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    Vanity of Vanities: *Fool’s Cap Map of the World* (ca. 1585)
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    Maps, Humour & Satire

    Vanity of Vanities: Fool’s Cap Map of the World (ca. 1585)

    Levi Walter Yaggy’s Geographical Maps and Charts (1887/93)
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    Animals & Beasts, Landscapes, Maps, Natural World, Science & Medicine, Astronomy & Space

    Levi Walter Yaggy’s Geographical Maps and Charts (1887/93)

    Evrard d'Espinque’s Illuminations of *De Proprietatibus Rerum* (ca. 1480)
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    Maps, Travel & Exploration

    Evrard d'Espinque’s Illuminations of De Proprietatibus Rerum (ca. 1480)

    The Stream of Time (1803–58)
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    Maps

    The Stream of Time (1803–58)

    Clouds of Unknowing: Edward Quin’s *Historical Atlas* (1830)
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    Maps

    Clouds of Unknowing: Edward Quin’s Historical Atlas (1830)

    Visualizing History: The Polish System
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    Maps

    Visualizing History: The Polish System

    The Universe as Pictured in Milton’s Paradise Lost (1915)
    Books / 
    Religion, Myth & Legend, Maps

    The Universe as Pictured in Milton’s Paradise Lost (1915)

    Ancient Courses: Harold Fisk’s Meander Maps of the Mississippi River (1944)
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    Maps, Natural World

    Ancient Courses: Harold Fisk’s Meander Maps of the Mississippi River (1944)

    Paterson’s Roads (1826 edition)
    Books / 
    Maps, Travel & Exploration

    Paterson’s Roads (1826 edition)

    The Celestial Atlas of Andreas Cellarius (1660)
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    Maps, Geometry & Diagrams, Astronomy & Space

    The Celestial Atlas of Andreas Cellarius (1660)

    Maps Showing California as an Island
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    Maps, Travel & Exploration

    Maps Showing California as an Island

    Geographical Fun: Being Humourous Outlines of Various Countries (1868)
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    Maps

    Geographical Fun: Being Humourous Outlines of Various Countries (1868)

    The Maps of Matrakçı Nasuh, Ottoman Polymath
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    Maps

    The Maps of Matrakçı Nasuh, Ottoman Polymath

    The City of Truth, or, Ethics (1609)
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    Architecture, Maps

    The City of Truth, or, Ethics (1609)

    Airopaidia (1786) — the Narrative of a Balloon Excursion
    Books / 
    Maps, Travel & Exploration, Technology

    Airopaidia (1786) — the Narrative of a Balloon Excursion

    The Map That Changed the Middle East (1916)
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    Maps, War

    The Map That Changed the Middle East (1916)

    Highlights from the 20,000+ maps made freely available online by New York Public Library
    Images / 
    Maps

    Highlights from the 20,000+ maps made freely available online by New York Public Library

    Anthropomorphic Maps of Europe at War (1870/1914)
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    Politics, Maps, War

    Anthropomorphic Maps of Europe at War (1870/1914)

    Böckler’s Pleasure Garden Plans (1664)
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    Design & Typography, Architecture, Landscapes, Maps, Geometry & Diagrams

    Böckler’s Pleasure Garden Plans (1664)

    The Heart in Art
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    Maps

    The Heart in Art

    Illustrations from The Six Voyages of John Baptista Tavernier (1678)
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    Animals & Beasts, People, Landscapes, Maps, Colonialism & the 'Other'

    Illustrations from The Six Voyages of John Baptista Tavernier (1678)

    The Hyginus Star Atlas (1482)
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    Maps

    The Hyginus Star Atlas (1482)

    The Celestial Atlas of Flamsteed (1795)
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    Science & Medicine, Maps

    The Celestial Atlas of Flamsteed (1795)

    Angles of Reconnaissance: *Novum Instrumentum Geometricum* (1607)
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    Architecture, Landscapes, Maps, Geometry & Diagrams

    Angles of Reconnaissance: Novum Instrumentum Geometricum (1607)