PHOTO: MUZEUM NIEPODLEGLOSCI/EAST NEWS Przebieg dziejow Pomorza Polskiego 994-1919.

World map by Battista Agnese, c. 1540. This map by Agnese, an Italian cartographer, includes the route of Magellan's circumnavigation of the globe.

Map of North America, including the Mississippi River region and the Great Lakes, by Louis Hennepin, 1697.

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Print engraving, with Mss. keys added lhs. Anatomical drawing /Ame Bourdon, engraved by Daniel le Bossu and published by Laurens D'Houry, Paris 1678. 110x91.5cm. Being Table 1 from A Bourdon, Nouvelle description Anatomique (Paris 1678)

Print engraving, with Mss. keys added lhs. Anatomical drawing /Ame Bourdon, engraved by Daniel le Bossu and published by Laurens D'Houry, Paris 1678. 110x91.5cm. Being Table 1 from A Bourdon, Nouvelle description Anatomique (Paris 1678) v

Print on paper of Tabula X from the anatomical treatise 'Schola et Historia Medicinae' by William Rowley (1742-1806). Edition by Royce c1850s. Human musculature or rear view of the muscles of the human body (male muscular structure) Photographic copy of plate from collection of bookplates and accompanying key text, mostly chromolithographs from anatomical treatises. Europe, 1851-60.

Print engraving, with Mss. keys added lhs. Anatomical drawing /Ame Bourdon, engraved by Daniel le Bossu and published by Laurens D'Houry, Paris 1678. 110x91.5cm. Being Table 1 from A Bourdon, Nouvelle description Anatomique (Paris 1678)

Print on paper of Tabula IX from the anatomical treatise 'Schola et Historia Medicinae' by William Rowley (1742-1806). Edition by Royce c.1850s. Human musculature, front view of the muscles of the human body (male muscular structure). Plate from collection of bookplates and accompanying key text, mostly chromolithographs from anatomical treatises. Europe, 1851-60.

Print on paper of Tabula XVII from the anatomical treatise 'Schola et Historia Medicinae' by William Rowley (1742-1806). Edition by Royce c1850s. Human musculature or side view of the muscles of the human body (male muscular structure). Photographic copy of plate from collection of bookplates and accompanying key text, mostly chromolithographs from anatomical treatises. Europe, 1851-60.

Engraving by de Buigne after Protain, showing interior views, elevations and plans of the baths. From ?Description de l'Egypte, ou Recueil des observations et des recherches qui ont ete faites en Egypte pendant l'Expedition de l'Armee francaise', (Paris, 1809-1830). The book, ('Description of Egypt' in English), documents Napoleon's (1769-1821) military and scientific expedition to Egypt in 1798. Baron Dominique Vivant Denon (1747-1825) headed a group of the leading scholars, artists and scientists of the day who accompanied the expedition.

Engravings by Bosq and Mme de St Morien after Cecile, from ?Description de l'Egypte, ou Recueil des observations et des recherches qui ont ete faites en Egypte pendant l'Expedition de l'Armee francaise', (Paris, 1809-1830). The book, ('Description of Egypt' in English), documents Napoleon's (1769-1821) military and scientific expedition to Egypt in 1798. Baron Dominique Vivant Denon (1747-1825) headed a group of the leading scholars, artists and scientists of the day who accompanied the expedition.

Engravings by Louvet and de St Morien after Cecile, showing a man feeding sugar cane into a press powered by a blindfolded ox, with plans and elevations of the machinery below. From ?Description de l'Egypte, ou Recueil des observations et des recherches qui ont ete faites en Egypte pendant l'Expedition de l'Armee francaise', (Paris, 1809-1830). The book, ('Description of Egypt' in English), documents Napoleon's (1769-1821) military and scientific expedition to Egypt in 1798. Baron Dominique Vivant Denon (1747-1825) headed a group of the leading scholars, artists and scientists of the day who accompanied the expedition.

Engravings by de St Morien after Cecile, Fevre and Jollois showing a flour mill (8-10); threshing machine (2, 3); rice whitening machine (4-7); and a plough (1). From ?Description de l'Egypte, ou Recueil des observations et des recherches qui ont ete faites en Egypte pendant l'Expedition de l'Armee francaise', (Paris, 1809-1830). The book, ('Description of Egypt' in English), documents Napoleon's (1769-1821) military and scientific expedition to Egypt in 1798. Baron Dominique Vivant Denon (1747-1825) headed a group of the leading scholars, artists and scientists of the day who accompanied the expedition.

Radiolarians, after Ernst Haeckel, "Art Forms in Nature" (1904). Computer enhanced.

Radiolarians, after Ernst Haeckel, "Art Forms in Nature" (1904). Computer enhanced.

Radiolarians, after Ernst Haeckel, "Art Forms in Nature" (1904). Computer enhanced.

Radiolarians, after Ernst Haeckel, "Art Forms in Nature" (1904). Computer enhanced.

Radiolarians, after Ernst Haeckel, "Art Forms in Nature" (1904). Computer enhanced.

Engraving of historical astronomy instruments.