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Francesca Fiorani, The Marvel of Maps.(Book review)
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December 1, 2005|
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Francesca Fiorani, The Marvel of Maps (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2005) 347pp. ISBN 0-300-10727-7. US$60.
Many of us have been puzzled by the wonderful displays of Renaissance art and cartography exemplified in the Map Cycles at the Vatican in Rome and the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence. Francesca Fiorani's book, The Marvel of Maps, is certain to dispel most of the mysteries regarding their creation, background and political context.
A scholarly tour-de-force, Fiorani's book is as thorough in its historical and artistic analysis of ...
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Key West to celebrate 75th anniversary of Henry Morrison Flagler's 'Railroad that Went to the Sea'.
PR Newswire
; ...anniversary of the arrival of Henry Morrison Flagler's first train to the Southernmost...seven-year project that cost Flagler an estimated $50 million...by hurricane force winds. The Flagler system chose not to rebuild and...
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Henry Flagler, the man who built Florida
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times
; Henry FlaglerThe Astonishing Life and Times...Leon Chandler. Macmillan. $19.95. Henry Morrison Flagler, principal founder of modern Florida...American business and social history. Flagler did not fit the mold of the traditional...
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The lavish luxury of Henry Flagler
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times
; ...public, as a museum. The second donor was Jean Flagler Matthews, Henry's granddaughter, who bought the building to...enterprise went belly-up. Today's visitor to the Henry Morrison Flagler Museum, approaching through gates of black wrought...
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Flagler: Rockefeller Partner and Florida Baron.
Magazine article from: The Mississippi Quarterly
; ...This book is a story of the life and times of Henry Morrison Flagler. It is a history of two developing industries...late nineteenth century - oil and railroads. Flagler was involved in both. Henry Flagler was born on January 2,1830, in Hopewell...
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FLAGLER ON THE BAY.
Magazine article from: Florida Trend
; The name of Florida railroad tycoon Henry Morrison Flagler shows up in countless places around the state on...Here, a 96-foot-high obelisk dedicated to Henry Flagler rises above the bay's aquamarine waters like a...
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UNC-CH: Kenan-Flagler honors long-time supporters at plaza dedication
M2 Presswire
; ...educational careers, the dean said. Henry Latane's experience and high...Investment Banking at Kenan-Flagler and a professor of economics at...Kenan Charitable Trust to honor Henry Morrison Flagler and Mary Lily Kenan Flagler...
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 "The American (Washington, DC)")
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The other half of standard oil: John D. Rockefeller has dominated the story of Standard Oil. But few entrepreneurs in history have accomplished as much as his partner, Henry Flagler, who transformed the company and later made Florida into a powerhouse of tourism and agriculture.(INDUSTRIAL HISTORY)
Magazine article from: The American (Washington, DC)
; ...older than Rockefeller, Flagler was born in 1830. His...before and, indeed, Flagler had been named for his mother's first husband, Henry Morrison. She had had a son...eight years older than Henry. Flagler's father had had two...
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Flagler's secret army.(Abstracts: periscope on campus life and research)
Magazine article from: Florida Trend
; ...school history books praise industrialist Henry Morrison Flagler as "the creator of modern Florida." What Flagler did for the state--building its first...Isaac was surprised to find the names of Flagler and John D. Rockefeller on the membership...
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 "Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)")
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FLAGLER'S CROWN JEWEL SHINES IN PALM BEACH.(Travel)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
; ...PAUL JACKSON Copley News Service Henry Morrison Flagler visited Florida in 1883 and was...wall winter vacation land. Flagler bought several local railroads...route: the Ponce de Leon (now Flagler College) and Alcazar in St...
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LAST TRAIN TO PARADISE Henry F ...
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post
; LAST TRAIN TO PARADISE Henry Flagler and the Spectacular Rise and Fall of the Railroad...the nation's development for better or worse, Henry Morrison Flagler occupies a unique and somewhat peculiar place. He...
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