Augier Ghislain de Busbecq

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12 Novels Considered the “Greatest Book Ever Written”

9 Obscure Literary Terms

Chapter 4 pg 42 - Chapter header of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain. Published in 1884 by The American Publishing Company

Periods of American Literature

The Catcher in the Rye By J.D. Salinger. Hardcover Book first sold: July 16, 1951. Current cover design dated 1991? Previous solid maroon book cover with gold font designed by J.D. Salinger in response to racey pulp paper back book cover. bad books

5 Good Books That Inspired Bad Deeds

9 American Countercultural Books

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Franklin D. Roosevelt, who formulated the Four Freedoms.

7 Alphabet Soup Agencies that Stuck Around

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519), Italian Renaissance painter from Florence. Engraving by Cosomo Colombini (d. 1812) after a Leonardo self portrait. Ca. 1500.

10 Famous Artworks by Leonardo da Vinci

Hindu Holi Festival celebrations with colored water, powder and colorful flower petals thrown over celebrants at a Hindu temple in Mathura, Uttar Pradesh, India on March 24, 2021.

Holi: Festival of Colors

The Colosseum, Rome, Italy. Giant amphitheatre built in Rome under the Flavian emperors. (ancient architecture; architectural ruins)

New Seven Wonders of the World

An ancient egyptian hieroglyphic painted carving showing the falcon headed god Horus seated on a throne and holding a golden fly whisk. Before him are the Pharoah Seti and the goddess Isis. Interior wall of the temple to Osiris at Abydos, Egypt.

11 Egyptian Gods and Goddesses

Aphrodite. Greek mythology. Sculpture. Aphrodite is the Greek goddess of love and beauty.

12 Greek Gods and Goddesses

22 Questions About Time and Timekeeping Answered

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Also Known As	Ogier Ghiselin de Busbeck
Born	1522 • Flanders
Died	October 28, 1592 (aged 70) • France

Horace

Roman poet

Cicero

Roman statesman, scholar, and writer

Petrarch

Italian poet

Hugo Grotius

Dutch statesman and scholar

Pliny the Younger

Roman author

Gian Francesco Poggio Bracciolini

Italian scholar

Titus Pomponius Atticus

Roman author

Magnus Felix Ennodius

Italian bishop and writer

Sir Harold Nicolson

British diplomat and author

Gabriel-Joseph de Lavergne, viscount of Guilleragues

French author and diplomat

Saint Paulinus of Nola

Roman Catholic saint

Charles-Joseph, prince de Ligne

Belgian military officer and author

Baldwin V

count of Flanders

Peter Paul Rubens

Flemish artist

Jacob van Artevelde

Flemish leader

Robert I

count of Flanders

Justus Lipsius

Belgian scholar

Louis II

count of Flanders

Louis I

count of Flanders

Charles

count of Flanders

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