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Headlam, Cecil. The story of Nuremberg - Page 59. 1899. Kenneth Franzheim II Rare Books Room, William R. Jenkins Architecture and Art Library, University of Houston Libraries. University of Houston Digital Library. Web. July 8, 2020. https://digital.lib.uh.edu/collection/exotic/item/1669/show/1434.

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Headlam, Cecil. (1899). The story of Nuremberg - Page 59. Exotic Impressions, Views of Foreign Lands. Kenneth Franzheim II Rare Books Room, William R. Jenkins Architecture and Art Library, University of Houston Libraries. Retrieved from https://digital.lib.uh.edu/collection/exotic/item/1669/show/1434

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Title	The story of Nuremberg
Creator (LCNAF)	Headlam, Cecil
Contributor (Local)	James, H. M.
Publisher	J. M. Dent & Co.
Date	1899
Subject.Topical (LCSH)	History
Subject.Geographic (TGN)	Nuremberg, Germany
Genre (AAT)	books plates (illustrations) illustrations (layout features)
Language	English
Type (DCMI)	Text
Original Item Extent	303 pages; 18 cm
Original Item Location	DD901.N93 H4 1899
Original Item URL	http://library.uh.edu/record=b1684865~S11
Digital Collection	Exotic Impressions: Views of Foreign Lands
Digital Collection URL	http://digital.lib.uh.edu/collection/exotic
Repository	Kenneth Franzheim II Rare Books Room, William R. Jenkins Architecture and Art Library, University of Houston Libraries
Repository URL	http://info.lib.uh.edu/about/campus-libraries-collections/william-r-jenkins-architecture-art-library
Use and Reproduction	No Copyright - United States
Identifier	exotic_201304_001

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Title	Page 59
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Transcript	Nuremberg and the Reformat* giving the greatest examples ot them the added charm of locality. Their ! encc was no less genuine than then love ot i,a few weeks after the birth of Albert Durer, Johannes Muller, (surnamed ntanui in allusion to Konigsberg, his native \ illage) th( wonde <>n," took up his abode at Nuremberg, making I me of physical and mathematic o her reputation as "the capital of Ge: , the most precious jewel of the of art and industry." g for my place of re , "because there I find without difficulty .ill the peculiar instruments necessary for astronomy, and there it is easiest for me to keep in touch with the learned of all count Miremberg, thanks to the perpetual journeyings of her merchants, may be counted the centre of Kurope." Inspired Iget desire to know -g, so chai Sge, he was equally desirous to impart his knowledge. We ma. 0 his intluence Durer's book d his beautiful chart ot" the heavens. Muller introduced popular sci> tad organised the manutactuie \|] instruments, pupil was Martin B the constructor ot tlu brat globe and the adventurous . Rfhoae monument ( iSyo) may be seen in the- >n his trial globe the years later by Vasco di (ianu when he doubled the Cape of Good (too, who iu Magellan the first I l>ears his name. Behaim' House, which is in the JEgj to the FK Ntatuc of Melanchthon (by Burgschmut, 1.^26).