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Some highlights from special collections libraries' blogs this week. Verbiest's Complete Map of the World At 6" x 13", a spectacular gift from a 17th century Jesuit missionary to the Emperor of China. A guide to finding pictures in the Caroline F. Schimmel Collection of Women in the American Wilderness There is a Light That Never Goes Out Manchester's John Rylands Library acquires a collection of photographs documenting the city's legendary music scene. Manuscript Monday A weekly video introd...