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"And therefore I shall ever think it extremely necessary, to collect for this purpose all sorts of books, (under such precautions, yet, as I shall establish) seeing a Library which is erected for the public benefit, ought to be universal; but which it can never be, unless it comprehend all the principal authors, that have written upon the great diversity of particular subjects, and chiefly upon all the arts and sciences; […] For certainly there is nothing which renders a Library more recommendable, then when every man finds in it that which he is in search of …"--Advice on Establishing a Library (1627) by Gabriel Naudé

"The Code Michau of 1629 did not completely eliminate the Sorbonne's participation in the business of censorship. The Doctors of Theology of the Sorbonne could still be called upon to screen religious publications; however, the Chancellery was given control over censorship." --The Reinvention of Obscenity (2002), Joan DeJean

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The 1620s decade ran from January 1, 1620, to December 31, 1629.

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  • Age of Exploration (1419 – c.Early 17th Century): Though mankind's cartographical knowledge of the world was still imperfect, it had come a long way since Christopher Columbus re-discovered the Americas in 1492 (about 500 years after the Vikings, the first Europeans to discover the Continent of North America). It was during this Decade in which European Explorers such as John Smith, François Thijssen, Étienne Brûlé, Willem Janszoon, David Kirke, and William Baffin thrived. Important discoveries made during this decade included the discovery of the southern coast of Australia by François Thijssen of Holland and French explorer Étienne Brûlé's discovery (or then at least the first sighting of it by a European) of Lake Superior.
Another figure, though not an explorer per se, who explored an area unknown to Europeans was Portugese Jesuit missionary Estêvão Cacella. He recorded his travel through and stay at the Himalayan country of Bhutan during his mission to Tibet.
However even in this increasingly globalizing age, most of Australia and the Pacific Islands would remain isolated from the rest of the world for the next century and a half.
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1620s in fiction and popular culture

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Contemporaries yet to gain fame

Asterisks indicate that individual became well known posthumously.


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