Still the ciganos, for thus they are called, must not be forgotten. Yet one race of human beings remain to be spoken of but the individuals who compose it are not sufficiently numerous to permit them to take their place among the several great divisions of the human family which form the population of Brazil, and therefore I did not rank this among the others which are of more importance. The case of Bahian Ciganos is revelatory within Romani-related historiography in that it foregrounds connected developments within locales enmeshed in a metropole–periphery relationship, continuities between imperial and nation-building projects, and the centrality of race on which they were built. The continued difference of Ciganos and their independent way of making a living were at times problematized by elites, embodying wider tensions between the authorities and the people. Focusing on the state of Bahia, in the north-eastern region of Brazil, between the late sixteenth and late nineteenth centuries, this article shows that the tenuous position of Gypsies was amenable to transformations reflecting political priorities and ideas about the proper social order. Authorities viewed their lifestyle and activities with suspicion. Part of the (free) masses ( o povo, “the people”), they were known primarily as itinerant traders of trinkets, slaves, and animals, and were one category of intermediaries who made the internal economy function. Diliff, continues his photography of Britain's cathedrals and universities with the New Court of Corpus Christi College, part of Cambridge University.Gypsies ( Ciganos in Portuguese) have been present in Brazil since the earliest days of Portuguese colonization. New Court of Corpus Christi College (created by David Iliff, nominated by Armbrust) David Iliff, a.k.a.Learning this resulted in quite a bit of cringing. The rough borders are typical for currency from this era horrifyingly, many dealers will take scissors to these ancient currencies to neaten them up and make them fit modern æsthetics. Colonial note printed by Benjamin Franklin (created by Benjamin Franklin and David Hall, nominated by Godot13) Three pence Colonial currency from the Province of Pennsylvania, as printed by Benjamin Franklin. This image forms part of the Military History Wikiproject's attempt to celebrate the ongoing centenary of World War I.
He is wearing the uniform of the Admiral of the Fleet, which rank he achieved in 1919. John Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe (created by Bain News Service, restored and nominated by Adam Cuerden) British Admiral John Jellicoe (5 December 1859 – 20 November 1935).Readers may recognise this image: Adam Cuerden restored it in celebration of the article on John Hay reaching featured article status, as reported in the 13 August issue of the Signpost. Gilbert, restored and nominated by Adam Cuerden) John Hay, private secretary to President Abraham Lincoln, and Secretary of State under William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt. These bills, used to show ownership of gold instead of storing the actual gold, are the latest outcomes of Godot13's work with the Smithsonian Institution on the documentation of currency. Gold Certificates was nominated as a set.
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The Manhattan Project was also charged with coordinating foreign intelligence related to enemy nuclear activity, and the Alsos Mission was an effort to find out what the German research programs had discovered, and prevent the research from getting to the Russians. Alsos Mission ( nominated by Hawkeye7) Part of the Manhattan Project, the effort during World War II by the Allies, principally Britain and the United States, to create an atomic bomb.While the birds are "somewhat obscure", according to the nominator, the IUCN Red List classifies it as a species of "least concern". Sind sparrow ( nominated by Innotata) is a bird of the sparrow family Passeridae, found around the Indus valley region in South Asia.Members of the Alsos Mission uncover uranium cubes hidden by scientists in Germany during the end of World War II.