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I just finished the special collections tour with HIST 3000. It was pretty cool. I'd never had occasion to go up there before. Most of the stuff that is useful to me is either in the North Calrolina collection, or in the general stacks... or on microfilm.

Anyway. It was sexy. They have a 1724 copy of Johnson! Sure, I own three separate copie of this, but I think I'm going to have to go up there sometime and look through it anyway. I *heart* that book. It is in two volumes, with pretty binding... So shiny. I need to look at it further, because the name is slightly different than I was expecting (It is just A General History of the Pirates, no robberies and murders, but I only glanced at it quickly. Still, it definitely bears further investigation! Mmm.. sexy 18th century books...

They also have an original copy of Richard Hakluyt's book Principall navigations, traffiques, and discoveries of the English Nation The principal nauigations, voiages, traffiques and discoueries of the English nation : made by sea or ouer-land, to the remote and farthest distant quarters of the earth, at any time within the compasse of these 1500 yeeres, deuided into three seuerall volumes, according to the positions of the regions, whereunto they were directed. This first volume containing the woorthy discoueries, &c. of the English toward the north and northeast by sea ... together with many notable monuments and testimonies of the ancient forren trades, and of the warrelike and other shipping of this realme of England in former ages. Whereunto is annexed also a briefe commentarie of the true state of Island, and of the northern seas and lands situate that way. And lastly, the memorable defeate of the Spanish huge Armada, anno 1588, and the famous victorie atchieued at the citie of Cadiz, 1596, are described / by Richard Hakluyt ... Which is, of course, supremely sexy.

Anyway, I am off to skim a mircofiche to see if it has anything useful, plus grab a book that Carl said will anwers all the mysteries of life... or at least English/Colonial politics in the 18th C as they are relevant to my paper topic ;p

And then, I'm going to play wargames with Katie and Dr. Dudley. I am pretty sure I will lose, but it should be fun :)