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Showing 1 to 4 of 4 for “"travel and exploration"”.
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The Impact of Atmospheric Models on the Dynamics of Space Tether Systems
… an increasingly larger concern for aerospace travel and exploration. One idea to control the space debris population is to de-orbit defunct satellites using a space tether system. A space tether system is often made up of three parts: the main satellite, the tether and the sub-satellite. The …
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The Prester John Legend and European conceptions of Alterity before 1800.
… Empire in the Far East, containing both marvels and treasure. Originating in the twelfth century, this legend captivated the mind of Europeans well into the Age of Exploration and was still a figure of interest in the eighteenth century. Accordingly, this study takes a necessary Longue durée …
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Managing Nature in the Age of Enlightenment: The Practice of Natural History in Britain, 1760-1820
… relationship between printed books, manuscripts and specimens dominated the practice of natural history during the late eighteenth century. This dissertation explores the complex connections between these materials and shows how they were used to apply systematic structure to nature on a global …
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Reading the map: geographic space, reading publics, and the shaping of nineteenth-century American identity, 1803-1898
… consciousness that they are assumed to be fixed and inevitable.” Meinig’s invitation to explore the contingency of our current nation-form provides a starting point for my dissertation, which argues that the versions of national geography transmitted to readers through popular nineteenth-century …