Detail from the “Book of Hours.” published in France, circa 1420. Rare Books and Special Collections Division. This is a guest post...
The 1962 map of the moon. The Sea of Tranquility, where the Apollo 11 mission landed, is the large dark area at...
Descendants of Venture Smith gather at his gravesite in East Haddam, Connecticut, during the town’s 2019 Venture Smith Day. Photo courtesy of...