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A map of the spread of printing in Europe
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JH4: Silver tetradrachm of Athens, fragment.
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Map of Europe in 1519
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Translocation: the transfer of papermaking to Europe
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Origins of paper
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The Seven Liberal Arts
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Cantino world map (1502)
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Statue of Darius from Susa
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Advert for soap
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Medicinal objects in princely collections
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Statue of Queen Philippa (3D)
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T28: Silver sixteenth-shekel, struck at Sidon in the name of the satrap Mazaios, 336/5 BC.
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Чемодан (Казахстан)
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Plate to print: process
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Tower of the Five Orders, 1613-24
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Bartolomé de las Casas, A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies (Frankfurt, 1598)
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Queen Elizabeth I Bible (3D)
Wellcome MS 49, fol. 35r
The irony of the Ptolemaic renaissance: geographical knowledge versus cartographical method, 1582
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Advancement of Learning (Oxford, 1640)
Опиумная банкнота (Туркестан)
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Transcription: "Women and Land."
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Anatomy theatres
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‘Peoples of the USSR’ – Postage Stamp Collection (Central Asia)
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