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Map of London, 1616
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William Shakespeare's First Folio, 1623
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Charles I's Execution, 1649
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Robert Hooke, Micrographia, 1665
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'Famous and Effectual Medicine to cure the Plague' advert, 1665
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The London Gazette reports the Fire of London, 1666
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Giovanni Domenico Cassini's map of the moon,
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East India Company, 1693
Shakespeare, the King James Bible, the first English dictionary, witch hunting, moon maps, civil war and plague. Scroll down to find out more…