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Thames Barrier – Holding Back the Sea
A Line Through Time: The Prime Meridian, Greenwich
Para um pedaço de carne macio
Voor een mals stukje vlees
It looks like meat’s back on the menu, boys
A verdadeira Amazon pode se levantar, por favor?
Amazones, en Amazones
Will the real Amazon please stand up?
As origens contestadas de Fortaleza
De betwiste oorsprong van Fortaleza
The contested origins of Fortaleza
Ecos do império: Em Itaparica, onde a ambição holandesa encontrou a brutalidade maquiavélica
Itaparica, waar Hollandse ambitie samenging met de wrede aanpak van Machiavelli
Echoes of empire: On Itaparica, where Dutch ambition met Machiavellian brutality
O apelo de um secretário por uma visão colonial
De smeekbede van een secretaris voor een koloniale visie
A secretary’s plea for a colonial vision
Como um palácio sem jantares pôs fim a um reinado colonial
Hoe een paleis zonder diners een koloniaal bewind beëindigde
How a dinnerless palace ended a colonial reign
Tensão no topo: De Forte Maurício ao coração de uma disputa colonial de poder
Spanning aan de top: Van Fort Maurits tot in het hart van een koloniale machtsstrijd
Tension at the top: From Fort Maurits to the heart of a colonial power struggle
E se os holandeses tivessem ficado?
Wat als de Hollanders waren gebleven?
What if the Dutch had stayed?
Tráfico de Escravizados, Poder e o Príncipe Humanista do Brasil Holandês
Slavensmokkel, Macht en de Humanistische Prins van Nederlands Brazilië
Slave-Smuggling, Power, and the Humanist Prince of Dutch Brazil
Como os Judeus de Livorno Moldaram Silenciosamente o Brasil Holandês
Hoe de Joden van Livorno stilletjes Nederlands-Brazilië vormgaven
How Livorno’s Jews Quietly Shaped Dutch Brazil
Do monopólio ao compromisso
Van monopolie tot compromis
From monopoly to compromise
Os Poti: católicos e calvinistas
De Poti: Katholieken en calvinisten
The Poti: Catholics and Calvinists
A presença Holandesa na Amazônia
Hollanders in de Amazone
A Dutch Amazon
Incorporado ao vocabulário
Terechtkomen in het woordenboek
Becoming part of the lexicon
O espetaculo
Het spektakel
The spectacle
Um bom negócio
Een mooie deal
A good trade
O polímata alemão
De Duitse alleskunner
The German polymath
Mudando as fronteiras
Grenzen verleggen
The department of government expansion
Morte de um príncipe
De dood komt voor ons allen
Death of a prince
Nassau apaixonado
Maurits verliefd
Nassau in love
Apresentando os Pré-Adamitas
En hier hebben we de Pre-Adamieten
Introducing the Pre-Adamites
Brasil Holandês na academia
Nederlands Brazilië in de academische wereld
Dutch Brazil in academia
Cenário de batalhas
Worstelen en bovenkomen
To do battle
Memórias seletivas
Halve herinneringen
Selective memories
Memórias da Holanda
Herinneringen aan Holland
Memories of the Dutch
O homen com a perna de pau
De man met het houten been
The man with the wooden leg
O governador colonial que “se tornou nativo”
De koloniale gouverneur die achterbleef
The colonial governor who ‘went native’
O papel das mulheres no Brasil Holandês
De rol van vrouwen in Nederlands Brazilië
The role of women in Dutch Brazil
O exército se lembra
Het leger onthoudt
The army remembers
O mesmo, mas diferente
Hetzelfde, maar dan anders
Same same, but different
Brincando com blocos
Met blokken spelen
Playing with blocks
Apenas os fatos, senhora
Alleen de feiten, aub
Just the facts, ma’am
Tornando-se governador do Brasil Holandês
