Map of the World made by Arab cartographer Abu Abd Allah Muhammad al-Idrisi in 1154 at court of Roger II of Sicily
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Ouroboros
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Historical map of Italy by Girolamo Andrea Martignoni, 1721
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'The Selenic Shadowdial or the Process of the Lunation’ from Athanasius Kircher's 'Ars Magna Lucis et Umbrae',1646
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Albrecht Dürer - The Sun, the Moon, and a Basilisk, ca.1512
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Astronomical calendar by Nicholas of Lynn, England, 1324. Parchment manuscript
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Sandro Botticelli, Mappa dell’Inferno (Map of Hell) from Dante's 'Divine Comedy', c.1480-c.1495
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'The Properties of Water', from 'Le livre des propriétés des choses de Barthélémy l’Anglais', 15th century
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The Zodiac and the planets, from 'Le livre des propriétés des choses de Barthélémy l’Anglais', 15th century
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Labyrinth, ('House of Daedalus') from Codicis Theodosiani libri sexdecim..., ca. 801-900 CE, Latin 4416, f. 35r, Bnf
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Frank Stella, Labyrinth, 1960
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This is all from the archives of Stephen Ellcock. Here's an interview with him
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Map of Midtown Manhattan, from 34th St to 59th St and from 1st Ave to 6th Ave, ca.1890 - 1900 Unknown Artist
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Charles Booth's 'Descriptive Map of London Poverty'. 1889
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