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    Etching of a Sámi Drum from the Dutch Edition of Johannes Schefferus’ *Lapponia* (1682)
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    Religion, Myth & Legend, Colonialism & the 'Other'

    Etching of a Sámi Drum from the Dutch Edition of Johannes Schefferus’ Lapponia (1682)

    Theodor de Bry’s Engravings for Thomas Harriot’s *Briefe and True Report* (1590)
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    Customs & Culture, Colonialism & the 'Other', Travel & Exploration

    Theodor de Bry’s Engravings for Thomas Harriot’s Briefe and True Report (1590)

    Chromatic Aberrations: *The Toll of the Sea* (1922)
    Film / 
    Love & Lust, Colonialism & the 'Other'

    Chromatic Aberrations: The Toll of the Sea (1922)

    Unidentified Floating Object: Edo Images of *Utsuro-bune*
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    Colonialism & the 'Other', Technology, Strange Phenomena

    Unidentified Floating Object: Edo Images of Utsuro-bune

    “When London is in Ruins”: Gustave Doré’s *The New Zealander* (1872)
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    Architecture, Death, Colonialism & the 'Other', Travel & Exploration, The Future

    “When London is in Ruins”: Gustave Doré’s The New Zealander (1872)

    John Uri Lloyd’s *Etidorhpa* (1895)
    Books / 
    Travel & Exploration, Colonialism & the 'Other'

    John Uri Lloyd’s Etidorhpa (1895)

    Kaspar Hauser��’s Art (1828–1833)
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    Colonialism & the 'Other'

    Kaspar Hauser’s Art (1828–1833)

    Hans Prinzhorn’s Artistry of the Mentally Ill (1922)
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    Colonialism & the 'Other', Music & Arts

    Hans Prinzhorn’s Artistry of the Mentally Ill (1922)

    The Life and Adventures of Peter Wilkins, a Cornish Man (1750)
    Books / 
    Travel & Exploration, Colonialism & the 'Other'

    The Life and Adventures of Peter Wilkins, a Cornish Man (1750)

    Texts in Mathias Enard’s Compass
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    People, Travel & Exploration, Colonialism & the 'Other', Customs & Culture

    Texts in Mathias Enard’s Compass

    Edward Curtis’ Photographs of Kwakwaka’wakw Ceremonial Dress and Masks (ca. 1914)
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    Religion, Myth & Legend, Colonialism & the 'Other'

    Edward Curtis’ Photographs of Kwakwaka’wakw Ceremonial Dress and Masks (ca. 1914)

    Comparative Physiognomy: or, Resemblances Between Men and Animals (1852)
    Books / 
    Animals & Beasts, Colonialism & the 'Other', Emotion & Expression

    Comparative Physiognomy: or, Resemblances Between Men and Animals (1852)

    Celestial Phenomenon Over Nuremberg, April 14th, 1561
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    Colonialism & the 'Other', Natural World, Strange Phenomena, The Future, Astronomy & Space

    Celestial Phenomenon Over Nuremberg, April 14th, 1561

    Le Voyage Dans la Lune (1902)
    Film / 
    Travel & Exploration, Colonialism & the 'Other'

    Le Voyage Dans la Lune (1902)

    Sketches in Bedlam (1823)
    Books / 
    People, Colonialism & the 'Other'

    Sketches in Bedlam (1823)

    From India to the Planet Mars (1900)
    Books / 
    Ghosts & Occult, Colonialism & the 'Other', Astronomy & Space

    From India to the Planet Mars (1900)

    Japanese Depictions of North Americans (1860s)
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    People, Colonialism & the 'Other'

    Japanese Depictions of North Americans (1860s)

    Japanese Prints of Western Inventors, Artists and Scholars (1873)
    Images / 
    Colonialism & the 'Other', Customs & Culture, Technology

    Japanese Prints of Western Inventors, Artists and Scholars (1873)

    Recordings of Pygmy Music from the 1946 Ogooué-Congo Mission
    Audio / 
    Colonialism & the 'Other', Customs & Culture

    Recordings of Pygmy Music from the 1946 Ogooué-Congo Mission

    Letters to My Sister of our Experiences on Our First Trip to Europe, 1913
    Books / 
    Colonialism & the 'Other', War

    Letters to My Sister of our Experiences on Our First Trip to Europe, 1913

    An Account of a Chinese Cabinet (1753)
    Books / 
    Colonialism & the 'Other'

    An Account of a Chinese Cabinet (1753)

    The Life and Adventures of James F. O’Connell, the Tattooed Man (1845)
    Books / 
    Colonialism & the 'Other'

    The Life and Adventures of James F. O’Connell, the Tattooed Man (1845)

    Conversations with Lord Byron (1824)
    Books / 
    People, Colonialism & the 'Other'

    Conversations with Lord Byron (1824)

    How I Killed the Tiger (1902)
    Books / 
    Animals & Beasts, Colonialism & the 'Other'

    How I Killed the Tiger (1902)