Gouverneur worden van Nederlands Brazilië
Becoming governor of Dutch Brazil
Colonizar ou ser colonizado
Koloniseren of gekoloniseerd worden
To colonize, or be colonized
A resiliência como estratégia
Veerkracht als strategie
Resilience as strategy
Um romance ambientado no Recife de Nassau
Een roman in het Recife van Maurits
A novel set in Maurice’s Recife
370 anos da rendição dos holandeses
370 jaar sinds de Nederlandse overgave
370 years since the Dutch surrender
A mulher holandesa irritando os homens holandeses
De ‘vervelende’ Hollandse vrouw
The Dutch woman annoying Dutch men
Pecados abaixo do equador
Zondes onder de evenaar
Sins beneath the equator
A resistência não é inútil
Verzet is niet zinloos
Resistance is not futile
Os flamengos jogam futebol brasileiro
De Vlamingen spelen Braziliaans voetbal
The Flemish play Brazilian football
A grande fachada
De grote façade
The great facade
De Recife, para Berlim, para Cracóvia
Van Recife, naar Berlijn, naar Krakau
From Recife, to Berlin, to Krakow
Eerder een os die vliegt, dan Maurits een held
Easier for an ox to fly than for Nassau to be a hero
Se algo é desconhecido nao sera amado
Onbekend maakt onbemind
Unknown means unloved
Olhando para trás novamente
Terug kijken met een nieuwe blik
Looking back anew
“Nova Amsterdam”, o filme
“Nieuw Amsterdam”, de film
The film ‘New Amsterdam’
O teatro das heroínas de Tejucupapo
Het theater van de heldinnen van Tejucupapo
The theatre of the heroines of Tejucupapo
A história está na rua
De geschiedenis ligt op straat
History’s on the streets
Um forte enterrado
Een begraven fort
A buried fort
A Batalha dos Guararapes, o espetáculo!
Een slagveld! Een spektakel!
A battle! A spectacle!
Colonizadores colonizados pela mandioca
Kolonisten, gekoloniseerd door cassave
Colonisers colonized by cassava
O papagaio demoníaco
De bezeten papegaai
The demonic parrot
A primeira cerveja do Brasil
Het eerste Braziliaanse bier
The first Brazilian beer
Resistir os holandeses
Weerstaanbare Nederlanders
To resist the Dutch
A lenda da casa vermelha
De legende van het rode huis
The legend of the red house
Se não os holandeses, os suecos!
Als niet de Hollanders, dan de Zweden!
If not the Dutch, the Swedes!
Das crises à derrota
Van crises tot nederlaag
From crises to defeat
Dourado, para alguns
Gouds, voor sommigen
Golden, for some
O Centro Universitário Maurício de Nassau
De Universiteit van Maurits
The Maurice de Nassau University
Conhecimento indígena na guerra contra os holandeses
Inheemse kennis in de oorlog tegen de Nederlanders
Indigenous knowledge in the war against the Dutch
Pintando triunfos
Triomfen verven
Painting triumphs
A cerâmica de Francisco Brennand contra os holandeses
Het keramiek van Francesco Brennand in het gevecht tegen de Nederlanders
Fighting the Dutch through the ceramics of Francesco Brennand
As heroínas vivem ainda hoje: mulheres de Tejucupapo
Nog altijd niet vergeten: de heldinnen van Tejucupapo
Heroines still celebrated today: The women of Tejucupapo
O primeiro polonês a caminhar no fundo do mar
De eerste Pool op de bodem van de zee
The first Pole to walk on the bottom of the sea
Governando o Brasil Holandês
Nederlands Brazilië besturen
Governing Dutch Brazil
Ponte Mauricio de Nassau
De Maurits van Nassau brug
The Maurice de Nassau bridge
Civilizados e traficantes de africanos?
Beschaafd en mensensmokkelaars?
The civilized as human traffickers
Os candidatos a novo Nassau
Wie is de nieuwe Maurits?
Who’s the new Nassau?
