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A to Z : how writing changed the world
The First Alphabet: Follow the evolution of the written word, from millennia-old carvings in an Egyptian turquoise mine to modern-day alphabets. How Writing Changed the World: The printing press transformed the spread of information, igniting the Industrial Revolution. How did technologies, from pen to paper to printing press, make it all possible?
Record details
- ISBN: 9781531712662
- ISBN: 1531712665
- Physical Description: 1 videodisc (approximately 120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- Publisher: [Arlington, Virginia] : PBS, [2020]
Content descriptions
- General Note:
- Title from disc surface."SDH subtitles (subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing) are a function of the disc and serve the same purpose as closed-captions"--Container
- Formatted Contents Note:
- The first alphabet -- How writing changed the world.
- Participant or Performer Note:
- Jeanette Robinson, narrator.
- Target Audience Note:
- Rating: TV-G.
- System Details Note:
- DVD, wide screen, region 1; stereo.
- Language Note:
- English dialogue; English subtitles (SDH).
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Northwest Indian College.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Lummi Library | DVD 982 P 211 .A86 2020 | 679386 | DVD | Available | - |
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The discovery of North America; a critical, documentary, and historic investigation. With an essay on the early cartography of the New World, including descriptions of two hundred and fifty maps or globes existing or lost, constructed before the year 1536; to which are added a chronology of one hundred voyages westward, projected, attempted, or accomplished between 1431 and 1504; biographical accounts of the three hundred pilots who first crossed the Atlantic; and a copious list of the original names of American regions, caciqueships, mountains, islands, capes, gulfs, rivers, towns, and harbours.
Harrisse, Henry, 1829-1910.