James Ford Bell Lecture
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The James Ford Bell Lecture has been delivered annually since 1964 in the James Ford Bell Library
at the University of Minnesota
on a topic relating to the collections of the Library: the history of global trade before ca. 1800 CE.
James Ford Bell Library
The James Ford Bell Library is named for its donor and patron James Ford Bell, the founder of the General Mills Corporation in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The collection consists of some 30,000 rare books, maps, manuscripts, broadsides, pamphlets and other materials documenting the history and impact...
at the University of Minnesota
University of Minnesota
The University of Minnesota, Twin Cities is a public research university located in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota, United States. It is the oldest and largest part of the University of Minnesota system and has the fourth-largest main campus student body in the United States, with 52,557...
on a topic relating to the collections of the Library: the history of global trade before ca. 1800 CE.
List of the published James Ford Bell Lectures
- 5. Saints and sinners at sea by Vincent H. Cassidy. [Minneapolis]: The Associates of the James Ford Bell Library, 1968.
- 6. On book collecting: the story of my Drake library by Hans P. KrausHans P. KrausHans Peter Kraus , also known as H. P. Kraus or HPK, was an Austrian-born book dealer described as “without doubt the most successful and dominant rare book dealer in the world in the second half of the 20th century” and in a league with other rare book dealers such as Bernard Quaritch, Guillaume...
. [Minneapolis]: The Associates of the James Ford Bell Library, 1969.
- 7. Pehr KalmPehr KalmPehr Kalm was a Swedish-Finnish explorer, botanist, naturalist, and agricultural economist. He was one of most important apostles of Carl Linnaeus...
and the image of North America by Nils William Olsson. [Minneapolis]: The Associates of the James Ford Bell Library, 1970.
- 8 All the peoples of the world are men by Lewis HankeLewis HankeLewis Hanke is a preeminent North American historian of colonial Latin America, and is best known for his writings on the Spanish conquest of Latin America. Hanke, along with two others, Irving A. Leonard and John T...
. Minneapolis: The Associates of the James Ford Bell Library, University of Minnesota, 1970.
- 9 The exploration of Canada: some geographical considerations by Eric W. Morse. Minneapolis: The Associates of the James Ford Bell Library, University of Minnesota, 1971.
- 10 The Barbary pirates: victims and the scourage of Christendom by Paul W. Bamford. Minneapolis: The Associates of the James Ford Bell Library, University of Minnesota, 1972.
- 12 The economy and society of colonial Brazil: a brief overview by Stuart B. Schwartz. Minneapolis: The Associates of the James Ford Bell Library, University of Minnesota, 1974.
- 13 The European presence in West Africa before 1800 by Victoria Bomba Coifman. Minneapolis: The Associates of the James Ford Bell Library, University of Minnesota, 1975.
- 14 The Minnesota Vincent of Beauvais manuscript and Cistercian thirteenth-century book decoration by Alison Stones. Minneapolis: The Association of The James Ford Bell Library, University of Minnesota, 1977.
- 15 The orderly landscape: landscape tastes and the United States survey by Hildegard Binder Johnson. Minneapolis: The Associates of the James Ford Bell Library, University of Minnesota, 1977.
- 16 The efficient plantation and the inefficient hacienda by Ward Barrett. Minneapolis: The Associates of the James Ford Bell Library, University of Minnesota, 1979.
- 17 The bay where Hudson did winter by Linden J. Lundstrom. Minneapolis: The Associates of the James Ford Bell Library, University of Minnesota, 1980.
- 18 Reversing the telescope: Louis HennepinLouis HennepinFather Louis Hennepin, O.F.M. baptized Antoine, was a Catholic priest and missionary of the Franciscan Recollect order and an explorer of the interior of North America....
and three hundred years of historical perspective by Rhoda R. Gilman. Minneapolis: The Associates of the James Ford Bell Library, University of Minnesota, 1981.
- 19 By inch of candle: a sale at East-India-House, 21 September 1675 by Otto Charles Thieme. Minneapolis: The Associates of the James Ford Bell Library, University of Minnesota, 1982.
- 20 In search of silk: Adam OleariusAdam OleariusAdam Olearius , born Adam Ölschläger or Oehlschlaeger, was a German scholar, mathematician, geographer and librarian...
’ mission to Russia and Persia by Gerhard H. Weiss. Minneapolis: The Associates of the James Ford Bell Library, University of Minnesota, 1983.
- 21 Technology transfer and cultural subversion: tensions in the early Jesuit mission to China by Edward L. Farmer. Minneapolis: The Associates of the James Ford Bell Library, University of Minnesota, 1983.
- 22 Sir Joseph Banks and the origins of science policy by A. Hunter DupreeA. Hunter DupreeAnderson Hunter Dupree is a distinguished American historian and one of the pioneer historians of the history of science and technology in the United States.-Early Education and Education:...
. Minneapolis: The Associates of the James Ford Bell Library, University of Minnesota, 1984.
- 23 Pirates: myths and realities by Robert C. Ritchie. [Minneapolis]: The Associates of the James Ford Bell Library, University of Minnesota, 1986.
- 24 Life at sea in the sixteenth century: the landlubber’s lament of Eugenio de SalazarEugenio de SalazarEugenio de Salazar was a Spanish explorer who crossed the Atlantic ocean in Spanish ship in the 16th century. De Salazar made the journey with his wife and family in 1573, just 81 years after Christopher Columbus.-Life and works:...
