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Cabinet - Sources

Gunpowder weapons in 15th-century Korea
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Глиняная свистулька (Узбекистан и Таджикистан)
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The Decrees of the Council of Trent
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Homesteading in Canada
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Rolling Ball Clock, Augsburg, ca 1600
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Timeline of voyages
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Надгробие Шаршемби уулу Абдыкадыра (Кыргызстан)
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Machinae coelestis: engraved Plate by I. Saal after A. Stech (p. 248)
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Thomas Browne, 'Religio Medici' (1644)
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Thomas Hariot, A briefe and true report of the new found land of Virginia (Amsterdam, 1590)
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Machinae coelestis: double size engraved Plate by I. Saal after A. Stech (pp. 410-11)
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Castle of Good Hope, Cape Town (1666-1679)
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Verses in praise of Tycho Brahe by Rudolph Caukerchius, fols. 44v-45r.
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Samovar (RSFSR/Afghanistan, ca.1925)
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VI.7 The Reformation as lecture
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The microcosm: The four humours of Galenic medicine
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Почтовые марки с изображениями архитектурных памятников Самарканда (Узбекистан)
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Drawing of Ukonsaari
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Secrets of the calendar
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Augsburg cabinet, ca 1650
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Harvey's Teacher in Padua: Hieronymus Fabricius of Aquapendente (1537–1619)
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Imser Planetary Clock, ca 1554-61
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Translation of Duchêne (Tajikistan)
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Pitt Rivers Museum, east end of the Court (print)
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