May 2005 cover

May 2005

Articles from the May 2005 issue of BBC History Magazine

A portrait of 17th-century scholar John Wilkins

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Ye final frontier: the 17th-century space race. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston (1784 - 1865), the British Liberal statesman who served almost continually as Prime Minister between 1855 and 1865, pictured circa 1860. (Photo by Herbert Fry/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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Lord Palmerston: the people’s champion. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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My favourite place: Vanessa Collingridge

A portrait of William I of Orange. (Photo by Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

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Death from the shadows: the murder of William the Silent. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.