Detail of a hand embroidered wool quilt with circles, unknown artist, American, 1897
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Jain manuscript, Aḍhāī-dvīpa, ‘Two and a half continents’. Painting on cloth, 18th century
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Section of the Dunhuang star chart (showing a polar projection (North circumpolar region))
Original was made circa 649-684 CE by Li Chunfeng
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John Auldjo, Vesuvius Lava map , 1832
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‘The Four Great Islands’, from a Burmese Buddhist cosmology manuscript.
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'Cheonsang Yeolcha Bunyajido', 14th-century Korean star map
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Map of Osaka by Kono Dosei, 1651
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Mark Rothko, Untitled, 1961, Pen and ink on paper
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Ceiling of the Mosque of Sheikh Lotfollah, Isfahan, Iran
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A Thangka Record of the Miracles at Gendüngang Monastery (13th Century?)
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Map of the Moon, From an 18th century German children’s encyclopaedia, 'Bertuch’s Bilderbuch für Kinder'
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Harold Fisk’s 1944 alluvial maps of the Lower Mississippi River Valley for the US Army Corps of Engineers
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16th century copy of an ancient Persian cosmological map
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