Leighton Library has 1633 edition of "Mare Liberum" by Hugo Grotius

Added by Leighton Library at 05:39 on 10 April 2024

Leighton Library has a 1633 edition of "Mare Liberum" (one of the most important international legal doctrines regarding the seas and oceans, said to be the essence and backbone of the modern law of the sea) by Dutch philosopher, theologian, playwright, historiographer, poet, statesman and diplomat ...

Leighton Library has a 1639 edition of the utopian novel "New Atlantis" by Sir Francis Bacon

Added by Leighton Library at 06:51 on 09 April 2024

Leighton Library has a 1639 edition of the utopian novel "New Atlantis" by Sir Francis Bacon (1st Viscount St. Albans) who died #OnThisDay 9 April 1626. He was an English philosopher, statesman, scientist, jurist, orator, essayist & author. "New Atlantis" depicts the creation of a utopian land where...

Leighton Library has a 1597 edition of the biography of co-founder of Jesuits

Added by Leighton Library at 06:31 on 07 April 2024

Leighton Library has a 1597 edition of the biography (by Orazio Orsellino) of Spanish missionary and saint Francis Xavier, co-founder of the Society of Jesus, who was born #OnThisDay 7 April 1506. Many churches all over the world, often founded by Jesuits, have been named in honour of Xavier. He was...