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  • 1980:
  • North Korea
  • 1903-1904:
  • Criminal Women of North Shields
  • October 2, 1977:
  • Kim Jong Il, Taesong amusement park, Pyongyang, North Korea
  • c. 1590:
  • World map in a Fool’s Head
  • 1507:
  • First map to use the name ‘America’
  • 1677:
  • Rose Shaped Map of Bohemia
  • 1000s-1300s:
  • Maps Before Maps
  • c. 1600s:
  • The Netherlands as a Lion
  • 1694:
  • The World Without Water
  • 1500s:
  • Artificial Hand
  • 1671:
  • Surgical Appliances
  • c.1740:
  • A Mantua Court Dress
  • c.1601-1700:
  • Chinese Acupuncture Model
  • c. 1450–1460:
  • Head of a Cleric
  • c. 1590-1:
  • The Holy Roman Emperor painted as Vertumnus, Roman God of the seasons
  • 1785:
  • George Biggins’ Ascent in Lunardi’ Balloon
  • 1566:
  • The Librarian
  • c. 1600:
  • Surgical Instruments
  • c. 1400:
  • Giant Snail Attacking a Knight
  • 1705:
  • Russian Beard Tax Token
  • 1640s:
  • Wenceslaus Hollar’s Fashion Engravings
  • 1610:
  • Anatomical Theatre, Leiden
  • c.1500–1525:
  • Rosary
  • c.1490-1500:
  • Nature Forging a Baby
  • 1400s:
  • The Infant Jesus in a Baby Walker
  • 1300s:
  • Rabbit Justice
  • 1624:
  • Giovanni Battista Bracelli, Bizzarie
  • 1400s:
  • The Mourners
  • c.1790-1820:
  • Georgian Eye Jewellery
  • 1323:
  • Salome “breakdancing”
  • c.1400s:
  • Wound Man
  • 1360-65:
  • St John the Evangelist “smoking”
  • c. 1412:
  • Mooning Grape Picker
  • 1792:
  • Portrait of a Cross-Dresser
  • 1500s:
  • Joris Hoefnagel’s “The Four Elements”