Os ecos fracos do genocídio
In de schaduw van genocide
The faint echoes of genocide
Olinda: a primeira joia da coroa portuguesa
Olinda: Het eerste Portuguese kroonjuweel
Olinda: the first jewel in the Portuguese crown
De tragedie van Olinda, nog altijd te zien in het theater
The tragedy of Olinda, still in theaters
Amando Bolívar e os holandeses
Op de bres voor Simón Bolívar en de Hollanders
Fighting for Simón Bolívar, and in love with the Dutch
Nassau demitido, mas ainda um conde
Ontslagen, maar nog altijd graaf
Nassau sacked, but still a count
Uma Boa Vista para uma ponte e um palácio
Mooi uitzicht, met een brug en een paleisje
A lovely view of a bridge and palace
De lange armen van koloniaal bestuur
The long arms of colonial administration
D. Pedro II, o fiador da memória contra os holandeses
Dom Pedro II, beschermheer van anti-Nederlands sentiment
Dom Pedro II, the guarantor of anti-Dutch sentiment
Antes da cidade, um porto
Eerst een haven, toen een stad
Before the city, a port
O futuro amargo dos líderes coloniais não brancos do Brasil
De donkere toekomst van de niet-blanke Braziliaanse koloniale aanvoerders
The darker future of Brazil’s non-white colonial leaders
Garantir o comércio de escravos
De slavenhandel veilig stellen
Attempting to secure the slave trade
Maurício, e o primeiro observatório nas Américas
Maurits, en de eerste sterrenwacht in Amerika
Maurice, and the first observatory in the Americas
A mania do abacaxi na Europa chegou a 14 metros
Het hoogtepunt van ‘Pineapple Mania’ was 14 meter
The height of the Pineapple Mania was 14 meters
Fake news no Brasil Holandês
Fake news in Nederlands Brazilië
Fake news in Dutch Brazil
O mito do Exército Brasileiro
De ontstaansmythe van het Braziliaanse leger
The creation myth of the Brazilian Army
Terra arrasada
Verschroeide aarde
Scorched earth
O coração da Cidade Maurícia
Het hart van Mauritsstad
The heart of Mauritius
Forte das quase Cinco Pontas
Itamaracá: uma capital holandesa informal no Brasil
Een officieuze Nederlandse hoofdstad in Brazilië
Itamaracá: an informal Dutch capital in Brazil
Het fort met net-geen vijf punten
The not-quite five-pointed fort
Het Muziekgilde Henrique Dias
The resilience of the Henrique Dias Musical Guild
Uma praça e um jornal
Plein en krant
A square and a newspaper
O desembarque holandes em Pernambuco
De Hollanders komen aan land in Pernambuco
The Dutch break ground in Pernambuco
Livros escolares brasileiros sobre a invasão holandesa
De Hollandse invasie in de Braziliaanse schoolboeken
Brazilian school books on the Dutch invasion
A primeira expedição de corsários às Américas
De eerste Nederlandse kaapvaart in de Atlantische Oceaan
The first Dutch privateering expedition to the Americas
Anna Paes, a senhora de engenho
Anna Paes, de vrouw met de molen
Anna Paes, lady of the mill
Pavônia: a Fernando de Noronha holandesa
Fernando de Noronha op z’n Hollands: Pavônia
Pavônia: the Dutch Fernando de Noronha
João Pessoa era Frederikstad
João Pessoa was Frederikstad
João Pessoa was Frederikstad
Sempre um motivo para uma bebida
Altijd een reden voor een drankje
The many reasons for drinking
Salvador; a primeira ocupação holandesa no Brasil
Salvador; de eerste Hollandse bezetting in Brazilië
Salvador; the first Dutch occupation in Brazil
As primeiras sinagogas das Américas
De eerste synagoges in Amerika
The first synagogues of the Americas
O Mundo é dos fortes
Het recht van de sterkste
Might is right
Museum of the Bomb
To swim in two countries
From Scotland via Cape Horn
A Seattle source of power
Boston Marathon Bombing Film Set
The Boston Gas Tank
Between earth and space
An Air Station and Prison
Crossing the border… underground
A quirky collection of small buildings
Cherry
Bonneville Salt Flats Raceway
Bonneville Dam
Chances
Beneath the City by the Chester Canal
Bombay Beach
Boldt Castle, a Gilded Age summer house
Boise Meridian Initial Point
Fivebough Sunrise
Boeing Main Assembly Plant
Bob Dylan’s House
Blue Water Bridge
Blue Lake
Blue Cloud Movie Ranch
Blackfoot Pathways
Blackbird Airpark: An Ode to Aviation Innovation
Black Rock Desert
Black Rock Beach Resort Site
Black Mesa High Point Monument
Black Eagle Falls and Dam
Bishop Castle, a “poor man’s Disneyland”
Little Forest
Dead Heart of the MIA
Birds of passage, at Bradwell
Serisier Bridge
The LH Ford Bridge
Dundullimal Railway Bridge
Dover Esplanade
Singing Ringing Tree
The Swing Bridge inspired by a bony fish
The earth’s alternate biosphere
The largest earth movements in American history
The largest historic, private home in America
Bill Clinton Presidential Library and Museum
Bill Clinton’s birthplace
Railroad’s Big Ten Curve
Big Muskie Fish
The remains of the largest single-bucket excavating machine
To manipulate the world oil market
Oh, wow! Aliens!?
