Jan Adamczewski

The Country of his Childhood 1473 -1491 rom the frame of a dark old portrait a man looks out at us, "a man calm, devout and quiet, possessing neither great power nor titles, nor great wealth'', wrote one of his biographers. A similar opinion has been voiced by other commentators on his life, namely...

Kraków zawsze w czasie swych tysi^clet-nich dziejów pirizyci^gíal ludzi zdolnych, daiel-nych, slawinych, oryginialnych. Pocz^tkowo jako síbolica panstwa i siedziba dworu królew-sJdego omz njajstarszej li pnzez wiele lat jedy-nej wyzszej uozelni, póznáiej jako' najwiçksizy zespól...

In the course of his long, industrious and active life Nicolaus Copernicus travelled a great deal. His first journey of any length took him to Cracow, where he studied at the University of Cracow. More extensive travels soon followed when he went to Italy to study; it is certain that Copernicus was...