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Exotic animals

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  • A Brazilian sassafras tree (Aniba species) and a Petunia plant in an exotic landscape with snakes, lizards and tribal people. Etching, c. 1671.
  • Three papaya trees (Carica papaya) with lizards, dodos and a man hunting in an exotic, tropical landscape. Etching, c. 1671.
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    Three papaya trees (Carica papaya) with lizards, dodos and a man hunting in an exotic, tropical landscape. Etching, c. 1671.

    | Date: [1671] | Reference: 24654i
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    A Brazilian sassafras tree (Aniba species) and a Petunia plant in an exotic landscape with snakes, lizards and tribal people. Etching, c. 1671.

    | Date: [1671] | Reference: 24657i
    • Books

    Menagerie : the history of exotic animals in England, 1100-1837 / Caroline Grigson.

    Grigson, Caroline, 1935- | Date: 2016
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    Les animaux exotiques dans les relations internationales : espèces, fonctions, significations journée d'étude, Université de Liège, 22 mars 1997 / éditeur, Liliane Bodson.

    | Date: 1998
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    The tiger that swallowed the boy : exotic animals in Victorian England / John Simons.

    Simons, John, 1955- | Date: 2012
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