Browsing by Subject "16. Jahrhundert"
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Glück auf! : Fortuna und Risiko im frühneuzeitlichen Bergbau
(2016)As mining became more popular as a form of investment in the 16th century, the number of representations of mining scenes depicting the goddess Fortuna increased. She became a popular emblem of the promises, risks, and ... -
Verheissungsvolle Berichte und suggestive Karten : Die englischen und niederländischen Nordostpassagen-Expeditionen des 16. Jahrhunderts zwischen Erfolg und Scheitern
(2016)From a modern perspective, the English and Dutch expeditions into the northern seas in the 16th century that set out to discover new shipping routes from Europe to Asia have thoroughly failed: Neither of them ever reached ...