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Publisher
Yale University Press
Language
English
Description
The Vinland Map, dated to about A.D. 1440 - at least fifty years before Columbus landed in the Americas - is a unique map of the world that shows an outline of the northeast American coast and a legend describing its discovery in about 1000 by Leif Eiriksson, the Norseman from Greenland. The map was published by Yale University Press in 1965 and generated an enormous amount of debate. Chemical analysis of the ink later suggested that the map might...
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Series
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[1953]
Language
English
Description
Marshlands: A harassed young writer attempts to produce a novel which will persuade his friends to abandon their directionless lives. Prometheus misbound: The titan Prometheus, accompanied by several legendary ancient Greeks, visit modern Paris, where they mix in municipal government, high finance, and cafe society.
Author
Publisher
Rider
Pub. Date
[1956]
Language
English
Description
Proust's letters to his mother were first published in France in 1955, and were immediately recognized as one of the most important and fascinating instalments of his vast correspondence. It is hoped that the present volume will serve as a complete introduction to the beauties and complexities of "A la Recherche du Temps Perdu" and to the real 'life in time' from which this great novel sprang.