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  1. Digital Pamphleteering

    Log: a sailor’s “log-book” from the #AgeOfDiscovery (1670s) became a “log”, or a “record of observations, readings” in 1842.

    Web: the Old English “webb” meant “woven fabric, woven work, or tapestry”; the #Internet sense is shortened from World Wide Web (1990).

    A “web log” is a recorded set of observations on the internet: a #blog.

    inaniludibrio.com/2025/04/16/d

  2. Digital Pamphleteering

    Log: a sailor’s “log-book” from the #AgeOfDiscovery (1670s) became a “log”, or a “record of observations, readings” in 1842.

    Web: the Old English “webb” meant “woven fabric, woven work, or tapestry”; the #Internet sense is shortened from World Wide Web (1990).

    A “web log” is a recorded set of observations on the internet: a #blog.

    inaniludibrio.com/2025/04/16/d

  3. Digital Pamphleteering

    Log: a sailor’s “log-book” from the #AgeOfDiscovery (1670s) became a “log”, or a “record of observations, readings” in 1842.

    Web: the Old English “webb” meant “woven fabric, woven work, or tapestry”; the #Internet sense is shortened from World Wide Web (1990).

    A “web log” is a recorded set of observations on the internet: a #blog.

    inaniludibrio.com/2025/04/16/d

  4. Digital Pamphleteering

    Log: a sailor’s “log-book” from the #AgeOfDiscovery (1670s) became a “log”, or a “record of observations, readings” in 1842.

    Web: the Old English “webb” meant “woven fabric, woven work, or tapestry”; the #Internet sense is shortened from World Wide Web (1990).

    A “web log” is a recorded set of observations on the internet: a #blog.

    inaniludibrio.com/2025/04/16/d

  5. Digital Pamphleteering

    Log: a sailor’s “log-book” from the #AgeOfDiscovery (1670s) became a “log”, or a “record of observations, readings” in 1842.

    Web: the Old English “webb” meant “woven fabric, woven work, or tapestry”; the #Internet sense is shortened from World Wide Web (1990).

    A “web log” is a recorded set of observations on the internet: a #blog.

    inaniludibrio.com/2025/04/16/d

  6. "How could the fledgling navy of a small, misty isle on the edge of mainland Europe repulse the greatest fleet in the world?"

    Excerpt: The Midnight of Eights (The Island of Angels #2) by Justin Newland - #TheCoffeePotBookClub, #BlogTour, #AgeOfDiscovery, #Elizabethan, #HistoricalFiction,

    archaeolibrarian.wixsite.com/w

  7. 🌍 Journey with Georg Forster and the HMS Resolution crew to the breathtaking landscapes of Cape Colony! 🏞️ From scaling the majestic Table Mountain to exploring lush plantations, vibrant wildlife, and rich botanical wonders, this episode unveils the beauty and challenges of 18th-century exploration. ✨ Discover the stories, science, and spirit behind their daring adventure! #AgeofDiscovery #audiobook #SouthAfricaHistory #JamesCook #HistoryPodcast youtu.be/BR7xUQs31so

  8. Lay, you Snakes
    At the feet of

    INDUSTRIA

    Writhe.
    She wants you to writhe.

    Give her to smelt
    The spring in your step
    The light in your eyes
    Your fingers' nimbleness
    Your sighs.

    #poetry #poetsofmastodon #ageofdiscovery #copperplate #albertusseba

    Image: Pierre Tanje (1706-1761), after a design by Louis Fabricius Dubourg (1693-1775), Industria. Frontispiece in volume one of Albertus Seba (1665-1736), Locupletissimi Rerum Naturalium Thesauri Accurata Descriptio.

    From princeton.edu/~graphicarts/201

  9. Lay, you Snakes
    At the feet of

    INDUSTRIA

    Writhe.
    She wants you to writhe.

    Give her to smelt
    The spring in your step
    The light in your eyes
    Your fingers' nimbleness
    Your sighs.

    #poetry #poetsofmastodon #ageofdiscovery #copperplate #albertusseba

    Image: Pierre Tanje (1706-1761), after a design by Louis Fabricius Dubourg (1693-1775), Industria. Frontispiece in volume one of Albertus Seba (1665-1736), Locupletissimi Rerum Naturalium Thesauri Accurata Descriptio.

    From princeton.edu/~graphicarts/201