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    Off with Their Heads: Illustrations of Blemmyes (ca. 1175–1724)
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    Animals & Beasts, Customs & Culture, Colonialism & the ‘Other’, Travel & Exploration

    Off with Their Heads: Illustrations of Blemmyes (ca. 1175–1724)

    Bernard Sleigh’s *Anciente Mappe of Fairyland* (ca. 1920 edition)
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    Animals & Beasts, Customs & Culture, Maps, Religion, Myth & Legend, Music & Arts, Travel & Exploration, Wisdom, Education

    Bernard Sleigh’s Anciente Mappe of Fairyland (ca. 1920 edition)

    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)

    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)

    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)

    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)

    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)

    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)

    Maps Showing California as an Island
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    Maps, Travel & Exploration

    Maps Showing California as an Island

    Hi-Res Images from the Apollo Missions
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    Travel & Exploration, Astronomy & Space

    Hi-Res Images from the Apollo Missions

    Journey from Venice to Palestine, Mount Sinai and Egypt (ca. 1467)
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    Architecture, Travel & Exploration

    Journey from Venice to Palestine, Mount Sinai and Egypt (ca. 1467)

    Amundsen’s South Pole expedition
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    Travel & Exploration

    Amundsen’s South Pole expedition

    “Knowledge Is Infinite”: Manuscript of Piri Reis’ *Book of Seafaring* (ca. 17th Century)
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    Maps, Travel & Exploration

    “Knowledge Is Infinite”: Manuscript of Piri Reis’ Book of Seafaring (ca. 17th Century)