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Roanoke Colonies Research Newsletter
Volume 3.2 (May 1996)
The 1995 Durham Thomas Harriot Seminar
The Durham (England) Thomas Harriot Seminar met in Durham on December 18-20, 1995. The papers delivered at the meeting were "Multiplication by Means of Addition: A Precursor of Logarithms in the Papers of Thomas Harriot," by Robert Goulding; "Kepler's Notebook on the Astronomia," by Volker Bialas; "John Dee and European Alchemy," by Urszula Szulakowsla; "Galileo and the Visual and Musical Arts," by Alistair Crombie; "The First Virginia Voyages: The Cavendish connection," by Sue Maxwell; and "Satyrs and Wild Men," by Cliff Forshaw. Maxwell's paper in particular had Roanoke colonization connections, discussing Thomas Cavendish's role in the1585 expedition, highlighting such things as his navigational skills and his role in mediating the dispute between Ralph Lane and Richard Grenville. Many of the Harriot Seminar presentations are published as occasional papers available through the seminar.
The Harriot Seminar meets yearly to discuss various aspects of European Renaissance culture, especially in the variety of fields studied by Thomas Harriot, a member of the 1585 Roanoke colonization venture. The 1996 meeting will be at St. John's College on December 16-18. For information about the meeting or about purchasing the occasional papers, contact Professor G. R. Batho, School of Education, Universoty of Durham, Leazes Road, Durham DH1 1TA, UK; telephone (0191) 374-3506; e-mail G.R.Batho@durham.ac.uk.
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