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    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)

    “On This Desolate Island”: *Sodomy Punish’d* (1726)
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    Customs & Culture, Travel & Exploration, Love & Lust

    “On This Desolate Island”: Sodomy Punish’d (1726)

    Distortions and Grimaces: Jean de Bosschère’s *Weird Islands* (1921)
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    Stories, Travel & Exploration

    Distortions and Grimaces: Jean de Bosschère’s Weird Islands (1921)

    Maria Sibylla Merian’s *Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium* (1705)
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    Natural World, Travel & Exploration

    Maria Sibylla Merian’s Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium (1705)

    Lithographs from Franz Wilhelm Junghuhn’s *Java-Album* (1854)
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    Landscapes, Travel & Exploration

    Lithographs from Franz Wilhelm Junghuhn’s Java-Album (1854)

    Masters of the Ice: Charles Rabot’s Arctic Photographs (ca. 1881)
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    Travel & Exploration, Customs & Culture

    Masters of the Ice: Charles Rabot’s Arctic Photographs (ca. 1881)

    The World's First Costume Book: François Desprez's *Collection of Various Clothing Styles* (1562)
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    Animals & Beasts, Customs & Culture, Fashion, Travel & Exploration

    The World's First Costume Book: François Desprez's Collection of Various Clothing Styles (1562)

    Modernity in the Rainforest: *Man and his Desire* (1917)
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    Music & Arts, Natural World, Travel & Exploration

    Modernity in the Rainforest: Man and his Desire (1917)

    A Pantomime and Masquerade: *Trivia: or, the Art of Walking the Streets of London* (1716)
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    Humour & Satire, Travel & Exploration

    A Pantomime and Masquerade: Trivia: or, the Art of Walking the Streets of London (1716)

    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)

    *Shores of the Polar Sea* (1878)
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    Travel & Exploration

    Shores of the Polar Sea (1878)

    Ferdinand van Kessel’s *Four Parts of the World* (ca. 1689)
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    Animals & Beasts, Natural World, Travel & Exploration

    Ferdinand van Kessel’s Four Parts of the World (ca. 1689)

    “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)

    *The Ascent of Mont-Blanc* (ca. 1855)
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    Landscapes, Sport & Exercise, Travel & Exploration

    The Ascent of Mont-Blanc (ca. 1855)

    Albert Millican’s *Travels and Adventures of an Orchid Hunter* (1891)
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    Travel & Exploration, Natural World

    Albert Millican’s Travels and Adventures of an Orchid Hunter (1891)

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

    John Uri Lloyd’s Etidorhpa (1895)

    Lewis Carroll’s Illustrations for “Alice’s Adventures Under Ground” (1864)
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    Stories, Travel & Exploration

    Lewis Carroll’s Illustrations for “Alice’s Adventures Under Ground” (1864)

    Nooks and Corners of Old New York (1899)
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    Architecture, Travel & Exploration

    Nooks and Corners of Old New York (1899)

    W. W. Denslow’s Illustrations for the Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900)
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    Travel & Exploration

    W. W. Denslow’s Illustrations for the Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900)

    Dorothy Wordsworth’s Journal of a Few Months’ Residence in Portugal (1847)
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    Travel & Exploration

    Dorothy Wordsworth’s Journal of a Few Months’ Residence in Portugal (1847)

    Through the First Antarctic Night (1900)
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    Travel & Exploration

    Through the First Antarctic Night (1900)

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

    Paterson’s Roads (1826 edition)

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

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

    The Tragedy of the Seas (1841)
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    Travel & Exploration, Death

    The Tragedy of the Seas (1841)