[translated] by Carla Rahn Phillips. [Minneapolis]: The Associates of the James Ford Bell Library, University of Minnesota, 1987.
- 25 Goods, ideas, and values: the East Indies trade as an agent of change in eighteenth-century Sweden by Michael F. Metcalf. [Minneapolis]: The Associates of the James Ford Bell Library, University of Minnesota, 1988.
- 26 Representations of slavery: John Gabriel StedmanJohn Gabriel StedmanJohn Gabriel Stedman was a distinguished British–Dutch soldier and noted author. He was born in the Netherlands in 1744 to Robert Stedman, a Scot and an officer in Holland's Scots Brigade, and his wife of Dutch noble lineage, Antoinetta Christina van Ceulen. He lived most of his childhood in...
’s "Minnesota" manuscripts by Richard Price. [Minneapolis]: The Associates of the James Ford Bell Library, University of Minnesota, 1989.
- 27 Towards superiority: European and Indian medicine, 1500-1700 by M. N. Pearson. [Minneapolis]: The Associates of the James Ford Bell Library, University of Minnesota, 1989.
- 28 Disease and imperialism before the nineteenth century by Philip D. CurtinPhilip D. CurtinPhilip De Armind Curtin was a Professor Emeritus at Johns Hopkins University and historian on Africa and the Atlantic slave trade...
. [Minneapolis]: The Associates of the James Ford Bell Library, University of Minnesota, 1990.
- 29 Richard EdenRichard EdenRichard Eden was an alchemist and translator. His translations of the geographic works of other writers helped foster a spirit of overseas exploration in Tudor England.-Early life:...
, advocate of empire by John "Jack" Parker. [Minneapolis]: The Associates of the James Ford Bell Library, University of Minnesota, 1991.
- 30 The making of an elite enterprise: the Jesuits in the Portuguese Assistancy, 16th to 18th centuries by Dauril Alden. [Minneapolis]: Associates of the James Ford Bell Library, University of Minnesota, 1992.
- 31 My long journey with National Geographic by Merle Severy. [Minneapolis]: Associates of the James Ford Bell Library, University of Minnesota, 1993.
- 32 Moravian missionaries at work in a Jamaican slave community, 1754-1835 by Richard S. Dunn. [Minneapolis]: The Associates of the James Ford Bell Library, University of Minnesota, 1994.
- 33 The medieval origins of European expansion by William D. Phillips, Jr. [Minneapolis]: Associates of the James Ford Bell Library, University of Minnesota, 1996.
- 34 "The four parts of the world": Giovanni Francesco Camocio’s wall maps by David WoodwardDavid WoodwardDavid Woodward was an English-born American historian of cartography and cartographer.- Biography :Woodward was born in Royal Leamington Spa, England. After receiving a bachelor’s degree from the University of Manchester, England, he came to the United States to study cartography under Arthur H....
. [Minneapolis]: Associates of the James Ford Bell Library, 1997.
- 35 Thomas ForrestThomas Forrest (navigator)Thomas Forrest was an English navigator who worked for the British East India Company.-Life:He appears to have served for some time in the Royal Navy, and to have been a midshipman in 1745. Passages in his own writings show that he was employed in Indian waters from 1753 almost continuously...
: Renaissance seaman by Joseph E. SchwartzbergJoseph E. SchwartzbergJoseph E. Schwartzberg is a University of Minnesota professor emeritus of geography and prominent world federalist scholar.Schwartzberg was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1928. He has done significant work in seeking solutions to the Kashmir conflict. He also developed the idea of "weighted voting"...
. [Minneapolis]: Associates of the James Ford Bell Library, University of Minnesota, 1998.
- 36 An epic American exploration: the friendship of Lewis and Clark by Stephen E. Ambrose. [Minneapolis]: Associates of the James Ford Bell Library, 1998.
- 37 Learning from legends on the James Ford Bell Library mappamundi by Scott D. Westrem. [Minneapolis]: Associates of the James Ford Bell Library, 2000.
- 38 Emperor Charles V’s crusades against TunisTunisTunis is the capital of both the Tunisian Republic and the Tunis Governorate. It is Tunisia's largest city, with a population of 728,453 as of 2004; the greater metropolitan area holds some 2,412,500 inhabitants....
and AlgiersAlgiers' is the capital and largest city of Algeria. According to the 1998 census, the population of the city proper was 1,519,570 and that of the urban agglomeration was 2,135,630. In 2009, the population was about 3,500,000...
: appearance and reality by James D. Tracy. [Minneapolis, MN]: Associates of the James Ford Bell Library, 2001.
- 39 Continuity and discontinuity in the sixteenth-century New World by Felipe Fernández-ArmestoFelipe Fernández-ArmestoFelipe Fernández-Armesto is a British historian and author of several popular works of history.He was born in London, his father was the Spanish journalist Felipe Fernández Armesto and his mother was Betty Millan de Fernandez-Armesto, a British-born journalist and co-founder and editor of The...
. [Minneapolis]: Associates of the James Ford Bell Library, 2001.
- 40 Acquisition of rare books, manuscripts and maps: a curator’s commentary by Carol Urness. [Minneapolis]: Associates of the James Ford Bell Library, University of Minnesota, 2005.