From Golden Rock to Historic Gem

St. Eustatius, a small island in the northeastern Lesser Antilles, was one of the busiest ports i...

Matters of Belonging

Das Fenster in der römischen Architektur

Salt in Prehistoric Europe

Salt was a commodity of great importance in the ancient past, just as it is today. Its roles in p...

The Voyages of Adriaan van Berkel to Guiana

This book is a reissue of the travelogue of Adriaan van Berkel, first published in 1695 by Johan ...

Similar but Different

The book 'Similar but Different. Bell Beakers in Europe' deals with a cultural phenomenon, known ...

Black shank of tobacco in the former Dutch East Indies, caused by Phytophthora nicotianae

Jacob van Breda de Haan is known as the author of the name Phytophthora nicotianae n.sp., the cau...

Crop Protection in Medieval Agriculture

Mediterranean and West European pre-modern agriculture (agriculture before 1600) was by necessity...