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America, or the New World: From the Theatrum Orbis Terrarum by Abraham Ortelius, 1570, 1570, (19 Artist: Abraham Ortelius

America, or the New World: From the Theatrum Orbis Terrarum by Abraham Ortelius, 1570, (1936). From The Connoisseur, Vol. 98, edited by H. Granville Fell. [International Studio, London, 1936]

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Map of the celestial Southern Hemisphere, 1660-1661. Artist: Andreas Cellarius

Map of the celestial Southern Hemisphere, 1660-1661. From The Celestial Atlas, or the Harmony of the Universe (Atlas coelestis seu harmonia macrocosmica) by Andreas Cellarius, published by Johannes Janssonius. (Amsterdam 1660-1661)

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The labours of Hercules, 16th century, (1870)

The labours of Hercules, 16th century, (1870). When Hercules went to search for the golden apples of the Hesperides, he wrestled Antaeus to pass through his country of Libya. When Hercules reached the land of the Hyperboreans, where Atlas held the world, Hercules tricked Atlas into getting the apples for him. Faces of a hexagonal enamelled saltcellar executed in Limoges, France, for Francis I. A wood engraving from The Arts of the Middle Ages and at the Period of the Renaissance, by Paul Lacroix, (London, 1870)

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