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The World of 1607 educational radio series was produced to coincide with a one-year special exhibition at Jamestown Settlement entitled The World of 1607, which places the founding of Jamestown in a global context and focuses on worldwide cultural developments during the late 16th and early 17th centuries. The exhibition is divided into four distinct cycles, each displaying artifacts from national institutions and eminent private collections around the world. Each exhibit cycle features key themes that provide a historical overview of the events and peoples of the world during the 17th century, which are paralleled in the one-minute radio segments.
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The World of 1607 educational radio series was produced to coincide with a one-year special exhibition at Jamestown Settlement entitled The World of 1607, which places the founding of Jamestown in a global context and focuses on worldwide cultural developments during the late 16th and early 17th centuries. The exhibition is divided into four distinct cycles, each displaying artifacts from national institutions and eminent private collections around the world. Each exhibit cycle features key themes that provide a historical overview of the events and peoples of the world during the 17th century, which are paralleled in the one-minute radio segments.
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A Cabinet of Wonder
As 104 settlers sought wealth at Jamestown in 1607, Europe collected treasures of another kind.
I'm Steve Clark with "The World of 1607," Jamestown in a global context, sponsored by Jamestown Settlement, a living history museum near Williamsburg, Virginia.
A treasure trove of wonders awaited visitors to 17th century European "cabinets of curiosities." Cabinet owners collected odd, intriguing objects, domestic and foreign, natural and man-made, animal parts to fearsome weapons, all displayed for dramatic effect. Curator, Doctor Tom Davidson identifies two early English collectors:
"John Tradescant and his son John Tradescant, Jr. collected an extensive cabinet of curiosities from around the world. They included several items from Virginia, particularly those associated with the Powhatan Indians."
That cabinet became the foundation of the Ashmolean Mus...
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Musical Works
| Title | Artist | Album | Label | Year | Length |
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| My Lady Hunsdon's Puffe | Desmond Dupre | Elizabehan & jacobean Music. | Vanguard Classics | 1996 | 01:00 |
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