Big Brutus
Big Bear Solar Observatory
To look down on creation
From Steel Plant to Money Machine
Live by the steel, die by the steel
From America, to the world
The pleasure of skiing
Bentley Snowflake Museum
Bletchley Park
Rangers House
The home of the chunky monkey
Presidential furniture
Each foot in another country
Of corn flakes and war injuries
Harry Lewis and Vera Lynn
A bank vault fit for filming
Bandelier National Monument
The first to vote in the New Hampshire primaries
Is it a bird? Is it a plane?
It’s what Howard Hughes’ dad left us
The largest railway yard in the United States
The Bagdad Cafe
The origin of Pong
To manufacture a blowout
A good airplane never dies
Jerusalem in Miniature
Perhaps the coldest town in the lower 48
The largest shipyard shed in the United States
Microwaving New York
Dead on the fourth of July
The two-nations golfing club
In order to go to the moon
Where soldiers rest
Two ways to cool down
Once the largest gold mill
Peering at the stars
A modernist urban utopia under construction
The first city in the world to be lit by atomic power
Rivers of corn syrup
A meeting of states
It’s where Siri lives
The Graveyard Digression (part 6)
The Graveyard Digression (part 5)
The Graveyard Digression (part 4)
The Graveyard Digression (part 3)
The Graveyard Digression (part 2)
The Graveyard Digression (part 1)
Looking for quasars
A quiet border crossing
A bunch of publicly owned bison
Where you earn 4 cents an hour
The most northerly post office in the contiguous United States
Louis Mordish, the “English Gershwin”
Immigration and poetry
The birthplace of Andrew Johnson
Visiting Andrew Johnson
The birthplaces of Andrew Jackson
Billions in settlements
The tallest masonry structure in the world?
Once the largest textile mill in the world
Dam friendship
A pyramid and a railway scandal
Birthing the bomb
It’s cold, underground
From the golden era of British jazz to aerospace electronics
The American Precision Museum
The American Museum of Science and Energy
The American Computer and Robotics Museum
Where self-driving cars are born
The Ambassador Bridge
The Amazing Maize Maze
Once the primary source of helium
The town that Helium built
Alviso
Al Capone and The Birdman
The tunnel that was
All American Canal
Two countries working together
No dirt allowed
Nuclear research poses risks
Impromptu landscape art
Of bad weather and bush pilots
The Navy base that’s in The Matrix
Education, or indoctrination?
Agency for Global Media Headquarters
AES Power Plant
Of missiles and satellites
A dance of decades
Bringing power to the people
Underneath the Continental Divide
A Tesla legacy
The birthplace of presidents
Adak Naval Station
Acoma Sky City
Accidental Oil Site
Abraham Lincoln’s Birthplace and Shrine
Abo Elementary School and Fallout Shelter
Abiquiu Reservoir and Dam
An Aussie in Bloomsbury
Perhaps not the coke you might expect
Abandoned Pyramid Project
Once a connectivity power house
Where the NSA intercepted the nation’s communications
One of the “Big Three” networked buildings
Connecting the early internet
Home of the early internet
The versatility of cottonseed
Perhaps the most expensive real estate in the world
3M Hutchison Plant
3M Cottage Grove Center
A well-connected brutish facade
Brutalism in the sky
Telecommunications history in TriBeCa
A border dispute between the US and Canada
22000 AOL Way
2121 South Price Road Data Center
165 Halsey Street Data Center
120 East Van Buren Street Data Center
111 8th Avenue Data Center
1033 Jefferson Street Data Center
The iconic Hammersmith Apollo
Joy Boughton, humming with creativity
Groot Handelsgebouw
TU Delft Auditorium
Bobby Howell, the musical spell caster
Pastoor van Arskerk
Eric James Barker
Pasticceria Barberis
Pasticceria Abrate
Caffè Deiro
Max – The Original
Hotel Transilvania
CH9 Specialty Coffee
CHIOS Social Lounge
Pardon Cafe
Caffè Meletti
Roletti 1896
Caffè Pasticceria Bonfante
Pasticceria Cagna
Pasticceria Pfatisch
Grigolon
Converso
The Tea
Café Milenário
Varsos
Café Internacional
Café-Pastelaria Central
Pastelaria Regional Cego