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![[Cosmographical chart], 16th century](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE1MjQvMDEvMDEvY29zbW9ncmFwaGljYWwtY2hhcnQtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/320/385/jpg "[Cosmographical chart], 16th century")
![[Two views of a 16th century astrolabe]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE1OTcvMDEvMDEvdHdvLXZpZXdzLW9mLWEtMTZ0aC1jZW50dXJ5LWFzdHJvbGFiZS02NDAuanBn/40/32/webp "[Two views of a 16th century astrolabe]")
![[Astrological charts]. Book illustration from Library of Congress](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE3MTUvMDEvMDEvYXN0cm9sb2dpY2FsLWNoYXJ0cy02NDAuanBn/40/29/webp "[Astrological charts]. Book illustration from Library of Congress")
![[Rural Life in the 1870s], Library of Congress narratives collection](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MzgvMDEvMDEvcnVyYWwtbGlmZS1pbi10aGUtMTg3MHMtNC02NDAuZ2lm/40/50/webp "[Rural Life in the 1870s], Library of Congress narratives collection")
![[Mining methods in 16th Century England]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE1NTYvMDEvMDEvbWluaW5nLW1ldGhvZHMtaW4tMTZ0aC1jZW50dXJ5LWVuZ2xhbmQtMS02NDAuanBn/40/71/webp "[Mining methods in 16th Century England]")
![[Rural Life in the 1870s], Library of Congress narratives collection](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MzgvMDEvMDEvcnVyYWwtbGlmZS1pbi10aGUtMTg3MHMtNS02NDAuZ2lm/40/50/webp "[Rural Life in the 1870s], Library of Congress narratives collection")
