Two bound sets of maps from the British Library’s core collection of early modern English cartography have recently been digitised and placed online. Harley MS 3749 is a series of 18 hand-drawn maps of parts of the Royal estate at Windsor, produced in 1607 by the English surveyor, mapmaker and author John Norden (c. 1547-1625). …
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Two Seventeenth Century Atlases Digitised and Online in England
Two bound sets of maps from the British Library’s core collection of early modern English cartography have recently been digitised and placed online. Harley MS 3749 is a series of 18 hand-drawn maps of parts of the Royal estate at Windsor, produced in 1607 by the English surveyor, mapmaker and author John Norden (c. 1547-1625). …
Teenager’s Incurable Cancer Cleared With Revolutionary DNA-Editing Technique
This is perhaps the most exciting news of our time. Thanks to DNA, lives are not only being saved, but also significantly extended. From the BBC News: “A teenage girl’s incurable cancer has been cleared from her body,” reports the BBC, “in the first use of a revolutionary new type of medicine….”Doctors at Great Ormond …