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Cape Romano sunken domes

sunrise over the sunken domes of Cape Romano. Once a vacation residence but two Hurricanes destroyed the island and so these abandoned buildings slowly wandered into the Gulf of Mexico

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Vanilla planifolia orchid plant illustration 1880

Vanilla planifolia is a species of vanilla orchid. It is native to Mexico and Central America, and is one of the primary sources for vanilla flavouring, due to its high vanillin content. Common names are flat-leaved vanilla, Tahitian vanilla, and West Indian vanilla
Original edition from my own archives
Source : Lehrbuch der Botanik 1880

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Coat of arms of American countries, lithograph, published 1897

Historical coat of arms of American countries: 1) Dominican Republic; 2) United States of America; 3) Haiti; 4) Nicaragua; 5) Argentina; 6) Chile; 7) Paraguay; 8) El Salvador; 9) Bolivia; 10) Brazil; 11) Ecuador; 12) Costa Rica; 13) Mexico; 14) Guatemala; 15) Colombia; 16) Uruguay; 17) Peru; 18) Venezuela; 19) Honduras. Lithograph after a drawing by Hugo Gerard Strohl (Austrian heraldist, 1851 - 1919), published in 1897