman in White Dress in Manet's A Bar at the Folies-Bergère Are there any sources that regard the woman in a white dress and gold gloves in the background of Manet's painting? I haven't …
What are these 16-Century Italian monetary symbols?
Dec 11, 2024 · These are symbols representing Venetian coin values. Most of them are mentioned directly in the lines you are looking at: Ducati, Lira, Soldi, and Pizzoli. An article here shows another …
Was there Church opposition to heliocentrism in 1600?
Aug 4, 2020 · The opinion of the Church on heliocentrism was not officially stated by 1600. This means that there was no Church opinion. People, including cardinals and popes could have their own …
contemporary history - Why was Apple not able to compete with …
Mar 6, 2016 · He acquired a CP/M-knock off OS, 86-DOS, for an absurdly low sum, and then used the product he had essentially obtained for free to undercut Digital Research's CP/M. Windows Internet …
When citation of other author started to be formalized?
Sep 5, 2024 · A question here about Ptolemy made me wonder when the authors started to cross-reference to give strength to their arguments. Wikipedia states (without source) that one of the first …
Why did Abraham Lincoln choose Andrew Johnson as a vice …
Mar 2, 2015 · Given the two were from different parties, I was curious as to why Lincoln would choose a man like Johnson from the opposing party when running for reelection. In addition, I'm curious as to …