ETI4396983: Large plot and tree drawings. Illustration of the best way to land. Miniature taken from a survey and boundary trek, (“Siensa de destrar y siensa de atermenar”) narrated by Arnaud de Villeneuve (Arnau de Vilanova or Arnaldus de Villanova) around 1240 - around 1311), a Catalan doctor, theologian and diplomat. Manuscript by Bertrand Boysset (1355-1415). Bibliotheque Inguimbertine Municipal de Carpentras. / Bridgeman Images
LSE4402949: Frontispice; Samuel Champlain (1570-1635), “” Les voyages de la Nouvelle France Occidental, Dicte Canada, made by Sr. Champlain Xaintongeois, Captain for the Roy in the Navy of the Ponant, and all the discoveries he made in this country since the year 1603 iusques in the year 1629... Pierre Le Mur, Paris, 1632., French School, (17th century) / Bridgeman Images
LSE4403207: Scientific experiment: the calculation of the speed of sound, by Humboldt, Louis-Joseph Gay-Lussac (Louis Joseph Gay Lussac), Bouvard, Prony and Mathieu, which determine the time elapses between the perception of light and that of a gun shot, on the night of 22 June 1822, near Paris., French School, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images