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George Wilhelm Steller (1709 - 1746)

Steller's Sea - Cow (Hydrodamalis gigas/Rhytina gigas) a sea - cow almost 6 meters long, discovered by George Wilhelm Steller (1709 - 1746) on Behring's second expedition to Kamchatka (1741), now extinct. Top: engraving of the skeleton of the sea - cow. Bottom left: Engraving after an early map of the Behring Sea. Bottom right: Engraving of Stellar's sketch

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Shakers: United Society of Believers in Christs Second Appearance

Shakers: United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearance. Members of the community going to dinner, each carrying their own typical, simple Shaker chair. Mount Lebanon Community, Lebanon Springs, New York State. From "The Graphic", London, 1870. Wood engraving

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Christ, Christian, Jesus, Protestant, Religion, Second Coming, Sect

Tamerlane (1336-1405)

Tamerlane (1336-1405) Tamerlaine/Timur-i-Lang. Turcic conqueror. Islamic leader of Turks and Mongols in conquest of Persia and northern India. Defeated Ottomans, 1402. From Hartmann Schedel" Liber chronicarum mundi", Nuremberg, 1493. Woodcut

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Conquer, Conquest, Islamic, Ottomans, Persia, Persians, Turk, Turkey