The 18th Century Search for the Blue Nile

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Oil on canvas of a cabinet of curiosity

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This painting depicts a cabinet of curiosity, as it would have appeared in the 17th and 18th centuries. One notable feature is the presence of red coral in the cabinet. Red coral, native to the Caribbean, was immensely popular to the European…

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Image of a cabinet of curiosity titled Musei Wormiani Historia

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Image of a cabinet of curiosity from Ferrante Imperato's Dell'Historia Naturale

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A picture of a camera obscura

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An engraved portrait of Captain John Smith

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Engraving of Carolus Linnaeus

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James Bruce depicted in a cartoon in Ethiopia

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An example of a clay house with a thatched, cone-shaped roof, similar to that described by James Bruce. Photographed in Benin in West Africa
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