The 18th Century Search for the Blue Nile

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This painting depicts the highly complex racial categories in 18th century Mexican society.

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Image of an Antiquary

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An example of dal Pozzo's Paper Museum

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This page depicts a page from a typical medieval herbal. Normally, herbals would include detailed illustrations and known properties of plants. Herbals were very common in the Middle Ages and proved very crucial in the formation of natural history…

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An engraved portrait of Captain John Smith
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