Images Dated 21st September 2007

Evstafieff - A R Wallace J970179

DOWN HOUSE, Kent. "A R Wallace" by Victor Evstafieff ( Eustaphieff, Evstafiev ). Alfred Russel Wallace was a proponent of natural selection whose paper on the subject (1858) prompted Darwin to publish "On the Origin of Species" (1859). Wallace was a keen supporter of Darwin's theory and later published "Darwinism" (1889)

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A turtle crawls toward the sea after laying eggs on Ostional Beach in Santa Cruz

A turtle crawls toward the sea after laying eggs on Ostional Beach in Santa Cruz, 563 km (350 miles) north of San Jose, September 21, 2007. More than 100 million eggs are laid by the turtles during a five-day period. Residents of this small town on the Pacific coast collect about one percent of the eggs to sell in Costa Rica. REUTERS/Juan Carlos Ulate (COSTA RICA) - GM1DWEZJVLAA

Portrait of Francesco Guicciardini (engraving) (b/w photo)

XJF284809 Portrait of Francesco Guicciardini (engraving) (b/w photo) by Italian School; Private Collection; (add.info.: Francesco Guicciardini (1483-1540); Itlian historian;); Italian, out of copyright.
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Author, C16th, Diplomat, Florentine, Governor, Half Length, Hat, Male, Renaissance, Writer