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On left, a portrait of Fuller smiling with bookcase in background. On right, the cover says “Mary C. Fuller, Lines Drawn Across the Globe, Reading Richard Hakluyt’s Principal Navigations.” The cover is blue and the background is an old map showing Canada and the North Pole, with many navigation lines.

A voyage through history

“Lines Drawn across the Globe,” a new book by MIT Professor Mary Fuller, looks at the worldwide vision of English exploration proponent Richard Hakluyt.

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Photo of Ruha Benjamin speaking and gesturing with her hands against a black background

Understanding viral justice

Author and African American studies scholar Ruha Benjamin urges MIT Libraries staff to “re-imagine the default settings” of technology for a more just future.

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The MIT Press colophon is made of 7 vertical black bars and is on a white background. The black bars are evenly spaced, and 5 are the same height. The 5th from left is taller, alluding to the lowercase “t.”  The 6th from left extends below the others, and with the 7th looks like a lowercase “p.”

A symbol with a story

The iconic MIT Press colophon symbolizes the legacy of its creator Muriel Cooper, a graphic design pioneer and longtime member of the MIT community.

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