Thursday, May 22, 2014

Slave Ship Zong

http://www.umich.edu/~ece/student_projects/slavery/the_zong.html



Tuesday, May 13, 2014

Jenny Von Westphalen

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jenny_von_Westphalen

Darwin and Wedgwood Families

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darwin–Wedgwood_family

Katherine Green and the Cotton Gin

http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/cotton-gin-patent/

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Littlefield_Greene

Beau Brummell

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beau_Brummell

Kitty Fischer


http://persephonemagazine.com/2012/05/kitty-fisher-and-lucy-locket-tawdry-origins/

Friday, May 9, 2014

Swietenia mahogany

No wood is so appreciated for furniture making then Swietenia mahogany for the 19th century furniture maker.
http://www.wood-database.com/lumber-identification/hardwoods/honduran-mahogany/


History of Corn

http://agron-www.agron.iastate.edu/Courses/agron212/readings/corn_history.htm

Wednesday, May 7, 2014

Upcoming Exhibit: Cincinnati Silver Makers at Cincinnati Art Museum

http://www.cincinnatiartmuseum.org/explore/exhibitions/upcoming-exhibitions/details/180-cincinnati-silver


Vere Gordon Childe


http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/childe_gordon.shtml