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    Behold the Nebulous Smear: ‘Abd al-Rahmān al-Sūfī’s *Illustrated Book of Fixed Stars* (ca. 1430)
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    Science & Medicine, Astronomy & Space

    Behold the Nebulous Smear: ‘Abd al-Rahmān al-Sūfī’s Illustrated Book of Fixed Stars (ca. 1430)

    Levi Walter Yaggy’s Geographical Maps and Charts (1887/93)
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    Animals & Beasts, Landscapes, Maps, Natural World, Science & Medicine, Astronomy & Space

    Levi Walter Yaggy’s Geographical Maps and Charts (1887/93)

    Wheels Within Wheels: The “Flammarion Engraving” (ca. 1888)
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    Religion, Myth & Legend, Astronomy & Space

    Wheels Within Wheels: The “Flammarion Engraving” (ca. 1888)

    Agnes Giberne’s *The Story of the Sun, Moon, and Stars* (1898)
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    Science & Medicine, Astronomy & Space

    Agnes Giberne’s The Story of the Sun, Moon, and Stars (1898)

    A Vanishing Nova: *Uranographia Britannica* (ca. 1749)
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    Science & Medicine, Astronomy & Space

    A Vanishing Nova: Uranographia Britannica (ca. 1749)

    Earthen Messages: Nikola Tesla in his Laboratory (ca. 1899)
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    Science & Medicine, Strange Phenomena, Technology, Astronomy & Space

    Earthen Messages: Nikola Tesla in his Laboratory (ca. 1899)

    Astronomia Playing Cards (1829)
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    Astronomy & Space

    Astronomia Playing Cards (1829)

    Alien Aqueducts: The Maps of Martian Canals
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    Astronomy & Space

    Alien Aqueducts: The Maps of Martian Canals

    Filippo Morghen’s Fantastical Visions of Lunar Life (1776)
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    Astronomy & Space

    Filippo Morghen’s Fantastical Visions of Lunar Life (1776)

    Thomas Wright’s An Original Theory or New Hypothesis of the Universe (1750)
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    Astronomy & Space

    Thomas Wright’s An Original Theory or New Hypothesis of the Universe (1750)

    The Comet Book (1587)
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    Strange Phenomena, Astronomy & Space

    The Comet Book (1587)

    Henrique Alvim Corrêa’s Illustrations for The War of the Worlds (1906)
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    War, Astronomy & Space

    Henrique Alvim Corrêa’s Illustrations for The War of the Worlds (1906)

    Urania’s Mirror; or, a View of the Heavens (circa 1825)
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    Astronomy & Space

    Urania’s Mirror; or, a View of the Heavens (circa 1825)

    August Strindberg’s Celestographs (1893–4)
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    Astronomy & Space

    August Strindberg’s Celestographs (1893–4)

    Photographs of (models of) the moon (1874)
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    Astronomy & Space

    Photographs of (models of) the moon (1874)

    The Celestial Atlas of Andreas Cellarius (1660)
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    Maps, Geometry & Diagrams, Astronomy & Space

    The Celestial Atlas of Andreas Cellarius (1660)

    The Sky: A Film Lesson in “Nature Study” (1928)
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    Astronomy & Space

    The Sky: A Film Lesson in “Nature Study” (1928)

    Omega: The Last Days of the World (1894)
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    Astronomy & Space, The Future

    Omega: The Last Days of the World (1894)

    Émile-Antoine Bayard’s Illustrations for Around the Moon by Jules Verne (1870)
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    Technology, Astronomy & Space

    Émile-Antoine Bayard’s Illustrations for Around the Moon by Jules Verne (1870)

    Micromégas by Voltaire (1752)
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    Wisdom, Astronomy & Space, The Future

    Micromégas by Voltaire (1752)

    Aratea: Making Pictures with Words in the 9th Century
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    Animals & Beasts, Religion, Myth & Legend, Astronomy & Space

    Aratea: Making Pictures with Words in the 9th Century

    The Trouvelot Astronomical Drawings (1882)
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    Science & Medicine, Astronomy & Space

    The Trouvelot Astronomical Drawings (1882)

    Celestial Phenomenon Over Nuremberg, April 14th, 1561
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    Colonialism & the 'Other', Natural World, Strange Phenomena, The Future, Astronomy & Space

    Celestial Phenomenon Over Nuremberg, April 14th, 1561

    From India to the Planet Mars (1900)
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    Ghosts & Occult, Colonialism & the 'Other', Astronomy & Space

    From India to the Planet Mars (1900)