World Digital Library a reusit sa convinga biblioteca prestigioasei universitati Yale sa permita scanarea unui jurnal al prestigiosului Magellan. Iata o monstra din "amintirile" Evului Mediu si ale Renasterii, cand existau piratii..
* This manuscript volume, dating from around 1525, details Ferdinand Magellan's voyage around the world in 1519-22. The work is attributed to Antonio Pigafetta, a Venetian scholar who was born in Vincenza, Italy, around 1490 and who accompanied Magellan on the voyage. Pigafetta kept a detailed journal, the original of which is lost. However, an account of the voyage, written by Pigafetta between 1522 and 1525, survives in four manuscript versions: one in Italian and three in French. This version, in French, is from the library of Yale University, and is the most complete and handsomely produced of the four surviving manuscripts. It includes 23 beautifully drawn and illuminated maps. Pigafetta’s work is important not only as a source of information about the voyage itself, but also includes an early Western description of the people and languages of the Philippines. Of the approximately 240 men who set out with Magellan, Pigafetta was one of only 18 who returned to Spain. Magellan himself was killed, on April 27, 1521, in a battle on Mactan Island, the Philippines, which Pigafetta witnessed and recounts in this work.
Author
* Pigafetta, Antonio (1480/91? - 1534?)
Date Created
* 1522-1525
Place of Publication
* France
Language
* French
Time
* 1500 AD - 1699 AD
Type of Item
* Manuscripts
Physical Description
* Parchment (fine), folios i (paper) + ii (parchment) + i (original parchmentflyleaf) + 98 (foliated 2-99) + ii (parchment) + i (paper); hand-colored; 276 x 184 (195 x 122) millimeters (28 centimeters)
* The 8,000-kilometer Trans-Siberian Railway linking Ekaterinburg in the Ural Mountains with the Pacific port of Vladivostok is the world’s longest railroad. Construction began in 1891 and was completed in 1916. By 1900, much of the line was finished and open for traffic. In that year, the Russian Ministry of Ways of Communication issued, in identical English and Russian editions, this illustrated guide to the railway. It includes a history of Siberia, an account of the construction, and a detailed listing of the towns and cities along the route.
Un subiect tabu, pe langa masonerie, a fost mereu teoria conspiratiei, expusa in sute de variante. In fapt, si masoneria este adeseori perceputa ca fiind o conspiratie descrisa de adepti ca o structura discreta din care fac parte membri de elita ai societatii. Ramane insa problema legitimitatii membrilor. Complicat de spus care sunt criteriile de eligibilitate. Si mai dificil de spus de ce este conspiratie.. Oricum, pe langa aceasta entitate mai sunt altele, gen Ku Klux Klan, despre care expertii sustin ca nu sunt chiar acelasi lucru cu masoneria, desi ambele se numesc fratii.. Iata de ce nu merita sa incerci sa intelegi mare lucru..
Totul e relativ cu marja fantastica de variatie, cu mentiunea ca razboiul religios se duce acum pe alte platfome. Ramane insa aceeasi perceptie generala: e conspiratie, s-a aflat, deci.. nu e bine. Exista insa suficiente persoane atrase de ideea propagarii la nivel mondial a anumitor interese incat sunt dispuse sa realizeze si filme.
Doua din filmele lansate in acest an sunt Echelon Conspiracy si The International. La baza celor doua productii sta comparatia care naste intrebari. Asa se intampla in toate filmele, insa echipele de creatie se intrec in materie de scenarii si prezentari. Si tot procesul imbraca forme dintre cele mai diverse si, cu riscul de a exagera, chiar poate exista un strop de relevanta in prezentari. Si totusi.. la ce ajuta?
Cu rezervele de rigoare, consider ca sunt publicatii in Romania care trebuie promovate peste hotare, oriunde se afla persoane capabile sa citeasca si sa digere continutul. Altfel, exista posibilitati foarte mari ca, in circa zece ani sa regasim, de exemplu, in cadrul News Museum doar sase cotidiene locale din Romania cu un tiraj modic. Pe principiul, nici asa, nici altminteri, iata un articol preluat de la Andi Bob:
Zilele trecute publicam un post în care semnalam numarul mic de ziare romanesti care apar zilnic pe harta virtuala a muzeului media, Newseum. Un coleg mai impulsiv - dar mai optimist decat mine - le-a si scris celor de la muzeul din Washington DC.
E drept, amandoi am presupus ca e nevoie de o actualizare care sa pornească dinspre ziare, nu monitorizeaza Newseum-ul presa din întreaga lume. Dar oportunitatea de a figura intr-un context virtual de ultima ora nu e de tocmai de neglijat. Iata raspunsul primit, care dovedeste al cui e dezinteresul (sau ”dezinteresul”?):
Hello, Thank you for your interest in the Newseum’s Today’s Front Pages display. All front pages that you see in our display are sent to us individually and voluntarily from each newspaper itself every day. We invite all daily, general interest newspapers to participate. At this time, Romania Libera IS a participant. However, because the newspapers send their own front pages, some days files get corrupted or someone forgets to send the file. Perhaps that’s what happened today.
Check back soon!Best,
Emily Hedges Assistant Editor/Exhibit Development Newseum 555 Pennsylvania Ave. NW
Sa ne amintim uneori si ca exista tot soiul de stiri, printre care si urmatoarea:
