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Insects of Surinam

Plate 7 from Dissertatio de Generatione et Metamorphosibus Insectorum Surinamensium (1726) by Maria Sybilla Merian (1647-1717) & Johanna Helena Herolt (1668-1773). Date:

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1668 1773, 17th Century, 18th Century, America, Amygdaleae, Amygdaloideae, Angiosperm, Angiospermae, Animal, Animals, Anna Maria Sibylla Merian, Arthropod, Arthropoda, Berry, Botany, Brush Footed Butterfly, Butterflies, Butterfly, Cherry, Dicot, Dicotyledon, Drawing, Dutch, Engraving, Entomology, Essay, Eudicot, Eurosid, Fabidae, Flowering Plant

Musical Mozarts

German composer Leopold Mozart (1719 - 1787) playing the violin accompanied by his seven year old son Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791) on the harpsichord, while his daughter Marie Anne Mozart (known as Nannerl), sings. The concert takes place during a family visit to Paris. Original Artwork: Lithograph by A Schieferdecker after a watercolour by Louis Carrogis de Carmontelle. (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

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Map of Palestine, 1588

16th century map of Palestine. North is towards upper right. Published in 1588, this German map shows the geography of Palestine, centred on the area that later become the state of Israel. The inscriptions are in German, and the place names are in Latin. These include ancient names like Petra, Coele Syria and Judea. The Dead Sea is at lower centre, and the Mediterranean coast is at left. Numerous towns and villages are shown on the map. The map is by the German cartographer Sebastian Munster (1489-1552), and was published in Basel in a posthumous edition of his Cosmographia, the earliest German atlas.

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