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An innovative globe
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First edition of the first practical treatise on navigation
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![SCHOUTEN, Willem Corneliszoon; [translated by William PHILLIP] The Relation of a Wonderfull Voiage made by William Cornelison Schouten of Horne.](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20viewBox%3D%220%200%208633%204483%22%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E)
“a newe unexpected and neverheretofore discovered Passage” (Phillip)
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“Whoso committe themselves unto the huge, and mayne Ocean, in a small vessell, may sooner expect to be swallowed in that vastity of waters, through the rage and furie of the Sea, then [sic] hope to gaine the desired, and intended haven” (Lok)
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![FLORIANO, Antonio [Untitled Map of the World].](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20viewBox%3D%220%200%204000%202412%22%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E)
The “bicycle spoke” map of the world
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![BLAEU, Willem Janszoon [Pair of nine-inch table globes].](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20viewBox%3D%220%200%204000%202694%22%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E)
A pair of table globes by Blaeu
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![DODD, R[obert] The Royal Dock Yard at Woolwich.](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20viewBox%3D%220%200%201700%201066%22%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E)
Woolwich Dockyard
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Iran in the year that the oil industry was nationalised
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“Very nobly furnished, and… richly bound and gilded” (John Evelyn)
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First edition of the first practical treatise on navigation ![SCHOUTEN, Willem Corneliszoon; [translated by William PHILLIP] The Relation of a Wonderfull Voiage made by William Cornelison Schouten of Horne.](https://i0.wp.com/crouchrarebooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/24359_1H.jpg?fit=8633%2C4483&ssl=1)
“a newe unexpected and neverheretofore discovered Passage” (Phillip) 
“Whoso committe themselves unto the huge, and mayne Ocean, in a small vessell, may sooner expect to be swallowed in that vastity of waters, through the rage and furie of the Sea, then [sic] hope to gaine the desired, and intended haven” (Lok) ![FLORIANO, Antonio [Untitled Map of the World].](https://i0.wp.com/crouchrarebooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/24612_1H.jpg?fit=4000%2C2412&ssl=1)
The “bicycle spoke” map of the world ![BLAEU, Willem Janszoon [Pair of nine-inch table globes].](https://i0.wp.com/crouchrarebooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/35304_1H.jpg?fit=4000%2C2694&ssl=1)
A pair of table globes by Blaeu ![DODD, R[obert] The Royal Dock Yard at Woolwich.](https://i0.wp.com/crouchrarebooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/12379_1H.jpg?fit=1700%2C1066&ssl=1)
Woolwich Dockyard 
Iran in the year that the oil industry was nationalised 
“Very nobly furnished, and… richly bound and gilded” (John Evelyn) 
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