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Cabinet - Sources

John Tradescant the Elder
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Balagan (Central Asia)
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Sundials in antiquity
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Commemorative postage stamps with architecture of Samarkand (Uzbekistan)
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Нагрудный туристический значок «Биби-Ханым»
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Draft of a letter from Edward Burnett Tylor to Archer Baker, 18 January 1901
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Thomas Browne, 'Religio Medici' (1642)
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6. Guaiacum and syphilis
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Cushion starfish
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‘Samovar’ earrings
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Qaragandy (Kazakhstan)
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Map of Median Empire (c. 600 BC)
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The uses of the telescope, 1609-10
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Harvey's Travels
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Domenico Gargiulo, Piazza del Mercato
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Свидетельство о рождении (Казахстан)
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Alchemy, the Four Elements, and the Tria Prima
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T16: Silver stater struck at Tarsos in the name of the satrap Mazaios, c. 361-333 BC.
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Tabule astronomice Alfonsi Regis (Venice, 1492)
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John Danvers' plate
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The 1527 Giuntina
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Modelling the movements of the heavens
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David Teniers the Younger, The Alchemist (1643/45)
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19. Copper engraving
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