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Arts
fromArtnet News
4 days ago

Rare Atlas Owned by Queen Mary I Could Sell for $1.6 Million

A 16th-century atlas owned by Queen Mary I valued at $1.6 million features early maps depicting Britain's emerging imperial ambitions and will be offered at the New York Antiquarian Book Fair.
History
fromwww.theguardian.com
6 months ago

Workhouses in England and Wales linked to transatlantic slave trade, study suggests

Workhouses in England and Wales were financially and administratively linked to the transatlantic slave trade and British imperial exploitation.
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