Fantastic Worlds

Fantastic Worlds

The companion collection to our exhibition Fantastic Worlds: Science and Fiction 1780-1910. Travel back to a time when new frontiers of science were emerging. We took to the air, charted remote corners of the earth, and harnessed the power of steam and electricity. Writers explored the farther reaches of this new scientific landscape to craft novels, hoaxes, and satires that captured the imagination of readers.

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Cover of The lake regions of Central Africa a picture of exploration

The lake regions of Central Africa v.1 (1860)

Burton, Richard Francis; Phillips, George Faudel; Russell E. Train Africana Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts
1860
Cover of The lake regions of Central Africa a picture of exploration

The lake regions of Central Africa v.2 (1860)

Burton, Richard Francis; Phillips, George Faudel; Russell E. Train Africana Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts
1860
Cover of The moon hoax

The moon hoax

Locke, Richard Adams; Nicollet, J. N.
W. Gowans
1859
Cover of The North Pole galop

The North Pole

De Quincey, Horace; Nixon, F.; Bella C. Landauer Collection of Aeronautical Sheet Music (Smithsonian Institution. Libraries)
[s.n.]
[ca. 1880]
Cover of The palace and park - its natural history, and its portrait gallery, together with a description of the Pompeian Court.

The palace and park

Phillips, Samuel; Forbes, Edward; Scharf, George, Sir; Owen, Richard; Latham, R. G.
Crystal Palace Library
1859
Cover of The physical geography of the sea

The physical geography of the sea

Maury, Matthew Fontaine
Sampson, Low, Son & Co.
1855
Cover of The temple of nature, or, The origin of society - a poem, with philosophical notes

The temple of nature, or, The origin of society

Darwin, Erasmus
Printed by John W. Butler, and Bonsal & Niles, for Bonsal & Niles, Samuel Butler, and M. and J. Conrad & Co.
1804
Cover of The war in the air and particularly how Mr. Bert Smallways fared while it lasted

The war in the air

Wells, H. G.
G. Bell and Sons
1908
Cover of Thirty plates illustrative of natural phenomena, etc. - with a short description annexed to each plate

Thirty plates illustrative of natural phenomena, etc

Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge (Great Britain)
The Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge ...
1846
Cover of Travels and discoveries in North and Central Africa - being a journal of an expedition undertaken under the auspices of H.B.M.'s government in the yea

Travels and discoveries in North and Central Africa v.2 (1857)

Barth, Heinrich; Russell E. Train Africana Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
D. Appleton
1857-58
Cover of Travels and discoveries in North and Central Africa - being a journal of an expedition undertaken under the auspices of H.B.M.'s government in the yea

Travels and discoveries in North and Central Africa v.3 (1857)

Barth, Heinrich; Russell E. Train Africana Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
D. Appleton
1857-58
Cover of Travels and discoveries in North and Central Africa - being a journal of an expedition undertaken under the auspices of H.B.M.'s government in the yea

Travels and discoveries in North and Central Africa v.4 (1858)

Barth, Heinrich; Russell E. Train Africana Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
D. Appleton
1857-58

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