Leighton Library has a 1801 edition of "Voyages from Montreal, on the River St. Laurence, through the continent of North America, to the Frozen and Pacific Oceans" by Sir Alexander Mackenzie

Added by Leighton Library at 08:51 on 22 July 2024

The Leighton Library has a 1801 edition of "Voyages from Montreal, on the River St. Laurence, through the continent of North America, to the Frozen and Pacific Oceans" by Scottish Explorer Sir Alexander Mackenzie who #OnThisDay 22 July 1793 reached the Pacific Ocean becoming the first recorded human...

Leighton Library has 1589 edition of "Astronomica veterum scripta"

Added by Leighton Library at 06:58 on 20 July 2024

Dunblane's historic Leighton Library has a 1589 edition of "Astronomica veterum scripta" which draws on the work from many scholars over many centuries who studied astronomy and tried to make sense of our universe. This contains descriptions and illustrations of star and constellation names used to ...

Leighton Library has a 1608 edition of "Locorum communium" by Conrad Vorstius

Added by Leighton Library at 08:07 on 19 July 2024

The issue of free speech in universities is often in the news. The Leighton Library has a 1608 edition of "Locorum communium" by German-Dutch theologian Conrad Vorstius who was born #OnThisDay 19 July 1569. He became controversial, and King James VI of Scotland and I of England, through his Dutch am...