THE GREAT WAVE BY HOKUSAI & ASTROLABE

KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI, Kanagawa oki nami ura (Under the Well of the Great Wave off Kanagawa), from the Series Fugaku sanjurokkei (Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji). Japan, late 1831, Louvre Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi. Photo: © Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi.  © Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi / Photo Noora Alzaabi. MUHAMMAD IBN AHMAD AL-BATTÛTÎ, Astrolabe, Meknès (?), Morocco (?), North Africa, 1726-1727, Louvre Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi. Photo: © Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi / Photo Thierry Ollivier